Backyard Birding and Butterfly Gardening

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