Bird-friendly gardening Guidance and projects for supporting birds in your landscape
Book - 2024
"With hundreds of North American bird species facing population decline or at risk of extinction, right now is the perfect time to create a home-based habitat garden that offers birds the resources they need to safely feed, migrate, breed, and thrive. Thankfully, making your outdoor space a secure and comfortable haven for many different bird species isn't a Herculean task. It's a matter of understanding the needs of our avian friends and how native plants, combined with purposeful garden design, can help meet those needs. And that's exactly the know-how you'll find here, outlined in a simple-to-follow, actionable format by author Jennifer McGuinness. Step beyond the seed-filled bird feeder and suet block, and learn... how to further provide for birds."--Publisher.
- Subjects
- Genres
- Instructional and educational works
- Published
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Beverly, MA :
Cool Springs Press
2024.
- Language
- English
- Main Author
- Item Description
- "Jen McGuinness, of FrauZinnie.com"--Cover.
"Plus: 18 step-by-step native plant-focused garden projects and native plant lists to help you create a diversity of bird-friendly plantings, no matter the size of your space; valuable information on the importance of native plants--and the insects they support--to bird health; plans for creating a fruit-and berry-filled planting, a deer-resistant bird garden, a hummingbird and songbird sanctuary, condo-friendly container plantings, a backyard owl habitat, and more; best practices for using bird feeders, nest boxes, and bird baths safely; techniques for reducing window strikes and cat kills; actionable and simple-to-follow advice on fostering a diversity of backyard birds, from warblers and wrens to gnatcatchers and hummingbirds"--Page [4] of cover. - Physical Description
- 192 pages : color illustrations, 1 color map ; 28 cm
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 180-183) and index.
- ISBN
- 9780760382110
- Part I. Introduction
- Part II. All about Birds
- Basic needs
- What birds eat
- Regional differences
- Providing fresh water throughout the year
- Migration
- Four main travel routes
- Safe feeder practices
- Nesting box basics
- Part III. Bird-Friendly Garden Projects
- General Projects
- How to prevent window strikes
- Tips for safely photographing birds
- Drought-tolerant garden featuring native grasses
- Grow your own birdseed
- Fruit garden for the birds
- Birder spotlight: Susie Creamer
- Native plant rain garden
- Incorporating bird feeders into your garden
- Ways to reduce your lawn area
- Small-Space Projects
- Hummingbird haven/balcony patio garden
- Shady patio retreat
- Birder Spotlight: Jamie Weiss
- Water-wise native garden
- Native plant container gardening
- Birder Spotlight: Jillian Bell
- Condo-friendly plantings
- West coast window box
- Medium-Space Projects
- Moisture-rich garden
- Insect garden
- Sunny hummingbird and songbird garden
- Deer-resistant garden
- Southwest retreat
- Birder Spotlight: Jason Kitting
- Flowring vines hideaway
- Large-Space Projects
- Woodland retreat
- Create an owl-friendly habitat
- Warbler-friendly habitat
- Birder Spotlight: Laura Jackson
- Coastal garden for migrating birds
- Streamside garden
- Mountain habitat
- Birder Spotlight: Morgan Amos
- Part IV. Conclusion
- Resources
- References/Citations
- USDA Hardiness Zones and Temps
- Photo Credits
- Meet Jen McGuinness
- Author Acknowledgments
- Index