Owning a parakeet is rewarding and fun! Get all you need to know about feeding, housing and caring for your pet’s health in The Essential Parakeet. Special features include professional color photos and expert tips on how to make your parakeet a wonderful addition to the family. Learn how to have a great relationship with your pet with The Essential Parakeet.
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Owning a parakeet is rewarding and fun! Get all you need to know about feeding, housing and caring (more…)
Review
An exceptionally well-planned and easy to follow book for anyone in aviculture. — Joel and Laurie Benson, Benson Bird Farm
During the past 29 years, author James McDonald has had the opportunity to visit some of the most successful bird farms from Florida to California and exchange ideas. As a bird wholesaler and owner of one of the largest bird breeding farms in the state of Texas, he had many opportunities to learn from other peoples? mistakes as well as his own, (more…)
Finches are relatively easy for hobbyists to keep in both indoor cages and outdoor aviaries. Here is advice on housing, feeding, and general care. Books in this series are designed and illustrated much like Barron’s Complete Pet Owner’s Manuals, but have more pages, even more photos, and more fully detailed pet care advice and instruction. Pet owners and people who plan to acquire a pet will find information on health care, feeding, and housing?and where applicable, on grooming an (more…)
This most popular songbird among pet owners comes in a wide range of colors and varieties. Here is detailed information on canary housing, feeding, and general care. Books in this series are designed and illustrated much like Barron’s Complete Pet Owner’s Manuals, but have more pages, even more photos, and more fully detailed pet care advice and instruction. Pet owners and people who plan to acquire a pet will find information on health care, feeding, and housing?and where applica (more…)
Format: Paperback
Published: 2005
Pages: 272
Weight: 180g
With estimates by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service that over 60 million Americans are birdwatchers-it’s the fastest growing outdoor hobby-books on birds have a ready audience. Allan Zullo’s newest book, Amazing but True Bird Tales, documents nearly 200 outrageous shenanigans and surprising feats performed by our feathered friends. For example, the mockingbird who snuck into a conservatory evading the staff for two weeks while he dined on over $1,000 worth of rare butterflies. Or the very social chicken who received a lifetime achievement award from the ASPCA for her work with senior citizens and traumatized children. And the humorous account of the fractious parrot who constantly mimicked the sound of a circular saw.
Drawn from factual accounts from the Audubon Society, news accounts from the United States and the United Kingdom, and numerous Web sites, each story further convinces us that these birds aren’t birdbrains at all. Zullo’s true tales will be irresistible to any birder whether it’s the up-before-dawn-binoculars-in-hand fanatic to the person who occasionally throws out their morning toast to enjoy watching the birds gobble it up.
