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Inviting Wildlife
to Your GardenKey elements needed to attract a wide
variety of wildlife.
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NWF Certified Wildlife Habitat
Water Food Cover Place to Raise Young
Sustainable Gardening
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Water Features
Deep Water Beach Slow-moving Shallow Water Bog/Puddles
Splash Drip Misters
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Food
Trees/Shrubs: Nuts, Berries, Fruit, Sap,Foliage, Twigs
Plants: Seeds, Nectar, Foliage, Flowers,Pollen
Insects/Invertebrates: Dragonflies,Butterflies, Grubs, Worms
Birds, Small Rodents, Amphibians, Fish
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CoverWeather/Predators
Woods/Large Trees Evergreens
Thickets/Brambles Ground Cover Caves
Meadows/Prairies Ponds Burrows
Roosting Boxes Toad Abodes
Brush/Log Piles Rock Piles Water Garden
Leaf Litter/Mulch
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Place to Raise Young
Allow for Mating/Courtship Behavior Habitat & Materials for Nest Building Food Sources for Young Encompassed in Cover but with
variations
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Sustainable Gardening
Reduce Water Usage: Xeriscaping, Rainwater Capture, Drip/Soaker
Irrigation Reduce Erosion Reduce Chemical Pesticides & Fertilizer Reduce Non-native Plants & Turf Area Compost Mulch
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Butterflies & Moths
Best Website:
www.butterfliesandmoths.org
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Butterflies & Moths
Protected sunny, non-windy area Low traffic Specific Host Plants for caterpillars* Nectar Plants for adults*
Boggy puddles Citrus wedges/nectar feeders
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Caterpillar Host Plants
Swallowtail: Dill, Parsley, Fennel, Queen Annes Lace Monarchs: Milkweeds (asclepias)
Silvery Blue: Lupine Zebra Swallowtail: Pawpaw (asmina) Buckeye: Snapdragons (antirrhinum), Monkeyflower
(mimulus), linaria
Hummingbird Clearwing Moth: Honeysuckle, Hawthorn,Cherries/Plums
Great Ash Sphinx Moth: Lilac, Aspen, Ash
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Butterfly Adult Nectar Sources
Perennials
Azaleas/Rhododendron Bee Balms (monarda) Butterfly Bush
(buddleias) Honeysuckle
Phlox Milkweeds Vibernums
Annuals
Lantana Snapdragons Verbenas Petunias Nasturtiums
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Dragonflies & Damselflies
Still Water (beach to 2 feet deep, 5-10 feetdiameter)
Protection from wind Underwater Vegetation (nymph hiding) Waters edge perching plants Light-colored flat sunny basking rocks Area free from fish
Feeds on smaller insects (mosquitos)
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Amphibians & Reptiles
Best Websites:
www.herpnet.net/Minnesota-Herpetology/ www.dnr.state.mn.us/reptiles_amphibians
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Salamanders & Newts
Eastern Newt Tiger Salamander Blue-Spotted Salamander Habitat/Food
permanent woodland ponds leaf & rotting log litter eat fish & frog eggs, crawfish, water insects,
earthworms, snails
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Frogs & Toads
Spring Peeper Eastern Gray/Copes Gray Tree American Toad Northern Leopard
Green Bull
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Snakes
Plains/Eastern/Red-sided Garter Snake Habitat: Pond edge, animal burrows, Log piles,
Damp woods, Tall grass/meadows Eats: Anything. Earthworms, Frogs, Toads,
Salamanders, Mice, Bird Eggs, Fish, Carrion
Redbelly Snake Habitat: Flat boards/logs in woods, dry sandy,
near marshes Eats: Slugs, worms, insect larvae
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Skinks
Prairie Skink (5- 8 long) Habitat: Burrows under rock piles, boards
or logs in sunny prairies, under railroad ties Eats: Grasshoppers, Crickets, Beetles,
Caterpillars
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Hummingbirds
Multiple feeders, 4:1 water:sugar Bright Ribbon in Trees/Shrubs (mid-march) Year-round blooming plants* Snags within 50 feet of feeders Water misters & drippers Encourage spiderwebs Large tree with horizontal/downward
branches facing open area
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Hummingbird Plant Favorites
Annuals in baskets (plant extra early!) Petunias, Verbena
Tubular Perennials Honeysuckle, Trumpet Vine, Bee Balm, Cardinal
Flower, Red Columbine
Native Annuals Spotted jewelweed
Other favorite annuals Nicotiana, Snapdragons, Nasturtium, Zinnia, Cleome
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General Songbirds
Feeders that include both hanging and platform,away from windows
Feed within 5-15 feet of dense shrub or evergreen Black sunflower, white millet, peanuts Add variety such as suet, mealworms & fruit
Slow-moving water 2-3 inches deep with roughsurface
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Suet Recipe
1 cup Lard/Suet 1 cup Peanut Butter (crunchy or smooth) 1 cup cornmeal 3 cups oats 1 cup sugar Dried fruit (optional)
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Cardinals
Feed: Prefer platform, but will do perch
Seeds: sunflower, safflower Peanuts, raisins, meal worms, grape jelly
Nest 4-6 feet above ground in dense low-trafficshrubs edging open areas
Stake territory from tallest structure inneighborhood
Attracted to shallow moving water year-round
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Baltimore Orioles
April 15-May1st put out food: oranges halved on spikes in trees
grape jelly on platforms Hummingbird feeders with perches
June 1 st and beyond: Add insects (mealworms) and suet
Nesting material = string pieces 8- 12 inlength
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Bluebirds
Feed: insects in a protected feeder Fall: add berries, shelled seeds and suet (love
raisins, dried cranberries and cherries) Nest boxes: hole 1 no perch, mounted on
predator-proof pole within 5-10 feet of woodsoverlooking mowed grass/meadow, paired boxesfor each bluebird
Remove twiggy dummy wren nests from one box Monitor box weekly for blowfly larvae
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Rodents
Mice & Voles Chipmunks Red Squirrels
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Native Mice & Voles
Northern Grasshopper Mouse Deer Mouse (Prairie & Woodland) Western Harvest Mouse Meadow Vole Southern Red-Backed Vole Meadow Jumping Mouse* Plains Pocket Mouse*
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Native Mice
Northern Grasshopper Mouse Grasshoppers, beetles, moths, flies, wasps, spiders Hunt in packs, defend against intruders, howl
Deer Mouse (Prairie & Woodland) Seeds (bush clover), keep stashes Burrows, under logs, hollow stumps
Western Harvest Mouse Weed & grass seeds, caterpillars, hide for later Grass nests at base of dense shrub or tall grass
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Native Voles
Meadow Vole Greens & seeds, garden produce
Create tunnels in grass Southern Red-Backed Vole
cache food: seeds, nuts, fruits, leaves, bark, roots,fungi, and insects
Forest dwellers, territorial, favorite source of foodfor predators
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Other Rodents
Chipmunks Black-oil sunflower seeds , berries, other plant seeds
Burrows, natural boulder walls, log piles (firewood) Solitary, fight over food, semi-hibernate, leave
territory where born
Red Squirrels insects, seeds, bark, nuts, fruits, mushrooms and
pine seeds or cones . Young birds & mice. Forests, hollows of trees, solitary, vocal
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General Predatory Birds
Attract both nest habitat and food source Place the preys food source open travel
distance from its habitat Provide a vantage point for the predatory
bird to wait it out
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MN Suburban Predatory Birds
Birds that feed primarily on smaller birds Coopers Hawk
Sharp Shinned Hawk Birds that feed on rodents, amphibians,
reptiles & small birds
American Kestral Barred Owl Broad-winged Hawk
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Fish-eating Predators
Great Blue Heron Snowy Egret Green Heron Kingfisher Raccoons Mink
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Location, Location, Location
Best Laid Plans
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Put bluebird houses here
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