Reader comments: Backyard birds: Utahn's new guides are aimed at the casual watcher

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Carolyn | 8:48 a.m. May 2, 2008
How exciting - finally something one can use quickly while the bird is still there, and without needing a college degree. I can't wait to use one with my grandchildren.
Bud | 8:55 a.m. May 2, 2008
Kitchen window bird watching is great. We have feeders hanging on an apple tree in the backyard and it's fun to see the different birds year around. There's flit bird (Ruby Kinglet) in the winter and now Lazuli Buntings. I'll have to get his books.
April | 9:03 a.m. May 2, 2008
Bill's a delight in his store and seems to consider everyone who walks in as a friend and student, even a co-learner. There is a great kindness and a love-to-learn/teach/share atmosphere. Congratulations on these books - what a treat for all of us. Thank you!
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Peggy | 9:53 a.m. May 2, 2008
My thoughts about Bill today are the same as they always have been: Where does he get the time to do all he does? He seems to be everywhere, educating people about birds. His store, as stated above, is friendly - and staffed, always, by very knowledgeable and "human" people. And Bill is tireless. It's evident, every time I run across him at some birding event, that he loves what he's doing. I'm certain he's making money from the store, and he will make tons of money from his new books. Good for him. But that's not, I think, what motivates him. The love of what he's doing is his motivation. And that's also, why birders, amateur and less-than-amateur, "flock" to him. Bird-on, Bill!
Maria Higginson | 9:59 a.m. May 2, 2008
I bought his Utah book. It is great, just what I needed. Now, I can find the bird in the book that I want to learn about without wading through 800 choices.

I'll try his attractor tips this spring and summer. My children can use the book too. It's that easy to use.
Jeff | 10:37 a.m. May 2, 2008
Where can you pick up his book?
Marilyn | 11:47 a.m. May 2, 2008
Where is his store? What is the address?
Anonymous | 12:14 p.m. May 2, 2008
I saw my first Bunting last year. It was pretty cool !
Kathy | 12:33 p.m. May 2, 2008
The Wild Bird Center is in a strip center between Toys-r-us and Target in Layton. Get off the Antelope Drive I-15 exit and go East. Turn into the Target Parking Lot and go towards Toys-R-US and you will see it towards the west. The store faces south so you can not see it from Antelope Drive.

I LOVE THIS SHOP!!! I buy bird food there that does not sprout or have hulls. I have never seen the quality of products and selection at any other store here in Utah. GOOD LUCK!!!

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Bill Fenimore uses the book that Tyman Felix had in his pack to describe the bird they are looking at as Fenimore directs a group of bird-watchers. (Scott G. Winterton, Deseret News)
Scott G. Winterton, Deseret News
Bill Fenimore uses the book that Tyman Felix had in his pack to describe the bird they are looking at as Fenimore directs a group of bird-watchers.