Fred

My wife and I are lucky to own a small farm in New England. We have been steadily planting native flowers and shrubs, as well as providing water, bluebird houses, elevated perches, brushpiles, standing dead flowers, fruit etc. as described in this course. We are also lucky to have almost no deer pressure on our plantings -- judging by other comments here, that is unusual! We see many migratory and nesting birds, and one category not mentioned as often, raptors -- even witnessed a red tail hawk snagging a mourning dove on a power line! That said, we are interested in improving the habitat value -- learning by observation what is still lacking in our habitat.