Text and color photographs teach how to watch, identify, and attract birds by providing food, water, and nestboxes. Includes profiles of eighty of the most commonly observed birds in North America.

Appealing to everyday "rockhounds" and world-class mineral collectors alike, this title is the first guide on the market to include values and lapidary (cutting and polishing rocks and gemstones for jewelry). Unlike the dry and clinical books often found on the subject, author Patti Polk explains with concise, easy-to-understand descriptions with interesting supplementary information (granite is typically used for gravestones and garnet for sandpaper)....