The Resource Attracting wildlife to your backyard : month-by-month projects for family fun
Attracting wildlife to your backyard : month-by-month projects for family fun
Resource Information
The item Attracting wildlife to your backyard : month-by-month projects for family fun represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Dallas Public Library.This item is available to borrow from 2 library branches.
Resource Information
The item Attracting wildlife to your backyard : month-by-month projects for family fun represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Dallas Public Library.
This item is available to borrow from 2 library branches.
- Summary
- You will find dozens of fun, year-round projects that you and your family can do in your own backyard to make the world a little more welcoming to native flora and fauna. From easy carpentry projects to digging and planting to luring fireflies to your perennial garden, you'll find a host of entertaining and educational ways you and your family can help make the wild things feel at home
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 160 pages
- Note
-
- First published in 1996 as Your backyard wildlife year by Rodale Press
- Includes index
- Contents
-
- January
- Plan the year ahead
- Create new life for an old Christmas tree
- Talk it over first
- What is a niche?
- Live in harmony with wildlife
- Build a windowbox feeder
- Cook up recipes for the birds
- Bringing in the birds
- Keep a "guest book" for wildlife visitors
- February
- Make your own suet feeder
- Compost indoors with earthworms
- A look at the woodchuck
- Keep water open all winter
- Set up a temporary brush pile
- March
- Take better wildlife photos
- Start wildflower seeds indoors
- Build unique nestboxes
- Protect birds from windows
- April
- Rescuing wildlife : when do you need to?
- Create a woodland garden
- Develop a small-scale wildflower meadow
- Wildflowers for all regions
- Plant special hedges for wildlife
- tour your neighborhood's bird nests
- May
- Create a hummingbird garden
- Make your own hummingbird feeder
- A field guide to eggs
- Make a "natural" concrete water source
- Build a simple toad sanctuary
- June
- Create a butterfly garden
- Snake! Is it good or bad?
- build a dry stream bed
- Construct a squirrel feeder
- July
- Join the bluebird trail
- Build a simple bluebird nestbox
- Planning a minipond
- Choose native ornamental grasses
- Light up your night with fireflies
- Learn to identify the calls of the wild
- LIght the garden for moths
- Discover the garden at night
- August
- Want to feel like a chipmunk?
- Get an "edge" on wildlife
- A cricket thermometer
- Identify spiders' webs
- Keep some areas off-limits
- Plant a birdseed garden
- September
- Choose the best plants for fall color
- Take a close-up look at wildlife
- Keep your pathways natural
- Clean up with wildlife in mind
- Choose the right binoculars
- October
- Predict winter temperatures
- Don't waste your jack-o-lantern
- Building a bat box
- See the wonders of migration
- Build a butterfly hibernation box
- November
- Prepare the minipond for winter
- Build a winter roosting box for birds
- Make your feeders squirrel-proof
- Keep deer at bay
- Make a sunflower decoration for birds
- Keep your ears peeled for owls
- December
- Protect your plants during the winter
- Stock up on birds' favorite seeds
- Track wildlife in winter
- Decorate a Christmas tree for wildlife
- Make a Yule log
- Make a Christmas wreath with birds in mind
- Make your own backyard Christmas cards
- Assess the past year and plan ahead
- Directory of plants for wildlife gardens
- Trees
- shrubs
- Vines
- Grasses
- Groundcovers
- Perennials
- Annuals
- Resources for wildlife habitats
- Isbn
- 9781591866176
- Label
- Attracting wildlife to your backyard : month-by-month projects for family fun
- Title
- Attracting wildlife to your backyard
- Title remainder
- month-by-month projects for family fun
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- You will find dozens of fun, year-round projects that you and your family can do in your own backyard to make the world a little more welcoming to native flora and fauna. From easy carpentry projects to digging and planting to luring fireflies to your perennial garden, you'll find a host of entertaining and educational ways you and your family can help make the wild things feel at home
- Cataloging source
- DNAL/DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Schneck, Marcus
- Dewey number
- 590.72/34
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- QL59
- LC item number
- .S38 2014
- Literary form
- non fiction
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
-
- Gardening to attract wildlife
- Wildlife attracting
- PLP
- Label
- Attracting wildlife to your backyard : month-by-month projects for family fun
- Note
-
- First published in 1996 as Your backyard wildlife year by Rodale Press
- Includes index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- January -- Plan the year ahead -- Create new life for an old Christmas tree -- Talk it over first -- What is a niche? -- Live in harmony with wildlife -- Build a windowbox feeder -- Cook up recipes for the birds -- Bringing in the birds -- Keep a "guest book" for wildlife visitors -- February -- Make your own suet feeder -- Compost indoors with earthworms -- A look at the woodchuck -- Keep water open all winter -- Set up a temporary brush pile -- March -- Take better wildlife photos -- Start wildflower seeds indoors -- Build unique nestboxes -- Protect birds from windows -- April -- Rescuing wildlife : when do you need to? -- Create a woodland garden -- Develop a small-scale wildflower meadow -- Wildflowers for all regions -- Plant special hedges for wildlife -- tour your neighborhood's bird nests -- May -- Create a hummingbird garden -- Make your own hummingbird feeder -- A field guide to eggs -- Make a "natural" concrete water source -- Build a simple toad sanctuary -- June -- Create a butterfly garden -- Snake! Is it good or bad? -- build a dry stream bed -- Construct a squirrel feeder -- July -- Join the bluebird trail -- Build a simple bluebird nestbox -- Planning a minipond -- Choose native ornamental grasses -- Light up your night with fireflies -- Learn to identify the calls of the wild -- LIght the garden for moths -- Discover the garden at night -- August -- Want to feel like a chipmunk? -- Get an "edge" on wildlife -- A cricket thermometer -- Identify spiders' webs -- Keep some areas off-limits -- Plant a birdseed garden -- September -- Choose the best plants for fall color -- Take a close-up look at wildlife -- Keep your pathways natural -- Clean up with wildlife in mind -- Choose the right binoculars -- October -- Predict winter temperatures -- Don't waste your jack-o-lantern -- Building a bat box -- See the wonders of migration -- Build a butterfly hibernation box -- November -- Prepare the minipond for winter -- Build a winter roosting box for birds -- Make your feeders squirrel-proof -- Keep deer at bay -- Make a sunflower decoration for birds -- Keep your ears peeled for owls -- December -- Protect your plants during the winter -- Stock up on birds' favorite seeds -- Track wildlife in winter -- Decorate a Christmas tree for wildlife -- Make a Yule log -- Make a Christmas wreath with birds in mind -- Make your own backyard Christmas cards -- Assess the past year and plan ahead -- Directory of plants for wildlife gardens -- Trees -- shrubs -- Vines -- Grasses -- Groundcovers -- Perennials -- Annuals -- Resources for wildlife habitats
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Extent
- 160 pages
- Isbn
- 9781591866176
- Isbn Type
- (softcover)
- Lccn
- 2013039664
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Other physical details
- color illustrations
- System control number
-
- (OCoLC)861744880
- 1977371
- (OCoLC)861744880
- (OCoLC)ocn861744880
- 1977371
- Label
- Attracting wildlife to your backyard : month-by-month projects for family fun
- Note
-
- First published in 1996 as Your backyard wildlife year by Rodale Press
- Includes index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- January -- Plan the year ahead -- Create new life for an old Christmas tree -- Talk it over first -- What is a niche? -- Live in harmony with wildlife -- Build a windowbox feeder -- Cook up recipes for the birds -- Bringing in the birds -- Keep a "guest book" for wildlife visitors -- February -- Make your own suet feeder -- Compost indoors with earthworms -- A look at the woodchuck -- Keep water open all winter -- Set up a temporary brush pile -- March -- Take better wildlife photos -- Start wildflower seeds indoors -- Build unique nestboxes -- Protect birds from windows -- April -- Rescuing wildlife : when do you need to? -- Create a woodland garden -- Develop a small-scale wildflower meadow -- Wildflowers for all regions -- Plant special hedges for wildlife -- tour your neighborhood's bird nests -- May -- Create a hummingbird garden -- Make your own hummingbird feeder -- A field guide to eggs -- Make a "natural" concrete water source -- Build a simple toad sanctuary -- June -- Create a butterfly garden -- Snake! Is it good or bad? -- build a dry stream bed -- Construct a squirrel feeder -- July -- Join the bluebird trail -- Build a simple bluebird nestbox -- Planning a minipond -- Choose native ornamental grasses -- Light up your night with fireflies -- Learn to identify the calls of the wild -- LIght the garden for moths -- Discover the garden at night -- August -- Want to feel like a chipmunk? -- Get an "edge" on wildlife -- A cricket thermometer -- Identify spiders' webs -- Keep some areas off-limits -- Plant a birdseed garden -- September -- Choose the best plants for fall color -- Take a close-up look at wildlife -- Keep your pathways natural -- Clean up with wildlife in mind -- Choose the right binoculars -- October -- Predict winter temperatures -- Don't waste your jack-o-lantern -- Building a bat box -- See the wonders of migration -- Build a butterfly hibernation box -- November -- Prepare the minipond for winter -- Build a winter roosting box for birds -- Make your feeders squirrel-proof -- Keep deer at bay -- Make a sunflower decoration for birds -- Keep your ears peeled for owls -- December -- Protect your plants during the winter -- Stock up on birds' favorite seeds -- Track wildlife in winter -- Decorate a Christmas tree for wildlife -- Make a Yule log -- Make a Christmas wreath with birds in mind -- Make your own backyard Christmas cards -- Assess the past year and plan ahead -- Directory of plants for wildlife gardens -- Trees -- shrubs -- Vines -- Grasses -- Groundcovers -- Perennials -- Annuals -- Resources for wildlife habitats
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Extent
- 160 pages
- Isbn
- 9781591866176
- Isbn Type
- (softcover)
- Lccn
- 2013039664
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Other physical details
- color illustrations
- System control number
-
- (OCoLC)861744880
- 1977371
- (OCoLC)861744880
- (OCoLC)ocn861744880
- 1977371
Library Links
Embed
Settings
Select options that apply then copy and paste the RDF/HTML data fragment to include in your application
Embed this data in a secure (HTTPS) page:
Layout options:
Include data citation:
<div class="citation" vocab="http://schema.org/"><i class="fa fa-external-link-square fa-fw"></i> Data from <span resource="http://link.dallaslibrary.org/portal/Attracting-wildlife-to-your-backyard-/GEcb3TW5_b4/" typeof="Book http://bibfra.me/vocab/lite/Item"><span property="name http://bibfra.me/vocab/lite/label"><a href="http://link.dallaslibrary.org/portal/Attracting-wildlife-to-your-backyard-/GEcb3TW5_b4/">Attracting wildlife to your backyard : month-by-month projects for family fun</a></span> - <span property="potentialAction" typeOf="OrganizeAction"><span property="agent" typeof="LibrarySystem http://library.link/vocab/LibrarySystem" resource="http://link.dallaslibrary.org/"><span property="name http://bibfra.me/vocab/lite/label"><a property="url" href="http://link.dallaslibrary.org/">Dallas Public Library</a></span></span></span></span></div>
Note: Adjust the width and height settings defined in the RDF/HTML code fragment to best match your requirements
Preview
Cite Data - Experimental
Data Citation of the Item Attracting wildlife to your backyard : month-by-month projects for family fun
Copy and paste the following RDF/HTML data fragment to cite this resource
<div class="citation" vocab="http://schema.org/"><i class="fa fa-external-link-square fa-fw"></i> Data from <span resource="http://link.dallaslibrary.org/portal/Attracting-wildlife-to-your-backyard-/GEcb3TW5_b4/" typeof="Book http://bibfra.me/vocab/lite/Item"><span property="name http://bibfra.me/vocab/lite/label"><a href="http://link.dallaslibrary.org/portal/Attracting-wildlife-to-your-backyard-/GEcb3TW5_b4/">Attracting wildlife to your backyard : month-by-month projects for family fun</a></span> - <span property="potentialAction" typeOf="OrganizeAction"><span property="agent" typeof="LibrarySystem http://library.link/vocab/LibrarySystem" resource="http://link.dallaslibrary.org/"><span property="name http://bibfra.me/vocab/lite/label"><a property="url" href="http://link.dallaslibrary.org/">Dallas Public Library</a></span></span></span></span></div>
