Adding a running water feature to your landscape design can attract more birds and other wildlife (as does adding native plants!). This is a small water feature designed to include an open water space, so the birds can stand on submerged rocks and bathe in the shallow pool. Tip: Better with audio on!
Native plants are "Better for Birds"
...a study on bird-fruit interactions published recently in Biological Conservation shows that, even when exotic fruits are more abundant, “birds usually prefer and seek out native fruits,” says lead author Amanda Gallinat, a postdoctoral researcher at Utah State University. In most cases, she adds, native berries contain more of the fats, carbohydrates and nutrients that birds need to survive the cold months. “Invasive fruits are usually nutrient poor,” Gallinat says. Read the full article: www.nwf.org/Home/Magazines/National-Wildlife/2021/Feb-Mar/Gardening/Native-Berries. Read the research study article: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0006320719314946
...a study on bird-fruit interactions published recently in Biological Conservation shows that, even when exotic fruits are more abundant, “birds usually prefer and seek out native fruits,” says lead author Amanda Gallinat, a postdoctoral researcher at Utah State University. In most cases, she adds, native berries contain more of the fats, carbohydrates and nutrients that birds need to survive the cold months. “Invasive fruits are usually nutrient poor,” Gallinat says. Read the full article: www.nwf.org/Home/Magazines/National-Wildlife/2021/Feb-Mar/Gardening/Native-Berries. Read the research study article: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0006320719314946
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Juvenile Cooper's hawk
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Bullock's oriole
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Cedar waxwings
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Mountain chickadee
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Bushtits
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Western bluebirds
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Band-tailed pigeon
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White-crowned sparrow
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Goldfinch
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Anna's hummingbird
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American crow
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Bushtits
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Phaenopepla
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California towhee
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Lesser goldfinches
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Spotted towhee
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Eastern fox squirrel
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Black phoebe
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Mountain chickadee
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Anna's hummingbird
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Eastern fox squirrel
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Townsend's warbler
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Raccoons!
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White-breasted nuthatch
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American crow
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Ruby-crowned kinglet (watch for it!)
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California scrub jay
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Townsend's warbler
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Western bluebirds
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Lesser goldfinch
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Northern mockingbird
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Beechey ground squirrel
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Raccoon
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Racoon
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Yellow-rumped warbler
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Western bluebird
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Band-tailed pigeon
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Mourning dove
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Dark-eyed junco
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Hooded Oriole (male)
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Scott's Oriole (female)
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Scott's Oriole (female)
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Black-headed grosbeak (male)
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The Mindful Gardener Landscape Design
Specializing in California Native & Drought Tolerant Designs Serving Northeast Los Angeles & San Fernando Valley Maggie Haase | [email protected] | 818-720-6972 |