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Projects for the Birder s Garden from Fern Marshall Bradley and the Editors of Yankee Magazine lets you create your own private nature preserve-with dozens of ingenious ideas to turn a typical backyard into a beautiful natural habitat for birds and other wildlife. Experience the gratification of watching birds gobble seeds and other treats from your homemade bird feeder. Look on with delight as a mother bird tends to her babies in the protective hideaway of a birdhouse you have lovingly constructed from a dried gourd. Create a sunflower plantation a bird teepee a tent-style twig feeder a pedestal birdbath. Follow the step-by-step instructions in this book and your yard will quickly become an enticing playground breeding ground and feeding ground for colorful songbirds. And that s not all-there are also projects specially designed to attract beautiful hummingbirds and butterflies to your garden. Among the book s special features: – Projects require only a few simple tools and supplies and most can be easily and inexpensively assembled using only scrap materials found around the house – Information-packed sidebars include tips for identifying the nests and eggs of songbirds and unusual facts and figures about birds and bird behavior – Instructions show how to create baffles and barriers to keep squirrels raccoons and other unwanted guess away from the birdseed-along with projects for tending to these feeder-raiding marauders too The simple pleasure of viewing birds in your backyard is something to treasure every day of the year. Whether you are a seasoned bird watcher or are new to the hobby you will find a wealth of inspirational ideas here to attract more birds than ever before to your backyard. And you ll increase your enjoyment of this soul-satisfying pastime.
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