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One of my New Year’s resolutions is to identify and appreciate the simple things in life. A few weeks ago, I was reading in my study, when I noticed that the songbirds are back. I am delighted they have returned to my garden, and realized how much I truly missed them during the cold "winter" months. As our community grows birds are losing their natural habitat. Therefore, I have begun making plans to create a backyard haven for birds and butterflies. Below are a few of the books that I found helpful.
The Bird Lover's Garen: Creating a Backyard Haven for Songbirds and Hummingbirds [3]by Margaret MacAvoy
Attracting birds to southern gardens [4] by Thomas Pope
by Donald and Lillian Stokes
Stokes bird gardening book : the complete guide to creating a bird-friendly habitat in your backyard [6]
by Donald and Lillian Stokes
by George H Harrison
Birdlife of Houston, Galveston, and the Upper Texas coast [8]by Ted L. Eubanks Jr.
Birds of Houston [9] by B.C. Robison
by Bill Fenimore
Birder's guide to Texas [11] by Edward A. Kutac
April 22, 2010 will be the 40th anniversary of Earth Day [12]. I would like to urge families to celebrate by creating a backyard haven for birds. In future blogs, I will be discussing other ways we can help the earth by the choices we make.
P.s. I took the photograph (top of page) at Grand Lake, Colorado. If anyone knows what type of bird it is please add a comment below. Thanks.
- Birds [13]
- Earth Day [14]
- gardening [15]
- Nature [16]
- Nonfiction [17]
