Backyard Birds

Wildlife photographer Stan Tekiela has written more than 130 books. As a professional naturalist for more than 25 years, Stan studies wildlife throughout the United States and Canada. He has received various awards for his books and photographs, and he maintains a popular website at naturesmart.com. He lives in Victoria, MN.

• The Comfort of Backyard Birds Moving into the New World The Origins of Bird Feeding Families of Birds The Backyard Birds Declining Populations Saving Our Backyard Birds Is It a Male or Female? Flashy Attractions Juvenile Plumages Keen Eyesight Knee and Ankle--or Foot? Toe Arrangements Hitching Down the Tree Specialized Bills Seasonal Feeding Getting to the Nutmeat Bird Feeding Popularity Effects of Bird Feeding Fruit Diet Appearance Insect Diet Natural Music in Backyards Repertoires Two-Song Multitaskers Who's Singing That Song? Songsters with an Accent Pounding Out Drumbeats Singing in Season Adjusting Songs to the Habitat Variety of Nests The No-Fuss Home Cavity Nesting Falcons in the Nest Box Swifts in Chimneys Nesters on Bug Patrol Parasitic Nesting Birds Killdeer Nesting Ruse Blackbird Appreciation Drawing Painted Buntings Indigo Bunting Visits Birds and Plants Birds and Bugs One-Season Pair Bonds Short-Term Partners Long-Term Mates Hummingbird Independence Early and Late Nesting Semi-Colonial Nesters The Amazing Egg Egg Laying, One at a Time The Marvel of Incubation Whose Turn to Incubate? Caution--Babies About to Hatch! Help from the Egg Tooth Helpless or Ready to Go Brooding Warmth Fledglings in the Nest Chicks Out and About The Need to Fly South Hummingbird Migration Weathering the Winter Designed to Survive Instincts Help Them Through Shivering for Warmth Our Backyard Friends About the Author