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Summary |
Adding trees now could mean more birds later
by Michael Womack – Caller.com (Corpus Christi, TX) 10/16/09 |
Many of the ruby-throat hummingbirds migrated south just before
our first major cold front last week. |
A GREENER VIEW- Fall Garden Tips for Southern
Gardens by JEFF RUGG – San Fernando Valley Sun
10/15/09 |
This is a great time of year to work outside. Remember to take
some photos or video of the landscape in the fall. You can see how you like it
and what to change when the garden catalogs arrive in the winter. |
Native Plants Draw Watchable Wildlife to Your
Yard – AP 10/13/09 |
Attracting a steady population of birds, butterflies and other
watchable wildlife to your yard is a matter of providing habitat – a combination
of food, water and cover. The challenge comes in finding the right plant
partners. |
How To Attract Birds And Butterflies Using Garden
Planters by Scott Gray – www.allgardenplanters.com
June 2009 |
Attracting birds and butterflies to your outdoor living space is
not difficult to do if you welcome them with a long-term source of food, water,
and a place of safety. |
Protecting Your Bird Feeders from Pests and
Predators – Project Wildlife |
When you start feeding birds in your yard, expect some unwanted
guests. Many species of birds and mammals enjoy not only the seed you are
providing, but sometimes even the songbirds you are trying to feed. |
| A Backyard Sanctuary on a Budget – Project Wildlife |
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Recipes for Feeding Wildlife -
Project Wildlife |
Suet, oat cakes |
Basic Habitat Plan – Project
Wildlife |
Creating a backyard wildlife sanctuary doesn’t have to mean
spending a lot of time, money or effort. Just keep some basic ideas in mind and
you will attract a wide variety of wild birds and mammals for years of
enjoyment. |
Attracting Birds to Your Yard
- Project Wildlife |
To attract birds to your yard, you must provide water, food and
shelter. To entice them to stay, you must also provide a fourth thing – a safe
place to raise their young. |
Attracting Hummingbirds to Your Garden by Peg
Herring – Oregon State
University Extension Service Jan 31, 1997 |
By planting certain flowers and shrubs, home gardeners can
provide food and habitat for hummingbirds. |
| Landscaping for Backyard Wildlife |
You can attract birds, butterflies, bullfrogs and other wildlife
to your backyard. Here’s how. |
Is There Life after the First Frost? Birds in the Winter
Garden by Carol Wallace – Suite101.com |
If you’ve been feeding the birds all summer, it isn’t just a
selfish desire to see life and motion in the winter garden that should keep you
filling the feeders. By putting out a daily ration of sunflower seeds and
millet, you have created a flock of dependents. |
December in the Heartland by Sueann Ahrens
- Suite101.com |
Don’t forget your feathered friends during the Holidays. My
December article will give you step by step directions for a wreath to use as a
decoration and as a bird feeder |
Gardening for the Birds and Butterflies by
Bruce Zimmerman – Hort-Pro Online Gardening Magazine, Ontario,
Canada |
We are all interested in having a little bit of a wild life. To
attract some desirable wildlife to your garden you need to provide a good
environment. Birds require plants for food, nesting and protection. Birds also
require fresh clean water. |
Birds – What to Do about Birds Crashing into Your
Windows by Dan Edge, Carol Savonen – Oregon State
University Extension Service Dec 11, 1998 |
How to prevent this unfortunate problem |
Bird Feeding – How to Feed Wild Birds Responsibly through
the Winter by Dan Edge, Carol Savonen – Oregon
State University Extension Service Nov 13, 1998 |
By providing the basics – food, shelter, and water – you can
often attract a number of species of birds to your yard or patio this
winter. |
| Building a Basic Birdbox |
Building a nest box, dimensions, references |
Wildlife in My Backyard – Nest Boxes and Shelves
by Sharon David – The Blue Bill 1996 |
Ways of attracting cavity nesters into nest boxes and how to
attract some tree nesters to nest on shelves erected against a
building. |
Wildlife in My Backyard – Trees and Shrubs as Natural
Food by Sharon David – The Blue Bill 1995 |
Excellent article on landscape planning for wildlife |
Wildlife in My Backyard – Attracting Winter Birds and Bird
Feeding by Sharon David and John McLaughlin – The
Blue Bill 1995 |
Excellent article on providing shelter, water, and food for
birds; feeders; foods; squirrel and raccoon baffles |
Summer Birds: Habitat Needs of Neotropical
Migrants by Norma Jean Venable – West Virginia
University Extension Service |
“Neotropical migrants” nest in West Virginia and other North
American sites but spend up to six winter months in warmer climates of the
Americas including Mexico, and Central and South America. |
Feeding Birds by Karen Fleming
- Alabama Cooperative Extension System Oct 1996 |
When to feed, types of feeders, types of feed, pests, home
plantings, water, automatic platform feeder |
Attracting Wildlife to Your Backyard by M. E.
Hutchins – Alabama Cooperative Extension System Nov 1996 |
Your backyard can become a miniature wildlife refuge, attracting
many different kinds of wild animals. |
Backyard Wildlife – Planting for Habitat by
Ron J. Johnson and Carl W. Wolfe – Cooperative Extension,
Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources, Univ of Nebraska-Lincoln
May 1997 |
This NebGuide provides information on planning and planting for
wildlife habitat in the backyard |
Backyard Wildlife – Tips for Success by Ron J.
Johnson – Cooperative Extension, Institute of Agriculture and
Natural Resources, Univ of Nebraska-Lincoln May
1997 |
This NebGuide describes tips for success in bird feeding, adding
water, birds to expect, dealing with nuisance wildlife, and others. |
Backyard Wildlife – Feeding Birds by Ron J.
Johnson – Cooperative Extension, Institute of Agriculture and
Natural Resources, Univ of Nebraska-Lincoln May
1997 |
This NebGuide describes the essentials of bird feeding for
attracting birds to your backyard. |
Snags and Downed Trees are Good Habitat for
Wildlife by Dan Edge – Oregon State University Extension Service
Nov 14, 1997 |
Wildlife enthusiasts, especially in rural areas, might want to
leave some of the newly-killed fallen material for wildlife habitat. |
Provide Water for Birds in Winter by Dan Edge
- Oregon State University
Extension Service Oct 24, 1997 |
Backyard bird watchers can help birds out by keeping fresh water
available to birds throughout the winter. |
Plants for Hummingbirds by Dan Edge – Oregon State University Extension
Service Jan 31, 1997 |
By planting certain flowers and shrubs, home gardeners can
provide food and habitat for hummingbirds. |
Problem Birds, House Sparrows, and Starlings
by Dan Edge – Oregon State
University Extension Service Jan 19, 1996 |
Discouraging house sparrows and starlings |
Time to Think about Bird Houses by Dan Edge,
Carol Savonen – Oregon State
University Extension Service Dec 19, 1997 |
As winter days grow longer after solstice, birds start to get
ready to mate and nest. It is time to start thinking about putting up a bird
house or nest shelf. |
Plants to Attract Butterflies and Hummingbirds
by Terry L. Yockey – Northern Gardening |
Flowers and plants to increase the likelihood of butterflies and
hummingbirds |
Plants for Birds – Illinois
Cooperative Extension Service 1995 |
A list of plants to attract birds |
Build a Birdhouse – Oklahoma
Dept of Wildlife Conservation |
Birdhouses for chickadees, titmice, nuthatches, robins, catbirds,
thrashers, swallows, wrens, purple martins, bluebirds, and flickers |
Annual & Perennial Flowers for Mississippi
Gardens by Felder Rushing and Steven E. Newman -
Mississippi State University Extension Service
3/17/98 |
Topics include soil preparation, seed or transplants, irrigation,
mulches, fertilizers, weed control, pest and disease control, reference lists of
annuals and perennials |
Wildflowers for Mississippi Meadows and Gardens
by Felder Rushing and Dr. Steven E. Newman – Mississippi State
University Extension Service 3/17/98 |
Those uncultivated flowers found growing naturally along
roadsides, in meadows and fields, and in forests throughout an area are called
wildflowers. Wildflowers include a wide variety of plant types, including
reseeding flowering annuals and hardy perennials, selected vines and small
shrubs, ferns, and even showy native grasses. Many are well-suited for use in
home gardens and landscapes because they are adapted to the general climate and
soils of an area. |
Things to Grow On – For the Birds by Lelia
Scott Kelly – Mississippi State University Extension Service
3/28/98 |
Tips on attracting birds to your garden |
Backyard Wildlife – Making It Come Alive
- Cooperative Extension, Institute of Agriculture and Natural
Resources, Univ of Nebraska-Lincoln April 1984 |
This NebGuide provides “how-to” ideas for getting the most
enjoyment from backyard wildlife. |
Additional resources for creating a Backyard
Habitat |
Information resources listed on The Ornithology
Website |
