The Birds at My Table : Why We Feed Wild Birds and Why It Matters / Darryl Jones.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Jones, Darryl, Author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Human-animal relationships.

Birds--Effect of human beings on.

Birds.

Birds--Feeding and feeds.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (352 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Ithaca, NY : Cornell University Press, [2018]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

Darryl Jones is fascinated by bird feeders. Not the containers supplying food to our winged friends, but the people who fill the containers. Why do people do this? Jones asks in The Birds at My Table. Does the food even benefit the birds? What are the unintended consequences of providing additional food to our winged friends? Jones takes us on a wild flight through the history of bird feeding. He pinpoints the highs and lows of the practice. And he ponders this odd but seriously popular form of interaction between humans and wild animals. Most important, he points out that we know very little about the impact of feeding birds despite millions of people doing it every day. Unerringly, Jones digs at the deeper issues and questions, and he raises our awareness of the things we don't yet know and why we really should. Using the latest scientific findings, The Birds at My Table takes a global swoop from 30,000 feet down to the backyard bird feeder and pushes our understanding of the many aspects of bird feeding back up to new heights.

Contents:

Front matter

Contents

Preface

Acknowledgments

1 Why Bird Feeding Matters

2 Crumbs to Corporations

3 The Big Change

4 The Feeder Effect

5 What Happens When We Feed?

6 Tainted Table?

7 Feeding for a Purpose

8 Reasons Why We Feed Wild Birds

9 Bird Feeding Matters Even More Now

Appendix: Species Mentioned in the Text

Notes

References

Index

Notes:

Previously issued in print: 2018.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 26. Nov 2019)

ISBN:

1-5017-1079-6

OCLC:

1005196981