Field Editor

Owen Marsh

Owen writes the field side of Perch & Feed: species behavior, what birds show up when, regional migration patterns, and the attract-them-with-the-right-habitat approach that beats throwing seed at the problem. He works from the Cornell Lab of Ornithology's All About Birds database, the Audubon field guides, and peer-reviewed ornithology research, and cites them in every article. He is not a credentialed ornithologist; for bird identification questions, he points readers to the Merlin Bird ID app, which is better than anything a website can replicate.

Covers: Hummingbirds, Attracting Birds, Backyard Species Guides, Seasonal, Water & Plants

• Backyard birding
• Hummingbird behavior
• Bird migration patterns
• Attracting birds to a yard
• Native plants for birds
• Bird-feeding seasonal calendar
• Cornell Lab of Ornithology resources