Becky

Our front yard offers quite a bit of bird-friendliness...we have a beautiful river birch, as well as some holly trees that the birds really love (and we've noticed some nests in the last couple of years). We have a very large pecan tree in the back yard that is wonderful when it's fully bloomed. I'd like to add some more shrubs and perennials to the back to give more fruits, nuts and shelter. Also researching a good option for a bird bath, and would like to add a solar fountain of some kind to keep the water moving (we definitely have enough sun here in Georgia to support that!). We do have an old log that was removed from the pecan tree that we left near the butterfly bush and some of the daylillies...and I noticed this week it has lots of little bugs all over it, and also had some wonderful fungus. So we'll leave it there and possibly add more from larger fallen limbs (rather than cutting them up and using them for firewood!). This lesson was very helpful and got me thinking of how we can add some plants and shrubs to the back to help provide a more hospitable and sheltering area for our birds!