National Wildlife Federation Attracting Birds, Butterflies and Other Backyard Wildlife

By: David Mizejewski

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Binding: paper
Publisher: Creative Homeowner Press
Pages: 128 pages, 8 1/2 x 10 7/8
full-color photographs, full-color illustrations
Weight: 1 pounds
ISBN:  1-58011-150-5
Published:  January 2004

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.

• More than 200 full-color photographs and illustrations

• 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

About the Author

David Mizejewski, of Arlington, VA, has worked as a naturalist at nature centers in Georgia and Virginia. He is currently the manager of the National Wildife Federation's Backyard Wildlife Habitat program, which teaches people how to provide habitat for wildlife in their yards, gardens, and neighborhoods. David holds a degree in Human and Natural Ecology for Emory University.

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