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Book Cover for: Natural Gardening for Birds: Create a Bird-Friendly Habitat in Your Backyard, Julie Zickefoose

Natural Gardening for Birds: Create a Bird-Friendly Habitat in Your Backyard

Julie Zickefoose

A Practical Illustrated Bird-Oriented Gardening Book with Great Reference Charts

Bird-watchers everywhere dream of a landscape dotted with fruiting shrubs, nests tucked into twining vines, and birds flocking to feeding stations. Let Natural Gardening for Birds show you how to lay out the welcome mat for birds by considering all of their needs, including year-round food, water, and shelter. Whether you're looking to create a hummingbird garden, install a water feature, create alluring perches, or simply designate a corner of your property as a natural area, you'll find all the inspiration and information you need in Natural Gardening for Birds, including:

The best plants for nectar, fruit, and seeds
The most attractive foods to offer birds
Housing for cavity-nesting birds
Simple habitat enhancements like snags and perches
Region-specific planting ideas and charts

Book Details

  • Publisher: Skyhorse Publishing
  • Publish Date: Jul 19th, 2016
  • Pages: 256
  • Language: English
  • Edition: undefined - undefined
  • Dimensions: 8.90in - 7.40in - 0.80in - 1.60lb
  • EAN: 9781510702479
  • Categories: Birdwatching GuidesGarden DesignTechniques

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About the Author

Zickefoose, Julie: - Julie Zickefoose, the author/illustrator of Baby Birds (2016), The Bluebird Effect (2012), and Letters from Eden (2006), is a contributing editor to Bird Watcher's Digest. She lives with her family on an eighty-acre sanctuary in Appalachian Ohio.

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