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