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Title: Hummingbird Gardens: Attracting Nature's Jewels to Your Backyard by Nancy L. Newfield, Barbara Nielsen ISBN: 1-881527-87-5 Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Company Pub. Date: 01 April, 1996 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $22.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.67 (3 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: A wealth of informative text and spectacular photos.
Comment: Long, long ago - experience taught me the smoothest way through life is to "never make recommendations to anybody about anything." Sam and I have learned to qualify those don't-miss-it things encompassing: great places to eat, visit, read, watch, etc. For example, we now say, "The food was great the night we were there," or "You would love the movie if you enjoy such-and-such."
With all of those lessons in mind, I'm unequivocally saying, "Get your hands on Hummingbird Gardens as soon as possible." I don't think the co-authors, Nancy Newfield and Barbara Nielsen, have yet realized the true scope of what they have accomplished.
I knew Nancy was working on a book with somebody, but thought it was strictly for the southern Louisiana area. When Sam brought home my unexpected copy, it took only a few minutes of browsing for me to tell him something like, "Good lord, this thing is really, really good - and I mean good!" That's saying a lot for a person who is not easily impressed, and the more I read, the better it got.
Somehow, Nancy and Barbara truly did it all in Hummingbird Gardens by combining a wealth of well written, informative text with spectacular photographs of both the hummingbirds and the flowering plants so loved by these creatures. The beautiful birds and blossoming plants are well covered in their own separate chapters.
At the same time though, the content flows smoothly into pertinent regional information for those in: California, The Pacific Northwest, The Southwest, The Western Mountains, The Southeast and The East and Midwest. They so skillfully blend bird and bloom with helpful tips and enthusiasts' experiences that you will want to read on and on about other hummers in other gardens!
As far as I can determine, they left no stone unturned. All who open its covers will soon learn to appreciate the inclusion of subjects often left out of other publications. This one did not forget such things as: References and Further Reading (great bibliography), Resources (supermarkets for the hummers' favorite natural foods), and an excellent Index.
One last thing. Although Hummingbird Gardens was primarily done for the millions of us who simply love and enjoy these particular bounties of nature - I sincerely believe ornithology, as a whole, will gain as well. The professionals cannot be out in the field all of the time, thus what we see "our" hummers doing in our yards can contribute a great deal to the science. Meanwhile, we are very lucky, indeed, that Barbara and Nancy decided to share their knowledge and discoveries with the rest of us!
Rating: 4
Summary: An excellent resource
Comment: Including information from real-life hummingbird gardeners around the U.S., this book will be useful to virtually anyone in North America who's trying to create backyard habitat for these fascinating birds. The main shortcoming of this book is in the depth of coverage of the plants, particularly photos. There were not enough showing an entire plant (though more than enough of the birds themselves), and the one feeder illustrated contained dyed sugar water (a no-no and contradictory to the text). Novice hummingbird gardeners should cross-reference the plant names with national and regional gardening guides for photos and cultural information such as size and temperature tolerance.
Rating: 5
Summary: Beautiful and Informative
Comment: This book has incredible photographs and gobs of information about these amazing creatures. It's an unabashed sales-job to get you to become a hummingbird gardener. (That's not a bad idea!)
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Title: Creating a Hummingbird Garden: A Guide to Attracting and Identifying Hummingbird Visitors by Marcus Schneck ISBN: 0671892452 Publisher: Fireside Books Pub. Date: 01 May, 1994 List Price(USD): $9.95 |
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Title: Attracting and Feeding Hummingbirds by Sheri Williamson ISBN: 0793835801 Publisher: TFH Publications Pub. Date: 01 January, 2000 List Price(USD): $7.95 |
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Title: The Secret Lives of Hummingbirds by David Wentworth Lazaroff ISBN: 1886679002 Publisher: Treasure Chest Books Pub. Date: 01 April, 1995 List Price(USD): $4.95 |
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Title: The Hummingbird Garden: Turning Your Garden, Window Box, or Backyard into a Beautiful Home for Hummingbirds by Mathew Tekulsky ISBN: 1558321535 Publisher: Harvard Common Press Pub. Date: September, 1999 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
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Title: Stokes Hummingbird Book : The Complete Guide to Attracting, Identifying, and Enjoying Hummingbirds by Donald Stokes, Lillian Stokes ISBN: 0316817155 Publisher: Little, Brown Pub. Date: 19 September, 1989 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
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