Bird-Friendly Gardening (eBook)

Guidance and Projects for Supporting Birds in Your Landscape

Jen McGuinness (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2024
192 Seiten
Cool Springs Press (Verlag)
9780760382127 (ISBN)

Infos

Bird-Friendly Gardening is the definitive guide to planting a wildlife-welcoming home landscape filled with a diversity of native plants that feed, shelter, and support birds.*2025 GardenComm Silver Laurel Media Award Winner*With hundreds of North American bird species facing population decline or at risk of extinction, right now is the perfect time to create a home-based habitat garden that offers birds the resources they need to safely feed, migrate, breed, and thrive.Thankfully, making your outdoor space a secure and comfortable haven for many different bird species isn't a Herculean task. It's a matter of understanding the needs of our avian friends and how native plants, combined with purposeful garden design, can help meet those needs. And that's exactly the know-how you'll find here, outlined in a simple-to-follow, actionable format by author Jennifer McGuinness.Step beyond the seed-filled bird feederand suet block, and learn how to further provide for birds. Some of the topics covered in the book include: How to design a bird-centered habitat garden in spaceslarge and smallAdvice on providing fresh water year-roundUnderstanding the connection between native plants and insectsand the birds that rely on themHow to design and plant a fruit garden, a bird seed garden, a runoff-absorbing rain garden, or even a container garden that nurtures birdsMeet dozens oftrees, shrubs, and other plantsthat supportthe insects almost all adult birds need to feed their young18 step-by-step garden design projectsand plant lists for creatinga diversity of bird-friendly spacesTips for preventing window strikes and cat killsBest practices for including bird feeders, nest boxes, and bird baths inyour landscapeWhether your ';spark bird' was a lightning-fast Ruby-throated Hummingbird, a brilliant Indigo Bunting, or a petite Hammond's Flycatcher, it's time to put out the welcome mat for birds in your home garden. YOU can make a significant impact on the lives of thousands of birds, whether they're just passing through during migration or making a feather-lined summertime home for raising the next generation.It's time for gardeners from coast to coast to heed the call and welcome their flighty friends home withBird-Friendly Gardening.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 2.4.2024
• Zusatzinfo: 175 color photos
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Natur / Technik ► Garten
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Natur / Technik ► Natur / Ökologie
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Natur / Technik ► Naturführer
• Schlagworte: 3 • 4 • 5 • 6 • 7 • 8 • 9 • Activities • Adult • attracting wildlife • Avian • backyard • backyard birdwatching • Bath • bees • best plants • Best Practices • best wild plants for songbirds • biodiverse landscape • birder • bird feeder staging • Birding Guide • black birders week • bluebird • Book • Bringing Nature Home • Butterflies • Care • caterpillars • Celebration • Christian Cooper • climate change • corridor • Doug Tallamy • Earth Day • Easter • Echinacea • Ecological • Ecology • ecosystem • elderberries • Enthusiast • Environment • environmental conservation • Evergreens • Fauna • Feeder • Flora • Food • friendly • Garden design • gardener gift • Gardening for Birds • Green Living • grow your own birdseed • Habitat • Haven • help endangered species • hot-girl hobby • house cat kills • Humane • hummingbird • Ideas • inclusive • insect • Inspiration • Landscaping • Lover • make an impact • MoM • moth • Mother's Day • national gardening day • Native • native plants • natural plantings • Nature • Nature's Best Hope • nest boxes • Nesting • oak trees • Official Guide • OWL • permaculture • pollinator • preventing window strikes • Primer • Project • Projects • responsible • Rewilding • rudbeckia • Sanctuary • shrubs with berries • Social Media • southern • Spring • supporting bird migration • Sustainable • The Audubon Society • thistles • TikTok • usda hardiness zone • viburnums • Watcher • ways to support • Yard
• ISBN-13: 9780760382127 / 9780760382127