Hummingbirds and Butterflies

by Connie Toops, Connie Toops

Hummingbirds and butterflies are some of the most beautiful visitors to a backyard, but they can also be some of the most elusive. This second collaboration between the Peterson Field Guide series and Bird Watcher’s Digest includes tips on how to attract hummingbirds and butterflies to backyards—and how to identify them once they’ve arrived. Bill Thompson III and Connie Toops have decades of firsthand experience and have written the book in a fun, lighthearted style, providing both amateur and veteran nature watchers with need-to-know information, including where hummingbirds and butterflies live, what they eat, and the best garden plants to attract them. The species profiles of the 15 most common hummingbirds and 40 most common butterflies serve as a field guide, showing ranges, identifying marks, and preferred habitats. Full-color photographs and detailed drawings make attracting, identifying, and feeding these colorful creatures a snap.

Genres: Nature, Gardening, Nonfiction, Birds

288 pages, Paperback

First published April 21, 2011

Reviews

[Hapzydeco · Rating 4 out of 5]

Although elusive, hummingbirds and butterflies can be the most beautiful visitors to your backyard. Thompson and Coops offer tips to help bring this pair to your yard and ways to identify them once they arrive.

[Martica · Rating 5 out of 5]

Only read the hummingbird part but I learned so much

[Marie Zorn · Rating 5 out of 5]

Comprehensive

[John · Rating 4 out of 5]

Excellent guide to attracting and feeding hummingbirds and butterflies. My full review.

[Trish · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book is neat.