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Bird-Friendly Landscaping

The best way to attract birds to your backyard is with a bird-friendly landscape. These tips can help you choose the right trees, flowers, shrubs and overall landscape design to attract a wide range of birds by meeting all their basic needs: food, water, shelter and nesting sites.

Top 10 Bird Landscaping Mistakes
Do you think your yard is perfect, but the birds disagree? Learn if you're making the top bird landscaping mistakes and accidentally keeping birds away instead of attracting them.

Design a Bird Friendly Landscape
How to design a bird friendly landscape that will provide food, shelter and nesting sites for backyard birds.

Make a Hummingbird Garden
Attract hummingbirds with ease when you design a hummingbird garden that provides food, water, shelter and nesting sites. These tips can help you turn your backyard into a hummingbird haven!

Snags
Not every tree birds need has to be alive - learn how a snag can be a great addition to your backyard. Includes tips for create snags from live trees or relocating a snag onto your property.

Trees for Birds
There are three types of trees for birds that can help you attract more species to your backyard, and these tips for choosing trees will help you make the most of the trees you plant. Includes examples of the best trees for birds.

Fruit Trees for Birds
Tips for choosing fruit-bearing trees for birds to attract birds to your backyard, including what types of birds eat fruit and a list of the best fruit trees for birds.

Top 10 Hummingbird Flowers
If you want to add more flowers to your bird-friendly landscaping, why not choose flowers to attract hummingbirds? These top 10 picks include a wide range of flowers, both annuals and perennials, suitable for every garden, season and budget.

Grass for Birds
Grass can be great for birds, if you have a bird-friendly lawn and choose ornamental grasses that can provide seeds, shelter and nesting material. Learn more about the best grass for birds!

Flowers That Attract Hummingbirds
Types of flowers that attract hummingbirds and tips for planting a hummingbird garden.

Using Leaf Litter to Attract Birds
Tips for using leaf litter to attract birds with food, water, shelter and nesting materials. Instead of trashing this valuable material, use it to naturally attract backyard birds.

Seed-Bearing Flowers for Birds
Planting seed-bearing flowers for birds is an easy and effective way to attract birds to your backyard with a natural food source. These most popular seed-bearing flowers are perfect for attracting finches, sparrows, towhees and other bird species to your yard.

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