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

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.

Author: Mike O'Connor
Publisher: Beacon Press
Published: 10/15/2013
Pages: 200
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.58lbs
Size: 8.52h x 5.55w x 0.57d
ISBN: 9780807012536

Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 04/29/2013
Booklist 09/01/2013 pg. 21

About the Author

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.