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Attracting Wild
Birds to Your Chesapeake Yard
How
to Attract Some Favorite Birds That Live in Chesapeake, VA
All Year Long
By
Gail Farley, Chesapeake Master Gardener |
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Black
Oil Sunflower Seed
Buy
seed or grow Sunflowers!
Northern Cardinal
Carolina Chickadee
Tufted Titmouse
Woodpeckers
House Finches
White-Breasted Nuthatch
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White
Proso Millet
Ground-feeding
birds including:
Mourning Dove
Sparrows
Red-Winged Blackbirds
Grackles
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Fruit-Bearing
Native Plants
American
Robins & Mockingbirds
Wild Cherry Tree (Prunus serotina)
Blueberry, Blackberry, Strawberry
Serviceberry or Shadbush
Southern Wax myrtle (requires male
& female)
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Water is VERY
IMPORTANT All Year!
Provide fresh water in
a shallow bird bath. Trash can lids placed in the
grass simulate a pond.
Birds will drink,
splash & clean themselves.
Keep water fresh and clean the birdbath frequently.
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Suet Cakes
(Wintertime)
Click
here for
recipe
Attracts Carolina
Chickadee, Woodpeckers, Tufted Titmouse, Carolina Wren and
others.
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Whole
Peanuts
Special
Treat for Blue Jays
Toss on Ground and
watch the Blue Jays!
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and Virginia State
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Last update: Wednesday, January 07, 2009
, P.Fisher.
© 2007-2009 VCE Master Gardeners of Chesapeake
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