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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