Why Do Bluebirds Hate Me: More Answers to Common and Not-So-Common Questions about Birds and Birding

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A collection of humorous Q&As about everything you've always wanted to ask about birds and birding Mike O'Connor knows bird watchers as well as he knows birds. He knows that if you're even slightly interested in identifying birds or attracting them to your backyard with a feeder, then you've also had your share of strange and silly questions about birds and their sometimes inexplicable behavior. In Why Do Bluebirds Hate Me, O'Connor applies his deep knowledge of all things avian to answer the questions that keep birders up at night. Questions like Should you clean your birdhouses Do swallows have a feather fetish How much does it cost to run a heated birdbath Is drinking coffee bad for birds Other questions O'Connor covers range from the practical (Should I rotate the seed in my feeder) to the quirky (Why are vultures eating my vinyl screen door) to the just plain adorable (Are those birds kissing or feeding each other). And he also explains why bluebirds just don't seem to like some people.

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"This detailed q&a will appeal to bird enthusiasts and birdwatchers, but OConnors friendly approach will also appeal to novices.Publishers Weekly

"A nice selection of quirky and more common questions that teach the reader quite a bit of ornithology between the chuckles. Booklist

I laughed as I learned my way through this quirky, well-researched question-and-answer book. Houston Chronicle

You will be hard-pressed to find a funnier writer in all of birding than Mike OConnor.Birders World Magazine

[A] whimsical and insightful new opus...a treasure-trove of information.
American Birding Association blog

Author Bio

Mike O'Connor is the owner of the Bird Watcher's General Store on Cape Cod. His column, Ask the Bird Folks, appears in the Cape Codder, and his writing has been included in Good Birders Don't Wear White and The Best American Science and Nature Writing 2004. The author of Why Don't Woodpeckers Get Headaches, he lives in Orleans, Massachusetts, where, try as he may, he cannot entice even a single bluebird to come to his yard.