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| Feeding Wild Birds in America: Culture, Commerce and Conservation, by Paul J. Baicich, Margaret A. Barker, and Carrol L. Henderson, Texas A&M University Press. |
This book tells the story of bird feeding from the late 1800s to the present day. It offers details about early advocates and the development of seeds and the various styles of feeders.
The book explores how people figured out, for example, that black-oil sunflower seeds and suet would attract birds, or that safflower would be popular with cardinals. In the 1890s and early 1900s, authors Mabel Osgood Wright and Clifton F. Hodge were among the first to suggest providing specific foods, rather than tossing out leftover foods and grains. Their early leadership, the widespread support for bird feeding, the tinkering of feeder inventors, and the work of so many others who have followed have made it possible for millions of Americans to feed birds today. #FB00180 |
