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Backyard Bird Habitat. Learn About Any Bird to Create Its Habitat in Your Garden

You want a bird to make its home in your garden. How do you begin creating its habitat & then evaluate if your garden is providing all it needs.

Lesser Goldfinch, male

Episode # 18

Learning about any bird is enjoyable and can also be used as a guide to grow its habitat in our gardens. In this podcast episode I go over a practical way to learn about any bird to inspire you make changes in your garden. It also helps you to monitor the progress of your garden as you create a healthy bird habitat.

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Websites mentioned in this episode

All about birds (Cornell Lab)

https://www.allaboutbirds.org/news/

Audubon

https://www.audubon.org/

Ladybird Johnson Wildflower Center - Native Plant Database page

https://www.wildflower.org/plants/search.php?search_field=&newsearch=true

Ladybird Johnson Wildflower Center - Home page

https://www.wildflower.org/

Plant nursery for online plants - It carries many southwestern native plants

High Country Gardens

https://www.highcountrygardens.com/

Birds mentioned in this episode

Lesser Goldfinch

Dark-eyed Junco

Native plants mentioned in this episode.

Native plant database from Ladybird Johnson Wildflower Center links are provided for each plant to get more information

Chocolate flower ( Berlendiera lyrata )

https://www.wildflower.org/plants/result.php?id_plant=BELY

Maximillian Sunflower: Helianthus maximiliani

https://www.wildflower.org/plants/result.php?id_plant=HEMA2

Annual Sunflower : Helianthus annuus

https://www.wildflower.org/plants/result.php?id_plant=HEAN3

Skeleton-leaf Goldeneye: Viguera

https://www.wildflower.org/plants/result.php?id_plant=VIST

Blanket flower (Gaillardia )

There are many different species of Gaillardia. If you search on the wildflower center website for ‘Gaillardia” or “blanket flower” you will be able to review the different plants in that group

https://www.wildflower.org/plants/search.php?search_field=&newsearch=true

Tetraneuris scaposa

Same as mentioned above for Gaillardia. Please type “tetraneuris” on Wildflower Center website search bar to see various options

https://www.wildflower.org/plants/search.php?search_field=&newsearch=true

Elderberry tree (Mexican Elder) : Sambucus nigra ssp. cerulea

https://www.wildflower.org/plants/result.php?id_plant=SANIC5

Black Dalea : Dalea frutescens

https://www.wildflower.org/plants/result.php?id_plant=DAFR2

Wolfberry : Lycium andersonii

https://www.wildflower.org/plants/result.php?id_plant=LYAN

Three leaf Sumac : Rhus trilobata

https://www.wildflower.org/plants/result.php?id_plant=RHTR