A backyard can come alive
by creating an environment with plants and spaces that attract nature's
most interesting and friendly creatures. Colorful butterflies, uplifting
songbirds, and lively toads can enhance that personal garden space,
giving pleasure to nature lovers of all ages. National Wildlife
Federation Attracting Birds, Butterflies and Other Backyard Wildlife
provides over a dozen step-by-step projects for families to do together,
making getting back to nature easy, educational, and fun.
Attracting Birds, Butterflies, and Other Backyard
Wildlife shows homeowners how to fill their yards and gardens with
the sights and sounds of nature. Author David Mizejewski presents simple
plans for reintroducing native plants that birds, butterflies, and a
whole host of critters can't resist. He also shows ways of supplementing
nature to further entice wildlife to yards and gardens.
• 170 full-color photos
of backyard wildlife habitats and the creatures they attract
• Over a dozen habitat-inducing projects, including birdhouses,
bird feeders, a bat house,
a toad abode, roosting boxes, and more
• Information on using native plants
• How to provide food, water, and shelter
• Wildlife-friendly gardening practices, landscape designs
• How to certify your yard as an official Backyard Wildlife Habitat
site
• Resource Guide for further information
• Full cross-referenced index and glossary of important terms
"...describes
in full and fascinating detail how to get the varied citizens of Mother
Nature to set up shop on your property, whether it be a big spread in
the country or a modest yard in suburbia..."
—USA Today Magazine
About The Author:
David Mizejewski holds a degree
in Human and Natural Ecology from Emory University and has worked as
a naturalist in Georgia and Virginia. David manages the National Wildlife
Federation's Backyard Wildlife Habitat program, which teaches people
how to provide habitat for wildlife in their yards, gardens, and neighborhoods.
He lives in Arlington, Virginia.
