Starting a small wildlife sanctuary in your backyard will reward you by attracting a variety of birds and butterflies for your enjoyment. Many will come, and some may actually stay to nest and rear their young in your backyard. You will want to create a yard or garden that will attract birds and butterflies and make them feel welcome.
If birds and butterflies pass through your yard, but never seem to stay, it's because your yard doesn't provide a varied, long-term food supply. Birds need to find food in your yard or garden 365 days of the year. Small birds eat almost constantly during daylight hours in the winter. Migratory songbirds need large amounts of food for varying amounts of time, often just a day or two.
Creating a garden that welcomes songbirds, hummingbirds, and butterflies is a somewhat simple task. It consists of supplying them with three basic requirements for survival: food, cover, and water. To birds and butterflies, the typical suburban landscape resembles an unfriendly wilderness. Close-cropped lawns, sheared foundation shrubs, and deadheaded flowers mean no place to nest, no food to eat, and nowhere to hide.
Fortunately, any landscape can become a haven for winged wildlife, and for the people who share it
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