Darryl Jones
- Published in print:
- 2018
- Published Online:
- September 2018
- ISBN:
- 9781501710780
- eISBN:
- 9781501710797
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Cornell University Press
- DOI:
- 10.7591/cornell/9781501710780.003.0002
- Subject:
- Environmental Science, Nature
What has become a huge and lucrative global industry, engaging millions of people, started as a simple, do-it-yourself domestic activity, primarily as a humane way to assist birds during winter. This ...
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What has become a huge and lucrative global industry, engaging millions of people, started as a simple, do-it-yourself domestic activity, primarily as a humane way to assist birds during winter. This chapter explores the origins of the practice and follows recent developments and rapid commercialization, highlighting the key points of innovation and development of practices.Less
What has become a huge and lucrative global industry, engaging millions of people, started as a simple, do-it-yourself domestic activity, primarily as a humane way to assist birds during winter. This chapter explores the origins of the practice and follows recent developments and rapid commercialization, highlighting the key points of innovation and development of practices.
Darryl Jones
- Published in print:
- 2018
- Published Online:
- September 2018
- ISBN:
- 9781501710780
- eISBN:
- 9781501710797
- Item type:
- book
- Publisher:
- Cornell University Press
- DOI:
- 10.7591/cornell/9781501710780.001.0001
- Subject:
- Environmental Science, Nature
Feeding wild birds in gardens and backyards is one of the most popular forms of interaction between humans and wild animals. Yet despite the enormous scale of this activity and the millions of people ...
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Feeding wild birds in gardens and backyards is one of the most popular forms of interaction between humans and wild animals. Yet despite the enormous scale of this activity and the millions of people involved throughout the world, remarkably little is known about the practice or the potential implications associated with the provisioning of vast amounts of food, all of which is additional to the bird’s natural diet. Many questions arise: Does bird feeding change wildlife communities? Does it aid the spread of disease? Is it essential for the conservation of many struggling species, especially in urban areas? And why are so many people passionately engaged, and willing to spend considerable sums on this practice? This is the first book to attempt to address these and many other questions associated with this global activity, exploring many complex issues through both science and the personal experience of bird feeders themselves.Less
Feeding wild birds in gardens and backyards is one of the most popular forms of interaction between humans and wild animals. Yet despite the enormous scale of this activity and the millions of people involved throughout the world, remarkably little is known about the practice or the potential implications associated with the provisioning of vast amounts of food, all of which is additional to the bird’s natural diet. Many questions arise: Does bird feeding change wildlife communities? Does it aid the spread of disease? Is it essential for the conservation of many struggling species, especially in urban areas? And why are so many people passionately engaged, and willing to spend considerable sums on this practice? This is the first book to attempt to address these and many other questions associated with this global activity, exploring many complex issues through both science and the personal experience of bird feeders themselves.
Darryl Jones
- Published in print:
- 2018
- Published Online:
- September 2018
- ISBN:
- 9781501710780
- eISBN:
- 9781501710797
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Cornell University Press
- DOI:
- 10.7591/cornell/9781501710780.003.0003
- Subject:
- Environmental Science, Nature
Although bird feeding began as a predominantly winter activity – and remains strictly so in many parts of the world – there has been a remarkable change to feeding throughout the year, typically ...
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Although bird feeding began as a predominantly winter activity – and remains strictly so in many parts of the world – there has been a remarkable change to feeding throughout the year, typically promoted by major bird and conservation organisations. This change is especially noteworthy because these same groups were initially implacably opposed to such a practice only a few decades previously. This chapter explores the possible influences leading to this significant change in the practice of bird feeding.Less
Although bird feeding began as a predominantly winter activity – and remains strictly so in many parts of the world – there has been a remarkable change to feeding throughout the year, typically promoted by major bird and conservation organisations. This change is especially noteworthy because these same groups were initially implacably opposed to such a practice only a few decades previously. This chapter explores the possible influences leading to this significant change in the practice of bird feeding.
Darryl Jones
- Published in print:
- 2018
- Published Online:
- September 2018
- ISBN:
- 9781501710780
- eISBN:
- 9781501710797
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Cornell University Press
- DOI:
- 10.7591/cornell/9781501710780.003.0001
- Subject:
- Environmental Science, Nature
Bird feeding is an extraordinarily popular pastime, engaging many millions of people who provide enormous amounts of food for wild birds in their private gardens. This chapter describes the sheer ...
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Bird feeding is an extraordinarily popular pastime, engaging many millions of people who provide enormous amounts of food for wild birds in their private gardens. This chapter describes the sheer scale of this practice in terms of volume of seed, numbers of people and monetary dimensions of the associated industry. It also poses the many questions that need to be addressed if we are to have a thorough understanding of this activity.Less
Bird feeding is an extraordinarily popular pastime, engaging many millions of people who provide enormous amounts of food for wild birds in their private gardens. This chapter describes the sheer scale of this practice in terms of volume of seed, numbers of people and monetary dimensions of the associated industry. It also poses the many questions that need to be addressed if we are to have a thorough understanding of this activity.
Darryl Jones
- Published in print:
- 2018
- Published Online:
- September 2018
- ISBN:
- 9781501710780
- eISBN:
- 9781501710797
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Cornell University Press
- DOI:
- 10.7591/cornell/9781501710780.003.0008
- Subject:
- Environmental Science, Nature
Although millions of people are passionately engaged in providing food to wild birds, the reasons and motivations for their participation are often complex and varied. Numerous recent studies but ...
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Although millions of people are passionately engaged in providing food to wild birds, the reasons and motivations for their participation are often complex and varied. Numerous recent studies but social scientists have attempted to discern how what are personal values influence the practice of bird feeding. These studies are unpacked with a view to understanding the changing attitudes to the practice.Less
Although millions of people are passionately engaged in providing food to wild birds, the reasons and motivations for their participation are often complex and varied. Numerous recent studies but social scientists have attempted to discern how what are personal values influence the practice of bird feeding. These studies are unpacked with a view to understanding the changing attitudes to the practice.
Darryl Jones
- Published in print:
- 2018
- Published Online:
- September 2018
- ISBN:
- 9781501710780
- eISBN:
- 9781501710797
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Cornell University Press
- DOI:
- 10.7591/cornell/9781501710780.003.0005
- Subject:
- Environmental Science, Nature
The importance and influence of food in the lives of animals has been studied is great detail in a vast number of species. This chapter outlines the many findings of this critical research that are ...
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The importance and influence of food in the lives of animals has been studied is great detail in a vast number of species. This chapter outlines the many findings of this critical research that are directly relevant to understanding how the provisioning of food for garden birds may be affecting their lives.Less
The importance and influence of food in the lives of animals has been studied is great detail in a vast number of species. This chapter outlines the many findings of this critical research that are directly relevant to understanding how the provisioning of food for garden birds may be affecting their lives.
Darryl Jones
- Published in print:
- 2018
- Published Online:
- September 2018
- ISBN:
- 9781501710780
- eISBN:
- 9781501710797
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Cornell University Press
- DOI:
- 10.7591/cornell/9781501710780.003.0009
- Subject:
- Environmental Science, Nature
The popularity of bird feeding continuous to grow, enabling large numbers of people to see and enjoy the present of wild creatures in the own gardens. Such intimate encounters may represent a ...
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The popularity of bird feeding continuous to grow, enabling large numbers of people to see and enjoy the present of wild creatures in the own gardens. Such intimate encounters may represent a profoundly important way for an increasingly urbanized global population to connect with nature, with many possible benefits for human wellbeing. The book concludes that wild bird feeding is fundamentally for people.Less
The popularity of bird feeding continuous to grow, enabling large numbers of people to see and enjoy the present of wild creatures in the own gardens. Such intimate encounters may represent a profoundly important way for an increasingly urbanized global population to connect with nature, with many possible benefits for human wellbeing. The book concludes that wild bird feeding is fundamentally for people.
