Backyard Birding and Butterfly Gardening By: Randi Minetor

Author: Nic Minetor

Learn how to: – Attract particular species by choosing the right foods, plants, trees, water sources, and nesting materials – Create a garden, region by region, that will be an oasis for birds and butterflies – Instantly recognize, and attract, those birds you are most likely to see–including the top birds found nationally as well as in Eastern and Western locations – Identify species by field marks, plumage, and more – Make your yard the hummingbird capital of the neighborhood – Fend off predators and other uninvited backyard guests