I recently bought Sibley’s Guide to North American Birds, but I don’t know how to use it. If you don’t know what bird you’re looking at, how do you look it up in an index? The only birds I recognize in our yard are cardinals and sparrows (or something sparrow-like). Those, plus the dozens of pigeons roosting in an alcove in our neighbour’s top floor in the alley between our houses. We don’t have a bird feeder because we already have skunks, tomcats, raccoons, squirrels and possums frequenting our backyard. The last time I put bird seed out (in our old house), it attracted rats. I have enough vermin. I’m not lucky enough to have a fancy clothesline to hang a feeder on.
I also have a bird watching guide and have no idea how to use it. It's very difficult to actually see the birds and then when you DO see the bird, how do your find the stupid bird in the book? The only birds I get in our yard are also cardinals and sparrows, so I don't know if I'm ahead of you in the bird department. I do get very pumped when I see a cardinal though. Occasionally we'll get a chickadee, and once or twice there has been a woodpecker... So, even though I am swimming in birdfeeders, I don't seem to get much more payoff then you,in your vermin-infested hovel.
I recently bought Sibley’s Guide to North American Birds, but I don’t know how to use it. If you don’t know what bird you’re looking at, how do you look it up in an index? The only birds I recognize in our yard are cardinals and sparrows (or something sparrow-like). Those, plus the dozens of pigeons roosting in an alcove in our neighbour’s top floor in the alley between our houses. We don’t have a bird feeder because we already have skunks, tomcats, raccoons, squirrels and possums frequenting our backyard. The last time I put bird seed out (in our old house), it attracted rats. I have enough vermin. I’m not lucky enough to have a fancy clothesline to hang a feeder on.
I also have a bird watching guide and have no idea how to use it. It's very difficult to actually see the birds and then when you DO see the bird, how do your find the stupid bird in the book? The only birds I get in our yard are also cardinals and sparrows, so I don't know if I'm ahead of you in the bird department. I do get very pumped when I see a cardinal though. Occasionally we'll get a chickadee, and once or twice there has been a woodpecker... So, even though I am swimming in birdfeeders, I don't seem to get much more payoff then you,in your vermin-infested hovel.
At first I couldn’t figure out what was wrong with that house , then I clicked on the photos. And did a little yelp when I saw.