Food:
Tip: Place flowers near windows so you can watch your nature visitors.
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Level |
What To Do |
Examples |
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Simple |
Bird Feeder with a nearby shrub or tree to provide cover & safety Annual flowers |
Window Feeder (clear with suction cups) Hanging feeders with small feed openings Hanging baskets of flowers |
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Middle |
Common native perennials that produce nectar and seeds Leave plants standing until Mother’s Day, birds will feed all winter long No pesticides please |
Black-eyed Susan Purple Coneflower
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Advanced |
Multiple native flowers, trees and shrubs that flower, fruit & produce seeds through spring, summer and fall |
Marsh Milkweed (summer flower, fall & winter seeds) Aster (summer & fall blooms) Common Juniper (berries ripen in April) |
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Top-flight |
Create a prairie with native flowers & grasses intermingled (full sun) |
Hackberry, Burr Oak, Wild Cherry Eastern Redbud, Grey Dogwood, Serviceberry Nannyberry Viburnum |
For lists of plants that feed songbirds, butterflies and more, see these documents:
Bringing Hummingbirds to Your Yard
Bringing Butterflies to Your Yard
Creating a Forest Edge for Bird Diversity Including Songbirds