Do you ever catch yourself admiring a bird that's made a nest in your yard? Think you may have spotted a Northern Flicker, but you're not sure? Would you like to attract a Black-capped Chickadee or a Purple Finch to your yard? In The Backyard Bird Sanctuary, you'll enter the wonderful world of bird-watching and create your own bird habitat-all in the comfort of your own home! Here you'll learn how to make your backyard the most welcoming place for a wide variety of birds, regardless of where you live or how big your yard is. You'll learn about what to feed birds, types of feeders, bird shelters, water sources, and more. Best of all, you'll use this guide to identify the fifty most common species of birds that enter backyards in the US, and have beautiful illustrations for comparison. Discover where each bird can be found, its migration information, and preferred types of food and feeders, as well as information on their nests, eggs, and more. Make your backyard the sanctuary that you-and birds!-will love to call home. Book jacket.