“Suburbs are increasingly an important factor affecting wildlife, especially birds-both negatively and positively. “John Marzluff writes with authority and insight about the lives and habits of birds around us and suggests steps we can take to protect them in an increasingly hostile world.”-Peter Doherty, Nobel Laureate and author of Their Fate is Our Fate: How Birds Foretell Threats to Our Health and Our World By practicing careful stewardship with the biological riches in our cities and towns, Marzluff explains, we can foster a new relationship between humans and other living creatures-one that honors and enhances our mutual destiny. From tiny Pacific wrens to grand pileated woodpeckers, diverse species now compatibly share human surroundings. Over many years of research and fieldwork, Marzluff and student assistants have closely followed the lives of thousands of tagged birds seeking food, mates, and shelter in cities and surrounding areas. In this fascinating and optimistic book, John Marzluff reveals how our own actions affect the birds and animals that live in our cities and towns, and he provides ten specific strategies everyone can use to make human environments friendlier for our natural neighbors. Populations and communities of a great variety of birds, as well as other creatures, are adapting to the conditions of our increasingly developed world. Welcome to Subirdia presents a surprising discovery: the suburbs of many large cities support incredible biological diversity.

Welcome to Subirdia by John M. Marzluff