Mariette Nowak is an active leader and volunteer for Wild Ones: Native Plants, Natural Landscapes. She is also a public speaker on landscaping, native plants, and birding, and is the former director of the Wehr Nature Center, a unit of the Milwaukee County Parks in Wisconsin. She is the author of Birdscaping in the Midwest.
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Acknowledgments Introduction 1 The Basics of Birdscaping 2 Site Preparation and Planting 3 Safeguarding Your Songbirds 4 Top 10 Plants for Ruby-Throated Hummingbirds Wild Columbine (Aquilegia canadensis) Trumpet Creeper (Campsis radicans) New Jersey Tea (Ceanothus americanus) Orange Jewelweed (Impatiens capensis) Blazing Star or Gay Feather (Liatris species) Michigan Lily (Lilium michiganense) Cardinal Flower (Lobelia cardinalis) Wild Bergamot (Monarda fistulosa) Pussy Willow (Salix discolor) Royal Catchfly and Fire Pink (Silene species) 5 Top 10 Plants for Goldfinches and Other Prairie Birds Native Thistle (Cirsium species) Purple Coneflower (Echinacea species) Sunflower (Helianthus species) Switchgrass (Panicum virgatum) Yellow Coneflower (Ratibida pinnata) Silphiums (Silphium species) Goldenrod (Solidago species) Indian Grass (Sorghastrum nutans) Prairie Dropseed (Sporobolus heterolepis) American Aster (Symphyotrichum species) 6 Top 10 Plants for Bluebirds and Other Savanna Birds Serviceberry (Amelanchier species) Gray Dogwood (Cornus racemosa) Hawthorn (Crataegus species) Sunflower (Helianthus and Heliopsis species) Juniper (Juniperus species) Oak (Quercus species) Rose (Rosa species) Little Bluestem Grass (Schizachyrium scoparium) Elm-Leaved Goldenrod (Solidago ulmifolia) American Aster (Symphyotrichum species) 7 Top 10 Plants for Indigo Buntings and Other Shrubland Birds Dogwood (Cornus species) Hazelnut (Corylus species) St. John's Wort (Hypericum species) Ninebark (Physocarpus opulifolius) Cherry Shrubs (Prunus species) Bramble Berry (Rubus species) Willow (Salix species) Elderberry (Sambucus species) Blueberry (Vaccinium species) Viburnum (Viburnum species) 8 Top 10 Plants for Warblers and Other Woodland Birds Maple (Acer species) Birch (Betula species) Hickory (Carya species) American Beech (Fagus grandifolia) Crabapple (Malus species) White Spruce (Picea glauca) Pine (Pinus species) Poplar (Populus species) Cherry (Prunus species) Oak (Quercus species) Appendix: Top Wetland and Rain Garden Plants for Birds Bibliography Websites Consulted Index
"You may have thought you knew how to landscape your yard for birds, but I guarantee you this wonderful book will teach you something new." - Douglas Tallamy, University of Delaware