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Plant native plants for the birds
The best way I've found to attract birds (and other wildlife) in the yard is to plant native plants that have seeds or berries on them that birds eat. This brings in birds such as warblers that don't eat packaged bird seed and generally does not attract undesirables such as starlings. Not only that, but if you replace exotic plants and lawn with natives, you don't need pesticides or fertilizer (and cut down on mowing, which reduces pollution and saves energy).
Native plants can be tough to track down in some areas, but if you contact a native plant society in your area, you will find lots of people happy to help with what to plant for wildlife.
To get an idea of what has been seen in my own yard in Florida over the 4 to 5 years I've been landscaping with native plants, visit my web gallery -- here: http://cgstudios.smugmug.com/gallery/1466565
and here: http://cgstudios.smugmug.com/gallery/344221On Umbra on feeding birds posted 2 years, 4 months ago 19 Responses