Whether you have a small backyard or acres you can attract birds. You may have a fence around your yard or it may be wide open, you’re lawn may be close cropped or left to grow wild. If you don’t have the kind of plants birds are looking for they may just bypass your yard even if you have birdhouses. Why? Because the yard, to them, is just ho-hum. Today I’m going to give you some tips that will add some beauty to your yard, no matter the size, and attract birds at the same time. If you have a large yard or a small one you don’t have to spend big bucks to get great results.

If you have a small yard you need to use bird attracting plants that grow high simply to allow the greatest use of the available space. You probably also need plants that are easy to grow. Sunflowers fill the bill beautifully. There are sunflowers that are relatively low growers to towering giants with very large seed heads. These will supplement the bird feeders, bird baths and birdhouses you already have set up. They are also a natural attraction to seed eating birds. With sunflowers you can modify the feed in a bird feeder to attract other species that prefer a smaller seed. This way you’re putting out a virtual smorgasbord of food for your feathered friends

Have a slightly larger yard? Plant Hawthorn trees. They’re a smaller tree and Cedar Waxwings like the small fruit it bears well into winter. It’s also bears lovely flowers in the early spring and is a beautiful reminder that winter is finally over. The dense limbs and foliage also provide a great location for a birdhouse and provide your birds with natural nesting sites. Since you have more space also consider Japanese flowering Dogwood trees. They’ll grow to 15 to 30 feet in height, again provide a few places for birdhouses and the red berries they produce will feed your birds well into the winter.

Owners of large yards have even more options. While they should still consider sunflowers, Hawthorne and Japanese Flowering Dogwood they should also look at planting Crabapple and Elderberry. The Crabapple will grow 20-25 feet tall and their boughs spread about the same distance horizontally. This gives your birds plenty of natural nesting places and well as a please to mount bird feeders and birdhouses. The “apples” produced by the Crabapple are carried well into the winter and many times into March. This gives the wintering over birds a ready source of food when things becomes scarce. Birds preferring nesting places closer to the ground like the Elderberry for protection and the abundant berries it produces. It’s also easy to grow.

You may be asking why I’m bothering with plants that seem to help winter birds and the birds you want to attract migrate away in the winter. Fair question. Remember, your birds come back in the early spring after a very long migration. The early birds are scouting out nesting sites for the upcoming mating season and if your yard has a natural food source and nesting sites they’re much more likely to stay. Finding food in the late spring and throughout the summer is relatively easy. In the early spring it’s not. Finding a yard that has everything they’re looking for is like rolling out the welcome mat! – 35634

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