Want to support wild birds?
Plant what they rely on for food and habitat– native plants!
Nationally renowned entomologist Doug Tallamy, author of Bringing Nature Home, has helped gardeners everywhere realize the significance of native plants in producing the insects that 96% of our land birds must have to feed their babies. Native trees and other native plants produce the thousands of high-protein butterfly and moth caterpillars needed to successfully rear baby birds. Tallamy’s research has focused primarily in the mid-Atlantic region but suggests that as soon as a landscape dips below 80% native plants, the reproduction rate of birds begins to drop. Think of all the urban landscapes around you that are effectively starving wildlife. Each of us can make a difference in our yards.