The Hummingbird Book: The Complete Guide to Attracting, Identifying, and Enjoying Hummingbirds

Very informational. Learned alot about humming birds

Helped to learn to identify the many species

A great book for anyone who wants to attract and feed hummingbirds, it's packed with all the basic information you'll need, starting with choosing the right feeder for your area, the sugar solution to put in it, and the maintenance and cleaning of it, which the Stokes say: "We can't emphasize enough how important it is to take feeder maintenance seriously", as any mold or bacteria can be "risking the health, and possibly the lives", of these jeweled wonders of the bird family...and they show you the easy steps to be taken to keep the feeders clean.There are also 6 pages on orioles, who can be seen sometimes at hummer feeders. It gives a "quick guide" to 8 species of these beautiful birds, with lovely photos to help identification. It also shows how one can set up feeders specifically for orioles, and the sugar solution to use, which is slightly different from that of the hummer mixture.Chapters on the "Hummingbird Habitat" and "Gardening", give you a list of plants and flowers that hummers like the most, by geographical region. "Amazing Facts" truly is amazing. Among the many fascinating things you'll learn is that their heart can beat 1,260 times per minute, but can sometimes slow down to 50 beats per minute at night to conserve energy. There are other chapters on "Myths", "Baby Hummingbirds", and "Photographing Hummingbirds".Nearly half the book is devoted to the identification of the different species, with photos, maps, behaviour patterns, and much more. Once you've identified your visitors, you'll get to know the idiosyncrasies of the species, and it's sure to add to the joy and delight of watching these miraculous little creatures.

Very nice hummingbird book. Helpful information and pictures.

Enjoyed this book and great for leaving on the coffee table near the window where hummingbirds appear. Book is attractive and colorful and interesting to read.

This book was purchased as a gift for a dear friend who loves hummingbirds. There are many gorgeous photos to accompany a wide variety of topics. I especially liked the section dealing with what we can plant in our gardens to provide nourishment for the hummingbirds. I plan to purchase this book for myself after the holidays, as it really impressed me as a valuable wildlife resource.

So much to learn about hummingbirds! I bought this book because I just started feeding them and couldn't figure out why they seemed to be fighting over it. Turns out they are territorial (especially females)! Now I know more I can do a better job setting up for spring as well as identify the visiting birds as I never realized there were so many different ones!

Enjoyed reading about them especially the myths. I envisioned them flying south on the backs of Canadian Geese! which was exposed as a myth. I live in an apartment so only have a little balcony to hang a feeder on but thrilled when I saw my first hummers at the feeder! I bought two identical feeders so I could take one down to clean and hang up a full one while doing that. Beautifully illustrated book.

This is a fabulous book. It’s great for anyone who loves hummingbirds. I bought it as a gift for my mom, she loves to sit outside and watch her hummingbirds fly around and use her feeders. She keeps feeders up all year long. Hummingbirds are one of her absolute favorite animals in the whole world. So she loved this book, she gained so much more knowledge about hummingbirds from reading it. It has wonderful color pictures. It really is the perfect book for anyone who loves these tiny birds.

Great pictures and some good info but I'm against some of the advice...particularly using store-bought nectar (contains red dye and preservatives...at least they did address the controversy but admitted that the industry has NOT tested the effects of red dye on birds...but I've seen the affects, and it's not pretty), and greasing shepherd hooks to keep ants out of feeders (lethal if the birds get any of that on them...again, I've seen the damage this practice can do). But I did enjoy reading about the different species and their habits.

I gave this book to my friend as a gift and he absolutely loved. Read it all day long and was quoting facts from it to his wife.

Love it.lots of information

A great book for hummingbird lovers to learn about what flowers to plant and where to hang feeders etc...it's a must it's basically all you need as a book...enjoy