Feeding the Birds at Your Table

*Shortlisted for the 2020 ABIA Small Publisher's Adult Book of the Year*

The Courier-Mail People's Choice Queensland Book of the Year Award Finalist 2020

Feeding the Birds at Your Table is designed to provide detailed,comprehensive advice and suggestions for people wishing to feed wild birds inAustralia from their own backyards and balconies.

Millions of Australians feed wild birds in their gardens.Yet there is currently little information or advice on offer to tell them howto do this properly. This book provides the first readily available source ofreliable information relevant to Australia. What's more, it is written by anexpert who feeds birds himself.

Including profiles on different types of Australian urbanbirds, what to feed them and the types of feeders to use, it also has advice onhow to create a bird-friendly garden. Feedingthe Birds at Your Table offers sensible and practical suggestions sofeeding doesn't only benefit us, but benefits the birds themselves.

'At last, a sensible, science-based guide to safely feeding wildbirds in Australia.' - Paul Sullivan, CEO, BirdLife Australia

'This practical and detailed guide to feeding Australian birds from backyards or balconies has been written by a behavioural ecologist from Griffith University in Brisbane, who specialises in the way certain species adapt to urbanisation. Included are profiles of different types of Australian birds that are found in urban areas, with information on what is appropriate to feed them without causing harm, the best feeders to use, and advice on how to create a bird-friendly garden.' - Gardening Australia