Attracting Birds Using Trees and Shrubs
Provide birds with a place to hide, nest, eat, and rest.

Backyard Habitat
Come see the photos of this special backyard wildlife habitat!

Bird and Butterfly Gardening Books - A Review
Some great books to get you inspired and started with your own haven.

Birds and Wildflowers
Provide seed, nectar, nesting sites, and cover PLUS spend less time gardening.

Build a Bluebird House
Want to attract bluebirds to your yard? Want to watch cute bluebird fledgings learning to fly? Then put up a bluebird house in your backyard.

Build Birdfeeders
Free plans plus info on what birds prefer what feeders and food.

Build Birdhouses!
Includes free bird house specs, plans, and more!

Complete Guide to Birdhouses
How to build them, how to buy them, where to place them, how many to put up, how to keep predators away and more!

Cooking FOR the Birds - Recipe Collection
Birdie cornbread, pizza, peanut butter suet, and more.

A Delicate and Tenuous Balance Between Gardening and Nature
A thoughtful view of wildlife, nature, and man.

Make an Easy Bird Bath and Dripper
Make an easy clay pot birdbath and a milk jug dripper to attract birds to your backyard.

Elegant Dining - For the Birds!
Attract a wider variety of birds, break out of your birdseed doldrums! Make some delicious treats for your wild bird friends.

Feathers & Flowers Bird and Butterfly Habitat Introduction
New series of articles on creating a bird and butterfly haven! Check out the photos.

From Weeds to Wings
Clickable haven map, photo tours, postcards, plant directory, wildlife habitat articles and more.

Grow a Bird Garden
Attract birds to your backyard with a super bird garden. Here are 4 free garden plans to try. Each has a planting diagram, plant lists, and mini-views of what it will look like during the growing season.

Grow a Purple Martin Gourd House and Bird Feeder
Learn how to grow gourds then make them into bird feeders and Purple Martin birdhouses.

A Haven to Call My Own
Fantastic or foolhardy? I'm going to transform barren land into a bird-friendly haven and you can help.

Help Birds Beat the Heat
Summer can be brutal for birds - especially with high temperatures. Provide water with ponds, bird baths, misters, drippers. Lots of ideas and free plans!

Hummingbird Wars in Texas
It's an all-out war between hummingbirds and bees!

Introduction to Feeding the Birds
Tips on what to feed to the birds around your home.

Mealworms are Candy for Birds
Yummy, wiggling mealworms are like candy to birds! They will attract many different types of birds, birds that may not be coming to your seed or suet feeders. Learn how to feed them to your backyard birds, how to raise them, as well as how to build a mealworm feeder.

My Hummingbird and Butterfly Garden
Take a photo tour through this area of the Feathers & Flowers Haven.

Oh, NO! The Feeders are Empty!
Birdie fast food you can easily make when your feeders are empty, and you have no more seed or store bought suet.

Planting of a Bird & Butterfly Haven
Birds watched, butterflies sipped nectar as we planted over 400 plants!

Set Up a Bird Feeding Station
Want to attract birds to your backyard? Try setting up a bird feeding station! Here are tips to consider as well as ideas on the types of feeders and how to keep them clean.

Suet is for the Birds
Try all of these easy "Down Home" suet recipes. (Some require no cooking at all!) Turn your backyard birds into Tweet Gourmets.

Trash to Treasures - Attract Birds
Need new birdhouses, feeders or birdbaths for your backyard? Here's some fun ways to use discarded items or common items in your backyard to make items to attract birds.

Trees and Shrubs - For the Birds!
Attract birds to your backyard with the right ones!

Welcome to the Haven!
Come to the online grand opening of the Haven! Over 20 photos of the plants, feeders, houses, baths, drippers and more.

The Wild Approach to Feeding Birds
Suet and other ideas that birds love.

Wildlife Habitat Certifications: What, How and Why?
Does your yard provide food, water, shelter, and nesting places for birds and other creatures? Then look into registering your backyard habitat.

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