Attract Backyard Birds with an Ecosystem Approach!

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While bird feeders are a popular way to attract birds into the yard there is a much better way - an ecosystem approach - that not only feeds the seed eating birds, but also provides food for the insect eaters, provides cover for nesting and to escape predators, and has a constant and accessible source of water for the birds to drink and bathe in. This ecosystem approach is built upon a community of native flowering plants, shrubs and trees and will not only benefit birds but also pollinators of all types and the mammals, reptiles and amphibians that call your yard home.
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Chapters:
0:00 Why an Ecosystem Approach to Attracting Birds Makes Sense
0:42 Providing Food to Seed Eating Birds With Native Flowering Plants and Added Benefits to Pollinators
1:29 Providing Food to Insect Eating Birds by Planting Caterpillar Host Plants - The Importance of Caterpillars to all Birds
2:08 Providing Nesting, Loafing, Feeding and Escape Cover with Native Shrubs - Why Birds Need Cover to Escape Into
3:03 Providing Food for Birds with Native Fruit and Nut Producing Shrubs, Shrubs as Caterpillar Host Plants, Shrubs for Pollinators
3:29 Providing Additional Habitat Niches with native Trees - Trees as Escape and Nesting Cover, Trees as Caterpillar Host Plants, Food Form Trees that Produce Nuts, Berries, or Other Fruit
4:45 Backyard Ecology Course Opportunity: How to Create Pollinator and Wildlife Habitat - a Comprehensive Course for the Eastern U.S.
5:56 Water Features for Birds - Birdbaths and Ponds, Benefits to Amphibians and Other Wildlife, Planted Ponds, and Water Features, Creating Water Movement

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@BackyardEcology 4 ай бұрын

@JC-nl3nh 4 ай бұрын

A little mockingbird loved my ilex verticillata berries this winter, he cleaned the whole bush within a week!

@BackyardEcology 4 ай бұрын

Awesome! Mockingbirds are fun to watch when they are feeding on native berries.

@JC-nl3nh 4 ай бұрын

yes it was fun to watch, they look goofy but precise and methodical somehow.. hoping for lots of serviceberries this coming season.@@BackyardEcology

@BackyardEcology 4 ай бұрын

If your serviceberries produce there will be birds all over them - even when they are still green! @@JC-nl3nh

@moniquemacneil5522 5 күн бұрын

So much fun to watch this knowing I've provided so many of these, we had a beautiful row of Christmas trees and a cherry tree on the lot before we arrived, but wow it provides so much life in my garden , We had a flock of cedar waxed wings take a long rest in the blooming cherry tree just last week, taking a peek of food to come. Alongside bringing all those pollinators to my vegetables and fruits gardens near by, having so many great pollinators friendly flowers/ plants, with a new flower bed focused even more on butterflies, with a few host varieties and kids helped make a butterfly puddler ! I'd love to include a proper water source one day, but for now the water table will have to work 😅 I also want to add, I love watching spiders create their worlds around my garden

@BackyardEcology 5 күн бұрын

Sounds awesome! I love spiders too and make videos about spiders that are common to yards from time to time.

@LlibertarianGalt 4 ай бұрын

I've been using feeders the last 6 - 8 months but just as I sew trees, hedging and flowers! Got a large variety of berry producing plants to get down after winter. 😊

@snsnplpl 4 ай бұрын

I lay my tomato cages under the feeders and around bushes to thwart predators.

@joshuawaynehensley 4 ай бұрын

Thank you for the excellent video and info! I was once cornered by a strange gathering of men who kept shouting "Ni!" at me until I agreed to bring them a shrubbery that "looked nice and wasn't too expensive." Very troubling.

@BackyardEcology 4 ай бұрын

I too have run into those same guys😅😅😅😅😅😅

@gardenforbirds 4 ай бұрын

😂 I was genuinely concerned for a minute! I hope you were able to provide them the required shrubberies!

@syrpentina 4 ай бұрын

I love the habitat-based approach to attracting and supporting birds and local wildlife. Thank you for sharing this!❤

@BackyardEcology 4 ай бұрын

Thank you! Glad you liked it!

@mercedeshorn8950 3 ай бұрын

I'd love to see that video on the best wildflowers for seed eating birds!

@BackyardEcology 3 ай бұрын

Stay tuned! More are in the works. Making them is very weather dependent so not sure exactly when they will come out.

@Antarctica2025 Ай бұрын

Yes, all my gardening is ecological! Thank you.

@BackyardEcology Ай бұрын

Nice!

@SCPorchGardner 27 күн бұрын

I have had a birdbath now for about 4 months, no birds have used it so far but honeybees are there all day.

@BackyardEcology 27 күн бұрын

Sometimes it takes birds a bit to catch on, especially if there is a water source they are already accustomed to using.

@johnford7847 4 ай бұрын

Inspirational. Thank you.

@BackyardEcology 4 ай бұрын

Thank you! Glad you enjoyed it.

@LauraTaylor-xw6xx 4 ай бұрын

Thanks!

@BackyardEcology 4 ай бұрын

Thank You!

@tracyreaume6451 4 ай бұрын

Love this video!

@BackyardEcology 4 ай бұрын

Thank you!

@TheBarefootedGardener 3 ай бұрын

Let me know if you have plans for other water feature type videos! I’m working on a video on how to build a small pondless waterfall, but the last blast of snow needs to melt…

@BackyardEcology 3 ай бұрын

There will be more water feature videos in the future - once the weather gets better for doing that sort of stuff.

@kathyknoeppel1699 4 ай бұрын

Thank you for the video! Great information - I am sure you already know about Dr. Doug Tallamy. But if you have missed him on KZfaq or in his books - check him out. We all need to spread the word about native plants and their importance to us and nature.

@BackyardEcology 4 ай бұрын

I have links to Dr. Tallamy's books on some of my videos.

@c.j.taylor7325 4 ай бұрын

Are there any nice evergreen shrubs you could recommend for western NY? I'm not necessarily looking for something like an arborvitae, but something thats leafy and produces berries.

@BackyardEcology 4 ай бұрын

Evergreen native berry producers can be tough to find for many locations. American holly comes close to NY in its native range and would probably be your best option.

@djsone3499 2 ай бұрын

I'm in WNY and I have some Inkberry hollies. I've never gotten berries because I don't have a male plant and the deer browse them here and there in the winter, but they do grow well otherwise. They can be leggy though.

@c.j.taylor7325 2 ай бұрын

@@djsone3499 thanks for the suggestion I'm definitely considering it now