Feeding the Birds at Your Table

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*Shortlisted for the 2020 ABIA Small Publisher's Adult Book of the Year*

The Courier-Mail People's Choice Queensland Book of the Year Award Finalist 2020


Feeding the Birds at Your Table is designed to provide detailed,
comprehensive advice and suggestions for people wishing to feed wild birds in
Australia from their own backyards and balconies.



Millions of Australians feed wild birds in their gardens.
Yet there is currently little information or advice on offer to tell them how
to do this properly. This book provides the first readily available source of
reliable information relevant to Australia. What's more, it is written by an
expert who feeds birds himself.



Including profiles on different types of Australian urban
birds, what to feed them and the types of feeders to use, it also has advice on
how to create a bird-friendly garden. Feeding
the Birds at Your Table offers sensible and practical suggestions so
feeding doesn't only benefit us, but benefits the birds themselves.





'At last, a sensible, science-based guide to safely feeding wild
birds in Australia.' — Paul Sullivan, CEO, BirdLife Australia



'This practical and detailed guide to feeding Australian birds from backyards or balconies has been written by a behavioural ecologist from Griffith University in Brisbane, who specialises in the way certain species adapt to urbanisation. Included are profiles of different types of Australian birds that are found in urban areas, with information on what is