Suggested Reading List
101 Ways To Help Birds
Author: Laura Erickson
Description: This engaging book presents 101 things individuals can do to help both individual birds and bird populations as a whole. It also explains exactly how these actions can make a difference--what wrongs they help correct and what improvements they can bring about. Bird-friendly (and environment-friendly) practices are described in detail: things anyone can do around the home and garden, at work, at the store, in their community, in the outdoors, and on the road. Anyone who appreciates wild birds knows that the animals need our help. This timely guide shows bird-lovers what they can do.
For the Birds: An Uncommon Guide
Author: Laura Erickson and Jeff Sonstegard
Description: Laura Erickson invites more than 250 birds right into your living room. Get to know a wide variety of birds from rare hawk owls, to elusive sedge wrens, to that more southern species, the plastic lawn flamingo. Laura's lighthearted wit and extensive knowledge combine to incite even those with a rudimentary interest (birds fly and lay eggs) into field tracking that hawk owl. You'll be amazed at the enjoyment birds can wing into your day.
Graced by the Seasons
Author: John Bates
Description: John Bates is a local author that writes about the natural happenings in the Northwoods. He divides his books into a fall/winter book, and a spring summer book. They are written in order of how things happen throughout the year.
Hawk Ridge: Minnesota's Birds of Prey
Author: Laura Erickson and Betsy Bowen
Description: Written by one of Minnesota’s best-known bird authorities, with images by one of the state’s favorite illustrators, Hawk Ridge is as fun as it is informative. It introduces the state’s raptors, from the rare visitor to the most familiar hawk, noting each species’ signature traits—osprey wings, for instance, are crooked to help them catch fish; vultures urinate on their legs to cool themselves—and their nesting, breeding, and migrating habits. Did you know that Sharp-shinned Hawks banded at Hawk Ridge have been found throughout Central America and even into South America, and also, in midwinter, in Wisconsin? Laura Erickson offers a broad perspective (a bird’s-eye view!), making sense of the raptor’s role in the larger ornithological scheme.
Sharing The Wonder Of Birds With Kids
Author: Laura Erickson
Description: Chock-full of creative activities, this hands-on guide goes way beyond teaching bird identification. In her light-hearted style, Laura paves the way for children to discover-with a little help from you-the beauty and significance of birds, how their bodies work, why they behave as they do, and why it's so critical for us to protect and care for them. Sharing the Wonder of Birds with Kids was a National Outdoor Book Awards Winner: Outdoor Education.
The Bird Watching Answer Book
Author: Laura Erickson
Description: How many feathers does a bird have? Do birds sleep while in flight? Why do Blue-Footed Boobies have blue feet? How do migrating birds know where to go and how to get there? For these and hundreds of other questions, The Bird Watching Answer Book has expert answers. Written by Laura Erickson, science editor at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology, this book is the authoritative source for information on birds of all kinds.
Twelve Owls
Author: Laura Erickson and Betsy Bowen
Description: Meet the saw-whet, the tiniest of Minnesota’s owls, a mere eight inches from the tip of its blunt tail to the top of its rounded head. The simplest way to find one is to listen for the scolding calls of a flock of agitated chickadees. Or, if you’re lucky, you might witness the male throwing all caution to the wind and “co-co-co-co-ing” for a mate, inching forward on every note like the bird in a cuckoo clock. From this fetching little creature to the magnificent great gray, the owls of Minnesota have found the perfect spokeswoman in this book, which is as charming as it is informative. Written with wit and a remarkable command of bird lore by Laura Erickson, well known to public radio listeners and birdwatchers everywhere, Twelve Owls also features enchanting pictures, from the long view to up-close detail, by award-winning artist Betsy Bowen.
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