Bird Gardens: Welcoming Wild Birds to Your Yard, Issue 156Brooklyn Botanic Garden, 1998 - 111 pages Most bird lovers simply put a bird feeder or bath in their yard and hope for the best, but there is much more that can be done to attract wild birds throughout the year. Like all plants and animals, birds require specific habitats, and this book is packed with ideas for creating bird-friendly gardens in any region. Using spectacular full-color photographs, "Bird Gardens" explains the interlaced biology of birds and plants, and how readers can provide refuge to wild birds threatened by habitat loss. A comprehensive encyclopedia of bird-attracting plants is divided into six different geographic areas. Each plant was chosen for its ability to provide food, shelter, or nesting places, and because they are highly decorative and readily available. Regional listings of common birds and nursery sources are also included. |
Contents
The Birdfriendly Garden STEPHEN W KRESS | 4 |
Encyclopedia of Birdattracting Plants | 25 |
Common Birds by Region | 98 |
Other editions - View all
Bird Gardens: Welcoming Wild Birds to Your Yard, Issue 156 Stephen W. Kress,Brooklyn Botanic Garden No preview available - 1998 |
Common terms and phrases
9 FLOWERS ALTERNATIVES American Robin areas arrowwood berries bird species BIRDS ATTRACTED birds eat branches bright red Brown Thrasher catkins Cedar Waxwing Chickadee clumps clusters coastal cover and nest dense diameter dogwood Cornus drupes early fall Eastern Bluebird eat the fruit evergreen feed female plants Finch FLOWERS AND FRUIT Flycatcher forests full sun garden grass Gray Catbird Grosbeak groundcover GROW HABITAT holly hummingbirds insects late summer leaves live oak moist NATIVE HABITAT native plants nest box nesting sites Northern Cardinal Northern Flicker Northern Mockingbird nurseries Pacific Coast partial shade Paurotis palm pesticides Pigeon Pine Siskin plum produce Purple Quail red cedar Red Mulberry ripen serviceberry shrub small tree South Florida southern Sparrow sumac summer to early tall Tanager thickets Thrush Towhee Tree Swallow USDA HARDINESS ZONES Viburnum vine Vireo virginiana Warbler well-drained soil Western Wild Turkey wildlife value willow winter wood zones 9