Nature Wars: The Incredible Story of How Wildlife Comebacks Turned Backyards into Battlegrounds

Jim Sterba - details the conflict between animals and birds of nature and people of sprawl in suburbs and also rural areas and urban. Traces the great forest of the East coasts from early colonial times through its almost complete elimination by 1900 and then the gradual revival to present as New England now is over 75% forested. Along the way tells the story of the animals extirpation and renewal leading to the present conflicts. Traces the stories of beaver, deer, turkeys, geese and bear specifically and the problems associated with feeding birds, feral cats. Well done even handed reporting with no sides taken, just laying out the story.