Gardening for the Birds: How to Create a Bird-Friendly Backyard

Adams’s latest, which expands and revises a nearly 20-year-old work, is a win-win-win. The first win is the book’s cogent, helpfully detailed and brightly illustrated information about horticulture and garden design strategies. The second win can be found in the book’s seamless marriage of impressive information about ornithology to stunning photographs. The third relates to the prospective readership and happy cross-pollination of audiences: this book will draw birders to gardening; gardeners to birding; and nongardeners and nonbirders to both. The charts are easy to read and the information about birds and bushes is accessibly organized, offering a sublime adventure for the average gardener. (June)