I first saw his book at a friend's house and enjoyed it so much, that I purchased my own copy. I like the format with the descriptive text combined with "Facts and Features" box, and found it to be very well written, with lots of good and interesting information. The illustrations are great too. If you like to feed birds, or just want to learn about the birds in your backyard, this book is a great teaching tool. Dust jacket has a small tear on front cover bottom left side, please see photo.