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Book is the best guide and is beautiful and easy to reference. The American Bird Conservancy is the leader in bird conservation but few even know this fact. Instead the Audubon Society gets credit and they do zero for song bird conservation. They just hike and make beautiful brochures, ignoring the decimation of wild song birds to the tune of 4 billion a year killed by feral domestic cats, named top 100 invasive species. Google this if you need proof. So sad and so tragic. I got this book so I could try to enjoy the few song birds that are left while pushing the public to stop feeding cats and keep them indoors or on a leash or in an enclosure - just like dogs must abide by. Cats and dogs are not part of the ecosystem and outdoor cats are killing all of the song birds. So if you have bird feeders and fountains, you are luring birds to their deaths when cats prey on them so easily. Sorry to write all of this but this great book is about bird conservation. We bird lovers must do more than just hike and spot birds. We must help reverse the decimation or there will be none left like in Guam, Hawaii, New Zealand, and Australia due to cats.
