This is a great book for feeding birds and attracting them to your yard. Nice, concise basic information for beginners. Includes a lot of easy to make bird food recipes (including doughnuts !)and ideas for attracting all sorts of birds. There are plans and instructions for making your own bird feeders. Was just a fun book with myths about bird feeders and such along with a nice selection of odd little snippets of poems about birds. I've reviewed this from a library copy but will be on the look out for one to add to the book shelf.