Backyard Wildlife Habitats

St.	City	Creator	Habitat
AZ	Surprise (Sonoran Desert)	Newilda DeFrance Feb. 12 (57) bejoubird@webtv.net	#14178 -5 acres at the foothill of a pyramid shape mountain w/several large washes that support much vegetation, building new house. The western part of the mountain is heavy with vegetation & trees and because I will supply the pond, I call it a riparian (an area near rivers, lakes, ponds; it supports trees, vegetation and much wildlife in the desert.) Birds>Mourning Dove Flowers>tinsy, winsy wildflowers in yellow, fuscia, blue.
CA	N Hollywood (Zone 9)	Leslie Lipton leslielipton@earthlink.net	Woodland garden under tall fruit trees, Butterflies. Plants/Flowers>Purple/White Coneflowers
CA	Ridgecrest (USDA zone 8) (Sunset zone 11) Mojave high desert	Judy Talbot talbotj@ispchannel.com	#22146 -20 degree lows in winter and 115-120 degree highs with 10% humidity, alkaline soil and occasional blowing dirt and sand in the summer. Birds>Sparrows, Mourning doves, Brewer's blackbirds, House Finches Feeders>1 hummingbird, 3 hoppers, 1 tube (feed BOSS, safflower, niger) Herbs>Lavender, Parsley, Rosemary, Chives, Cilantro, Basil. Nesting/cover>4 nest boxes, a nesting shelf still awaiting tenants, firewood pile, brush pile, (Russian Sage & oleander form an area for good cover near brush pile in far corner of the yard) Plants/flowers>Honeysuckle, 8 Salvias, Heavenly Bamboo, Oleander, Pyracantha, 2 Russian Sage, 2 varieties of Broom, Crepe Myrtle, Mexican Hat. Cactus garden including Cholla, Prickly pear, Optunia, Red/White Chenille. Trees>3 TX Umbrella trees, Aleppo pine, Hackberry, desert willow. Veggies>Tomatoes, Peppers, Onions, Radishes, Beets. Water>2 ground level bird baths (large plant saucers) fed by plant drippers. Wildlife>Toads, Mice Next projects>Add a pond using barrels on two levels with a spout dripper/pump emitter. Add a toad house using a clay flowerpot and saucer.
CA (S)	Running Springs (San Bernardino mtns)	Georgeanne geomits@hotmail.com	#28140-High elevation. Feeders> Trees>pines, cedars Wildlife>squirrels
CA (S)	Temecula (near San Diego)	Laura McClellan mac223@inland.net	Birds>Orioles Feeders>hummingbird feeders, 3 bird feeders, 2 bird baths, Trees>citrus
CO (center)	Broomfield (Zone 5)	Bob Forrey BobForrey@aol.com	#6322-large suburban lot with 80 trees and bushes. Birds> Bird Houses>40 Feeders>12 Trees>citrus Water>3 bird baths Next project>put in a pond this spring
CO (center)	Highlands Ranch (Zone 5)	Dusty Darrah (52) 05/23/49 Beginner Vegetarian dusty@darrah.net	1/3 acre in suburb south of Denver. Birds>Purple/house Finch, Gold Finch, Scrub Jay, Robins, Flicker, Pigeons, Kestrel Falcons, sparrows, grackles. Birdhouses>5 decorative, 1 bluebird. Feeders>6 (tube, platform, suet, window) Herbs>Rosemary, Parsley. Plants/Flowers>Jackmani/Nelly Moser Clematis, Honeysuckle, Morning Glory, Trumpet, Green & Purple Sweet Potato Vines, Blackberry, Hosta, Bleeding Hearts, Oriental Poppies, Canterberry Bells, Pampas Grass, Day Lily, Iris, Bee Balm, Black Eyed Susan, pink Angel Trumpet, Hibiscus, Shasta Daisy, Red Hot Pokers, Zinnias, Dianthus, Cosmos, Dahlias, Johnny JumpUps, Lupine, Pin Cushion, Lily of the Nile, Flowering Kale, Geraniums, Pansies, Roses, Surprise/Asiatic Lilies, Purple Coneflower, Crocus, Blazing Star Liatris, Columbines, Moon Flowers, Giant Sunflowers. Shrubs>Burning Bush, White/Purple Lilacs, Rose Mallow, Russian Sage, Blue Mist Spirea, Elder Berry. Trees>Lombardy Poplars, Global Willow, Salix Willow, Cottonwood, Sumac, River Birch, Aspen. Water>bird bath, stone waterfall, decorative elevated sprinkler. Wildlife>Fox, coyote, squirrel, skunk, mice, voles, chipmunk. Next Projects>certify my habitat & put in a pond.
CO (W)	Montrose	Connie kidrnchr@tds.net http://connieck.tripod.com Alpine & Oberhasli Packgoats	3.5 acres w/hills covered in Pinyon and Juniper, irrigation canal, 1.5 acres for the goats. Trees>Cottonwoods, willow and shrub willow, cattails, Water>pond about 40x50' , small pond for the birds, Next project>plant more trees, like pinyon and juniper
FL (W Ctrl)	Cape Coral (Zone 9)	Mary Beth
FL (E)	Indialantic (Zone 9) (Kennedy Space Center)	Lisa Bryan lmbryan@iu.net vegetarian	#27641 - 1/4 acre, 90 native plants, gardening, vegetable/fruit growing, 8 feeders. Birds>Mourning doves, red-bellied wp's, blue jays, cardinals, wild parrots, grackles, mockingbird, starlings and one Eur-asian collared dove. Overhead>Pelicans, herons, egrets, black skimmers, terns, vultures, hawks & gulls. Some squirrels. Next projects>put up bat house, a bird house, get a squirrel corn cob feeder, begin worm composting, get air-tight container for seed, get bird bath drippers, build a chimney swift house.
FL (center)	DeLand (Zone 9)	Annie (65) puddiicat@aol.com	small lot, about 50'. Trees>large oaks, Birds>Cardinals, Doves, Titmice, Wrens, Finches, Jays, Woodpeckers, Thrashers, Bunting pileated Woodpecker. Wildlife>squirrels, black bear, Raccoons, opossums, lots of snakes, Plants/Flowers>passion vines, Dutchman's Pipe vine, Pentras, coneflowers, porterweed, blue salvia, ferns, herbs, milkweed, butterfly weed, and morning glories, milkweed, morning glories, Ligustrum , bromeliad, 7 feeders, 3 bird baths, small fountain...
GA (N)		Cathy CaTCTa@aol.com	2 acre wooded, on a lake, water dishes near suet and 2 seed feeders, several old woodpiles. Trees/bushes>Dogwoods, wild Blueberry & Blackberry bushes, wild Azaleas. Wildlife>squirrels, rabbits, opossum Birds>bald eagles
IA	(Zone 5)	Lisa Mikutis raptor1@pcpartner.net
IA	Mason City (Zone 4)	Kitty (53) Kitty@shady corner kittyc@netconx.net	#26168-two lots, pretty good sized pond, tons of plants and shrubs. big shallow pan w/damp sand for butterflies (Monarchs, red spotted purples, red admirals, commas, thoas, swallowtail, cabbage whites, gorgone crescentspots) to drink, dripper/mister, waterfall Birds>ruby crowned kinglets, chickadees, mallards, Wildlife>opossum, skunk or raccoon, chipmunks, shrews, mice, rabbits, gray/red squirrel Trees/bushes> 7 hackberry trees, 2 crab apple, old pine tree, numerous conifers, 3 old fashioned hawthorns,smokebush, lilacs, cotoneasters, yews, numerous viburnums. Flowers/plants>Mexican sunflower, perennial butterfly garden, ferns, butterbur, comfry, turtleheads, huechera, 45 kinds of hostas, astilbes, goatsbeard, heuchera, tiarella, petasites, ferns Next project>butterfly log pile.
ID (N)	Sandpoint	Wendy Aeschliman talons@dmi.net http://www.users.dmi.com/aeschliman	#25604-10 acre, densely wooded, on a small lake near Canadian border. Trees>western redcedar, western hemlock, grand fir, Douglas-fir, birch, alder, quaking aspen, western larch, western white pine, lodgepole pine, native mountain ash, some ponderosa and other conifers. Plants/shrubs>huckleberries, serviceberry, redosier dogwood, chokecherry, crabapples, plus Nanking cherry Wildlife>moose, deer, coyote, beaver lodge, comical otter, black bear, cougar, Birds>ducks, great blue herons, bald eagles, nesting red-necked grebes, Canada geese, gray jays, black-capped chickadees, chestnut-sided chickadees, red-breasted nuthatches, brown creepers, woodpeckers (Northern flickers, downy, hairy& pileated), wood ducks, red-necked grebes Water>7 by 16 foot pond with its deepest depth 3 1/2 feet w/20 goldfish, western toads (native) and bullfrogs , 15-foot stream and waterfall, several homemade concrete bird pools, Feeders>suet, BOSS in a metal feeder, peanuts in a wire feeder Next project>add a thistle feeder
KS	Ft.Leavenworth	Gail missgail@prodigy.net	#26599-5 acres Feeders>20 assorted bird feeders: suet, Niger, finch seed, cracked corn, peanuts Water>small pond w/ 9 gold fish & numerous frogs.
MD		Angie secrest@comcastnet.com	5 acres, mostly wooded. Water>2 level pond, Wildlife>snakes, raccoons, big ol toads Next project>get another pond installed this year.
ME	Windham	Laurie lkimball@javanet.com	.5 acre, by lake, mostly wooded area. small vegetable garden, perennial garden, mint, Annuals, a small brook, Plants/flowers>Wild Blackberries, Trees/bushes>Birches, beeches, white pine, thistle, daisy, bee balm, black eyed Susan, Echinacea Birds>juncos, Pileated Woodpeckers, goldfinch , Wildlife>squirrels (red & gray), raccoons, toads, snakes, chipmunks, woodpeckers (hairy & downy ), chickadees, goldfinches, redpolls (last winter), juncos, mourning doves, nuthatches, brown creepers, titmice 6 feeders & several ground feeding stations, hummingbird feeders, heated birdbath Next project>plant a red-twig dogwood hedge, replace more of the lawn beside the house with some more perennials and some groundcovers
MI	(Lower Peninsula)	Sue S. suzie@triton.net http://www.for-wild.org	2nd Habitat 10 acres near Lake Michigan, Trees/shrubs>Oak, Pine, 500 baby trees, Spice bushes, dogwood, Wildlife>White Tailed Deer, Turkeys, Coyotes, Loons, Porcupines, Opossums, Skunks, Squirrels, Chippis Birds>Songbirds,
MI	Ann Arbor	Scott Joling Srj57@aol.com	#24204-6 large (15' +) trees, plus a bunch of small ones. Also lots of shrubs, forbs and grasses - especially those that produce seeds and fruit for wildlife. put in a pond last year, stocked it with bluegill from a local lake Next project>another pond in the summer. Birds>lots of birds Feeders>not many, use only safflower, thistle, fruit and suet.
MI	Coloma, Baldwin, & Seney (Upper Peninsula)	Sue S. suzie@triton.net http://www.for-wild.org	1st Habitat 11 acres by the Driggs River, full of trees, terrain from the wooded riverfront, to higher ground, then sloping down to federal land, which happens to be swamp; shrubs, forbs, grasses, butterflies. Wildlife>Black Bear, Wolves Birds>Bald and Golden Eagles, song birds
MI	Lansing (Zone 5)	Diana euphorbia@michcom.net http://www.enabling-gardens.com (Landscape designer and Garden Writer)	townhouse w/tiny backyard;
MI	Royal Oak (near Detroit)	Audrey audrey+egroups@mystery.com	#20725-42' wide X 150' long; small pond and waterfall. Trees/shrubs>Winterberry, Nannyberry, High Bush Cranberry) Flowers/plants>Black-eyed Susan, New England Asters, Bee Balm, Obedient Plant, Marsh Marigold, Jerusalem Artichoke, Lance-leaved coreopsis. Feeders>Thistle, BOSS, Safflower, suet. Birds>Finches, Mourning Doves, Chickadees, Cardinals, Blue Jay.
MI (N)		Larry lellerbr@nmu.edu	Birds>Chickadees, blue jays, nut hatches, woodpeckers (hairy, Downey, ladder back, pileated), gold finches, Feeders Wildlife>squirrels (red, gray, and flying), coyote, rabbits and hares
MI (SW)	near Chicago	Sue S. suzie@triton.net http://www.for-wild.org	3rd Habitat small apartment complex, feeders, bird shelters, stone "streams" to direct the water, planted some plants and deciduous bushes that like wet feet. Small mammals, numerous song birds, butterflies, birds
MN	Minneapolis (Zone 4A)	Marcia Van Gordon mvangorden@hotmail.com	small inner-city plot near Mississippi River, Trees>74 yr-old Elm, locust, 2 Salix, shadblow service berry, American bittersweet, about 25 bird-friendly shrubs, over 500 plants. hummingbird & butterfly gardens. Vines>Altissimo rose, William Baffin rose, porcelainberry, 4 clematises, 2 bittersweet, 1 honeysuckle, lots of ivy, Virginia Creeper. Remove invasives>red chokecherry, juniper, buckthorn. Plants/shrubs>coralberry, snowberry, dwarf burning bush, 2 rugosa albas, Miss Kim lilac, potentilla, cranberry cotoneaster, 2 arborvitae, Baby Love shrub rose, bayberry, black chokecherry, hydrangea. Birds>cardinals, chickadee, hummers, blue jays, juncos, wrens, hawk, Mallards, purple/house finches, downey wookpecker, grackels, starlings, robins, a Canadian goose, even a chicken (really). Wildlife>toads, skunk, raccoons, red fox, squirrels. Feeders>2 tube, 1 platform, 1 hopper. Water>2 birdbaths, toad house/water, butterfly mud puddle, sunning stones, Next project>finish a retaining wall
MS	Jackson (Zone 8a)	Jan Allinder webmaster@WildlifeGardens.net (wildlife photographer) webmaster@netdoor.com http://www.wildlifephoto.net	Nice sized back yard planted exclusively for wildlife, several feeders, a very small pond, a few bird houses, a brush pile, added a few nice perches. Jan started this list for us.
MS	Waveland (Gulf Coast)	Mary MBlacks892@aol.com	lot of native shrub
NJ	Lawrenceville (Zone 6)	Pat Bedson ember14@juno.com	#3027-2/3 of an acre by Little Shabbakunk Creek, abutting a creek and woods, lots of native trees (pines, oaks), many brush piles, shrubbery (berries), & wild plants. Birds-mourning doves, chickadees, titmice, nutties, Carolina/house wrens, robins, blue jays, starlings. Once in a while, grackles, cardinals, red-bellied and hairy and downy woodpeckers, white-throated/song sparrows, house/goldfinches, mocking birds, hummers, juncos, red wings, crows, several hawks & owls. Feeders-small & large tube feeders in cages, suet feeders mostly cakes with insects, nuts, berries or seeds, a tall pole feeder. 3 bird baths, keep a pond functioning all year, Wildlife-white-tailed deer, red fox, rabbits, squirrels, chippies, ground hogs, voles, field mice, turtles, snakes,& once, even a black bear.
NJ	North Haledon (Mtns up North)	Tina & Dennis tschvejda@mindspring.com	#??????-Front>all lawn, bushes & habitat friendly plants for all types of wildlife. Back acre>completed wooded. Trees/bushes-oaks, maples, beech, Hawthorne, high bush cranberries, persimmon, winterberry, dogwoods, bittersweet, buddleia, butterfly weed, mulberry, choke cherry, white pine, tamarack & apple tree. Pond>2 connecting pools(4' & 5' deep so fish can winter over) w/3 water fall pools cascading into the 2 larger pools. Wildlife-Dragon flies, frog , skunks, wild turkey, raccoons Birds-Cooper's hawk Redtail hawks
NJ	Wall Township	Jane Birds1911@aol.com	#26652-1.5 acres, 20 feeders , 3 birdbath's, wood piles, dead standing trees that house nests, lots of brush piles & about every shrub/tree indigenous to this area. Wildlife-flying squirrels & gray fuzzy ones in attic, chipmunks, Birds-flickers, wrens,
NY	near Buffalo (Zone 5)	Angie angelkids@juno.com	, pre-existing man-made pond, wetlands/marsh, dead trees, several brush piles, Wildlife>box turtle, frogs & tadpoles, chipmunks, squirrels, mice, deer, Birds>mallards, Canadian geese, green herons, woodpeckers, Baltimore orioles, hummers, indigo bunting, robins & orioles, turkeys Trees>birch, tons of bushes & shrubs Feeders>feeders out...hoppers, peanut cages, suet, tubes, thistle, ground, etc. & also hummers & oriole's feeders
NY (center)		Cym cymcoffman@hotmail.com	1+ acre, spring, lots of trees, big wildflower garden, Next project>big veggie garden Wildlife>Deer, rabbits,
NY (W)	Vestal (upstate)	Bob brm38@aol.com	8 acres of heavily wooded property w/a gentle slope to the Choconut Creek. feeder stations, nesting boxes, Trees>Cherry, Ash, Sycamore, Maple, American Beech, American Basswood, Apple, Poplars, couple of Eastern Hemlocks Plants/shrubs>Honeysuckle, Multifloral Rose, American Hornbeam (Ironwood), Sumacs, ferns, and some patches of Brambles (blackberries and raspberries). Wildlife>wild turkeys, Beaver, squirrels, Whitetail Deer, Red Fox, Raccoon, Striped Skunk, Opossum, Muskrat, and Weasel Birds>Pileated Woodpeckers, Flickers, Downy & Hairy Woodpeckers, Tree Swallows (seasonal), Crows, Blue Jays, Black Capped Chickadees, Tufted Titmouse, White Breasted and Red Breasted Nuthatches, Carolina Wren (seasonal), Catbirds, Robins (seasonal), Cedar Waxwings (occasional), Red-Winged Blackbirds (seasonal), Grackles, European Starlings, Baltimore Orioles (seasonal), Sparrows, Junicos, Northern Cardinals, House/Purple Finch, Pine Siskins, American Goldfinch, Evening (occasional)/Rose-Breasted Grosbeak, Indigo Bunting (occasional), Morning Doves, Crows, Canada Geese and Kingfishers Feeders>2 squirrel feeding stations,
OH (NE)	Montville (S of Cleveland)	Elayne riverstyx1@earthlink.net	5 wooded acres, two vegetable gardens, grapes, horseradish, several fruit trees, asparagus, red raspberries, wild grapes, wild roses, wild raspberries, trillium, trout lilies, various ferns & strawberries. Birds-King Fisher, turkey, ring-neck pheasants, red-tailed hawks, buzzards, great blue herons, rose-breasted grosbeak, robins, bluejays, pileated WP, Hairy WP, Down WP, Red-belly WP, WB/RB nuthatches, titmice, black-capped chickadees, barred owls, (slate colored juncos, Baltimore orioles in season), swamp/song sparrows, gold/house finches. Water bugs, frogs, toads, dragonflies, damselflies, crawfish and small fish. Wildlife: minx, white-tail deer, groundhogs, chipmunks, red squirrels, voles, moles, raccoons, & red fox. Rocky River flow through backyard.
OH (SW)	Brookville	Abraham alincoln@woh.rr.com http://www.45309.com	#6769-80'wide X 100' @ deepest X 60' @ the shortest, a few selected plants that benefits wildlife. Have had ponds w/fish, bamboo….. (See website for details.) Birds>ducks, cowbirds, Chickadees, cardinals, Blue Jays. Wildlife>squirrels.
OR		Deb debra@teleport.com
PA	Lancaster Co.	Sue birchall@supernet.com	#21780-fairly large wooded tract but small lot, bird bath heater, Hummingbirds and Butterflies, several nest boxes, bat house, ladybug house, Trees/shrubs>Red Oak, Amalanchier, 2 Hollies, 2 Viburnums, Flowers/plants>Butterfly Bush, Purple Coneflower, Yarrow, Blanketflower, Phlox, Daylilies, Asters, Coreopsis, Yarrow, Candytufts, Eastern Red Cedar, Elderberry, Viburnum, Nandina, Trumpetvine, lots of perennials, Nandina, Azalea, Winterberry, Red Twig Dogwood, Joe Pye Weed, Birds>chickadees and house wrens, nesting Screech Owl, Feeders>several tube feeders, one very large hopper feeder, squirrel proof feeder, several suet feeders. (15 or 16 feeders in the winter) Next project>learn the moths that frequent my yard, pond on a very steep wooded hillside
PA (S Ctrl)	(Zone 6)	the Holley's (Barbara) 1090holley@msn.com	Birds>songbirds, a few hawks, herons, ring-necked pheasant Wildlife>gray/red squirrels, groundhogs, skunks, raccoons, Virginia whitetail deer
SD (W)	Rapid City (Zone 4/5)	Karen & Doug Hegre hegre@rushmore.com	#16794-.5 acre, Mature trees, shrubs, a 'dead' plum tree, (still standing) two ponds and a (hubby made) stream connecting the two. Native plants and grasses have been planted along with herbs and perennials specifically planted to attract and feed birds, bees, hummingbirds, rock paths Wildlife>squirrels, rabbit, Birds>Chickadees, goldfinch, cedar waxwings, juncos, house finch, purple finch, blue jays, robins, pine sisken, warblers, towhees, sparrows, hairy, downey & flickers, red-winged blackbirds, grackles, a meadowlark, cassin's finch, brewer's blackbird, orchard oriole, northern oriole, grossbeaks, redpolls, western tanager, yellow-breasted chat, mallards, vireos, owls, hawks, chicken Trees>shrubs, cedars, conifer, spruce and pine, cherry tree, blueberries, domestic grapevine(which are for the birds). Crabapple, apple trees, a black walnut Feeders>30 feeders for birds, several squirrels feeders Plants/shrubs>wood-bine and wild grape vine
TN	(Zone 6)	Carol
TN	Memphis	Marcia Flowerladi@webtv.net	#26372-an acre surrounded by dense (mostly oak) woods on 3 sides w/thickets on the sides. Pond w/goldfish. Trees/bushes>native dogwoods, azaleas. Wildlife>deer, raccoons, possum, frogs, lizards, lots of chipmunks, squirrels, and a multitude of birds. Next project>add another pond
TX	Houston (Zone 9)	Dayne dayne@swbell.net	Just beginning……new to the list.
TX	near Kilgore (Piney Woods)	Sharon Hammond smh@tyler.net	shallow pools of water (leopard frogs and smaller frogs) Birds>red-winged blackbirds, brown headed cowbirds, sparrows, junco, cardinals, bluejays, crows, goldfinches, indigo buntings, chickadees, titmice, mourning doves, bluebirds, phoebes, a couple of woodpeckers, robins, mockingbirds, hawks, turkey buzzards, guineas, wrens, swallows, scissortail, whippoorwills, bullbat, painted bunting, neighbor's blue peacock. feeder platform Wildlife>coons, opossum, skunk, coyotes, fox, whitetail deer,
TX	San Antonio	Robin
TX	San Antonio (downtown)