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