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Bird Gardens: How to Support Wildlife in Your Backyard

thedailygreen.com — Here's a list of 15 ways to attract beautiful birds and songs to your yard, and 10+ more bird conservation tips from the National Audubon Society.

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  • Winkleman, on 04/16/2009, -1/+19one thing this article didnt mention, is that planting flowers around your yard will also help the bee crisis.
  • BurningSand, on 04/16/2009, -1/+6Digg answers my prayers again, I was just looking for a nectar recipe, and-- ta-dum!
  • byronm, on 04/16/2009, -0/+5I've been slowly convering my 2 acres frm the previous owners obsession to grass to a more natural environment and the best thing i never did was naturalize large chunks with native wild flowers. only problem i'm working on now is controlling ticks without resulting into pesticides that defeat the purpose of supporting wildlife in my yard :)
  • SkyDancer49, on 04/16/2009, -0/+3As the slide show says, you can lower your vet bills by keeping your cats indoors. I have two 'rescues' that were originally alley cats. A male and a female. They have adapted well to their new roles as indoor cats and don't even pay any attention to the howling Tom outside the window. I don't have to worry about infected bites or torn ears, not to mention what a car or truck can do to them. Off soapbox. :-)
  • inactive, on 04/16/2009, -0/+3I sing to them.
  • CrankMyBlueSax, on 04/16/2009, -2/+5Attracting birds to the back yard gives my cats that many more hunting opportunities.
  • nickaster, on 04/16/2009, -0/+3This is really basic systems thinking... I love it.
  • byronm, on 04/16/2009, -0/+3Hate to break it to you, but any garden = ***** garden. Gardens are only healthy when they're alive and that means having worms ***** in it, bugs ***** in in, animals ***** in it and more often then not in my neck of woods in amish country mixing in horse, pig and cow ***** in it :)
  • CrankMyBlueSax, on 04/16/2009, -1/+3That whole good\bad thing is really subjective. If you strip away all the human irrational emotional bull *****, the universe keeps chugging right along whether a cat eats a bird or not.
  • republicker, on 04/16/2009, -0/+2A 2 dollar bag of birdseed works wonders.
  • inactive, on 04/16/2009, -1/+3Haven't you heard?
  • k3rfuffl3, on 04/16/2009, -0/+2Considering they wake me up at 5:00 AM every morning... ***** birds
  • Kevin108, on 04/16/2009, -0/+2Did anybody else accidentally read the title as Bier Garden? Now I want a Reissdorf Kolsch.
  • Coffeedemon, on 04/16/2009, -0/+2At the very least, it is a nicer looking garden due to the plants plus there's less mowing.
  • zaferk, on 04/16/2009, -0/+1Likewise CrankMyBlueSax, entropy will take its course.
  • ThatNuttyPeej, on 04/16/2009, -0/+1FTA: And don't use soap when you clean your [hummingbird] feeder -- it can make birds sick.
  • ThatNuttyPeej, on 04/16/2009, -1/+2Everybody's heard that the bird is the word.
  • Nakaleen, on 04/16/2009, -0/+1Bank card?
  • Portwineboy, on 04/16/2009, -0/+1#1 - Bell the cat
  • kp998, on 04/16/2009, -1/+2And that would be a bad thing!
  • Roguecop, on 04/16/2009, -0/+1We have a bird feeder that attracts just about everything that will come to a feeder including, unfortunately, those giant ***** dispensing white winged pigeons. We try to scare them off as much as possible but one morning I woke up and there were seven of the bastards sitting on the balcony fence staring at me and about a dozen more in trees beyond. Well at least there aren't any grackles.
  • Nakaleen, on 04/16/2009, -0/+1I had a cat once, who was so smart pinned the bell under it's chin against it's chest so it didn't make a sound.
  • inactive, on 04/16/2009, -0/+1as long as they dont hide the remains, all is good.
  • KSUdesigner, on 04/16/2009, -0/+1Bird ***** = garden fertilizer
  • Cherylsgifts2go, on 05/08/2009, -0/+0Another great article and, the pictures were fantastic. I can't feed the birds because of the black bears that come to the feeders in our yard. I do keep fresh water out for my feathered friends. I get quite a few birds just by having water in the garden for them. I have hummingbirds too but, can't get them to use the feeders I put out for them.
  • ELCad, on 04/16/2009, -1/+1It's bad when they sneak a half dead bird into the house and play with it. Feathers everywhere. Who knew that a robin had so many feathers? I looked more like a pillow exploded.
  • wrestlingnrj, on 04/16/2009, -1/+1Wow, and here I am with a pellet gun keeping the blackbirds and squirrels away.
  • briLo, on 04/17/2009, -0/+0Christmas cards.
  • CanuckPenguin, on 04/16/2009, -0/+0My city is giving away trees (one to a household) and I asked for a native tree that has fruit (serviceberry). Not only will I get shade for the house during the summer but the fruit will attract birds too.
  • keyforce, on 04/16/2009, -2/+1Nice try, Mother Nature.

    I saw The Happening.
  • briLo, on 04/16/2009, -2/+0That means less to shoot with the pellet gun I guess!!!
  • inactive, on 04/16/2009, -4/+2Wow there was a lot of ***** ads and 'call your congressman' crap in there.
    Fukken buried
  • chriskzoo, on 04/16/2009, -5/+2Bird garden = ***** garden
  • briLo, on 04/16/2009, -5/+1How to support massive amounts of bird ***** on your house and card.

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