Visit Gale’s Westlake’s Library for interesting, informative and entertaining books on GardenLife™ topics. Great for gifts, too!

Hand Feeding Backyard Birds: A Step-By-Step Guide
by Hugh Wiberg

The thrill of having a wild bird eating out of your hand is a universal childhood dream. According to this author, you can be successful if you have the patience. Mr. Wiberg’s photographs are testimony to his simple methods. His anecdotal accounts of “landing” and feeding birds that come to visit him year after year are inspiring as well as educational. He lists the birds most likely to hand-feed, their favorite foods and the best times, places and weather conditions for hand feeding. In addition, you’ll learn how to take amazing close-up photographs of birds on the hand.

The Bird Lovers Garden: Creating a Backyard Haven
for Songbirds and Humming birds
by Margaret MacAvoy and Pat Kite

This absolutely beautifully illustrated guide is filled with stunning photos of birds and flowers in backyard settings. The Bird Lover’s Garden presents the essentials that you need to create your own haven for song birds and hummingbirds. Its 128 pages are filled with practical advice about how to plant your garden to attract and keep the birds coming back season after season. Besides sections on nutritional needs and the use of different feeders, bird behavior and which birdhouse is right for which bird there is a comprehensive listing of the birds that you can expect to see in your yard according to season. In the gardening section there are easily accessible lists of flowering plants, berry bearing shrubs and trees and grasses that you will enjoy as well as your feathered residents.