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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.
Design a Bird Friendly Landscape
How to design a bird friendly landscape that will provide food, shelter and nesting sites for backyard birds.
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.
Flowers That Attract Hummingbirds
Types of flowers that attract hummingbirds and tips for planting a hummingbird garden.
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.
How to Build a Brush Pile
Steps for how to build a brush pile to attract birds with shelter.
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.