How to Attract birds to Your Garden: Foods They Like, Plants They Love, Shelter They Need

CONTENTS
Introduction
BIRD BEHAVIOR
	Introduction
	Birds in your yard
	How birds behave and interact
	How birds feed and forage
	Where birds nest
	Raising young birds
	Resident backyard birds
	Spring and summer visitors
	Fall and winter visitors
	Backyard features for birds
FEEDING BIRDS
	Introduction
	Foot type and feeding
	Beak type and feeding
	What to feed birds
	Make your own suet mix
	Types of bird feeder
	Make your own tube feeder
	Make your own upside-down feeder
	Make your own windowed feeder
	Creating a feeding station
	Positioning secondary feeders
	Combining feeders, food, and birds
	How to maintain your feeders
NESTING
	Introduction
	Why have a birdhouse?
	Standard birdhouses
	Other common birdhouses
	Speciality birdhouses
	Nesting pockets
	Make your own birdhouse
	Upcycling birdhouses
	Putting up birdhouses
	How birds develop
	Monitoring birdhouses
	Putting out nesting material for birds
	Cleaning your birdhouse
PLANTING
	Introduction
	Gardening for birds
	What plants provide
	Layering plants to create natural shelter
	Perfect plants: shelter
	Attracting pollinating insects
	Perfect plants: nectar-rich flowers
	Providing fruits and berries
	Perfect plants: fruits and berries
	Providing seeds for birds
	Perfect plants: seeds
	How to make seed bombs
WATER FOR BIRDS
	Introduction
	Water in the landscape
	Choosing and positioning a birdbath
	Make your own birdbath
	Taking care of your birdbath
	Why have a pond?
	Make your own small pond
	Make your own large pond
	Adding places for wildlife
	Pond creatures
	Maintaining your pond
KEEPING BIRDS SAFE
	Introduction
	Pest prevention
	How to manage cats
	How to identify diseases in backyard birds
BIRD PROFILES
	Introduction
	Profiles
Index of birds by common name
Index
About the author / Acknowledgments