Comments on: The Winter-Interest Secret Most Gardeners Forget: or How to Attract Birds

By: How to Create a Certified Wildlife Habitat for The National Wildlife Federation

How to Create a Certified Wildlife Habitat for The National Wildlife Federation — Fri, 24 Jun 2011 11:33:01 +0000

[...] Supplemental feeders: birdseed, squirrel food, suet cakes (you can make your own), butterfly and hummingbird feeders are all good ways of supplementing what’s growing in the garden, particularly if your garden is still too young to provide abundant natural food. Feeders are also a good way of bringing wildlife to a specific spot if you like to take photos of them. [...]

By: Trees to Attract Birds: New Stars and Old Favorites | North Coast Gardening

Trees to Attract Birds: New Stars and Old Favorites | North Coast Gardening — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 17:53:56 +0000

[...] talked earlier this week about how to attract birds using feeders and water. Since we’re all plant geeks here, I’m dying to share some of my [...]

By: Attracting Hummingbirds With Plants and Feeders | North Coast Gardening

Attracting Hummingbirds With Plants and Feeders | North Coast Gardening — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 17:25:17 +0000

[...] you’ve been following my series on Planting to Attract Birds, you may already have a few plants in mind to attract hummingbirds to your garden. Who wouldn’t [...]

By: GBDW - Wildlife in the Garden Wrap-Up

GBDW - Wildlife in the Garden Wrap-Up — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 08:43:00 +0000

[...] The Winter-Interest Secret Most Gardeners Forget (Genevieve at North Coast Gardening): Interesting seedheads, bright bark, and evergreens are all well and good, but don’t overlook the color, sound, and movement that birds can bring to the winter garden. Genevieve offers a number of tips to welcome these winged wonders during the colder months. This post also includes links to five other posts, in which she offers bird-friendly planting suggestions (even for containers!). [...]

By: Nan Ondra

Nan Ondra — Sat, 28 Mar 2009 00:02:41 +0000

What a great resource, Genevieve! Thanks for sharing the link to this post, as well as the five others in this series, for the GGW Design Workshop. The plant-focused posts were especially interesting – particularly the one with your suggestions for bird-friendly container plantings. Just goes to show that you can create habitat even in a small space.

By: Fern

Fern — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 22:58:14 +0000

I’m thinking of moving apartments and one of the places I looked at had a great patio. I was thinking that it had a perfect spot for a bird bath, so I was looking through my feed reader for bird bath ideas. I don’t know how I missed this post the first time around, but you’ve got some great ideas. Thanks! Of course you know I am really looking forward to your container gardening ideas for attracting birds!

By: Renate

Renate — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 04:32:22 +0000

Yes, I so agree! It’s so exciting to watch birds land and enjoy their bath!

By: Genevieve

Genevieve — Mon, 16 Feb 2009 03:37:07 +0000

Iona, I love the Jays, too! I only wish they’d come to my garden, but I haven’t seen them around the neighborhood… The people who have tons of them complain about how raucous they are – but I don’t care! I love to look at their funny-shaped little heads and find their blue feathers in the garden.

And I’m super jealous of anyone with squirrels. I love them too.

I didn’t even know about this bird count – it sounds awesome. I’m going to go check it out right now!

And Monica, I’m sure you’re going to have great success! Bold action is key to achieving your dreams. I’m inspired!

By: Monica

Monica — Sun, 15 Feb 2009 16:54:16 +0000

I love the photo of the goldfinch; you can almost hear him saying "Bananas!" (or some swaer in bird language) about the blustery weather. I'm participating int he bird count this weekend, too. I think my having fresh water in the garden encourages a lot more of all kinds of wildlife (I saw a duck bathing in it earlier in the month, and the heater didn't seem to bother her!) than just feeders. Thanks also for the offer of advice. I'm sure I'll take you up on that once I get myself a little more organized. My main plan is to write a book and my immediate main plan is to detox a bit from my job! Monica’s last blog post..Today I Leapt

By: Aerie-el

Aerie-el — Sun, 15 Feb 2009 16:48:44 +0000

Hey Genevieve, I am catching up on reading blogs today and saw you linked my suet post--thank you! Very timely for your post too, since it's the Great Backyard Bird Count this weekend. Always a pleasure to read your blog! ~Aerie-el Aerie-el’s last blog post..RED, WHITE, AND GREEN