Share Your Wildlife Habitat Story
What have you done to attract wildlife to your yard? What kind of wildlife do you see? Share your wildlife habitat story!
Why not join over 100,000 folks across the country who have created a wildlife-friendly haven for neighborhood animals and create an official NWF Certified Wildlife Habitat™? Learn more!
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| Carol M from PA |
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I am habitat 54771 in Pottsotwn,PA. I have always spent a lot of time outside from very young to present age 50. Seemed old even when I was 20. I have always gardened, sinced being raised around 2 grandmothers and a mom who could put a stick in the ground and would sonn to bloom. I never imagined it would come to me naturally. Most of my adult life I rented but none the less gardend every square inch I could, indoors and out. Every thing seems to fall into place and grow and bloom even in the bleakest of weather and times. There can be no greater joy than planting seed or plant and being rewarded with lush growth and beautiful blooms. It never ceases to amaze me how mother nature endures so many challenges and still continues to triumph. I now for the last ten yrs. have my own home on 2 acres also adjoining 2 acres to my parents. To me this is paradise. I began gardening before the house arrived. I moved a truck load of bulbs, cuttings and plants from prior residences. I have 3 ponds and more plants and flowers than three people. There's no greater joy than spending time in these gardens and seeing the wildlife visiting, feeding and raising their young all within reach everyday. If I would never need to leave I would not. It is my sanctuary, and the joy of my life. |
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| Gabrielle V from FL |
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You could always help the birds, animals,incents in your back-yard.It is called helping also going green. You know there is many ways you could help wild life like the rain forests!So please HELP! |
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| Lee M from CA |
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Yesterday I found around 30 monarch butterfly caterpillars on my milkweed plants. my yard is located in a large urban area of southern california. the milkweeds are small so need to figure out what else they need to eat before entering the chrysalis stage. given the state of the monarchs in CA, this was an exciting find |
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| Alec from CO |
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We bilt a new house ( a two level) with a porch on the second levil ( in the front). In two weeks of moving in some bird made a nest under our porch! Then about one week later there were eggs in the nest (4). Then 3-4 weeks later they hatched! What a welcoming gift! (I hope they come back!) |
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| Chris W from FL |
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After nearly 17 years of thinking about it, I finally got certified! My yard consists of a natural bog that had been overgrown with non-native vines and invasive trees. Now it is balanced again, and the native species are returning in force. Especially noted, baldcypress, red maples, swamp magnolia, maidenhair and cinnamon ferns. Wildlife residents include river cooter, mosquito fish, water moccasin, scarlet kingsnake, and various mammals, lizards, and birds. |
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