Resources for Attracting Wildlife

Books, Articles

1. Contact the Dept. of Wildlife in your state to obtain free materials. The following are available for Washington residents from the Dept. of Wildlife, Backyard Wildlife Sanctuary Program, 16018 Mill Creek Blvd., Mill Creek, WA 98012.
• "Plants for Wildlife"



• "At Home Activities"



• "Birds in Residential Areas"



• "Winter Feeding of Birds"
  
2. From the National Wildlife Federation, Backyard Habitat Program, 1412 16th St. N.W., Wash., D.C. 20036-2266. A good contact person is Sara Griffen at 703-790-4582.
   • "Backyard Wildlife Habitat"; item # 79946 ($4.95).
   
   
   
   • Book: "Gardening with Wildlife"
   
   
   
   • Book: "Plant on Oasis for Wildlife"
   
   
   
   • Article: "Invite Birds to Your Backyard" Revised, Jan. 1987.
   
   
   
   • "Schoolyard Habitat Info Kit"; item # 79948 ($14.95).
   
   
   
   • "Campus Wildlife Habitat Program-Preserving Nature's Biodiversity"; item # 79936; an excellent resource ($7.50).
     

3. American Wildlife and Plants: A Guide to Wildlife Food Habits by Martin, Zim and Nelson, Dover Publications, New York, 1951 (book number 486-20793-5).



4. Backyard Bird Watcher, George H Harrison, Simon and Schuster, 1979.



5. Garden Birds of America by George Harrison, Willow Creek Press, Wisconsin, 1996.



6. How to Attract Birds, Ortho Books, Chevron Chemical Comp, 575 Market St., San Francisco, CA 94105.



7. Invite Birds to Your Home: write Educational Relations, Soil Conservation Services, Dept. of Agriculture, P.O. Box 2890, Wash., D.C. 20013.



8. Natural Gardening by Knopf, Wasowski, Boring, Keator, Scott, and Glaserner, Time Life Books and The Nature Company, 1995.



9. Nature's Design by Carol A. Smyser, Rodale Press.



10. The Earth Manual: How to Work With Nature to Preserve, Restore, and Enjoy Wild Land-Without Taming It by Malcom Margolin, Heyday Books, P.O. Box 9145, Berkeley, CA. 94709.



11. Wildlife In Your Garden by Gene Logsdon, Rodale Press.

    Local Organizations
    

    Local chapters of the National Audubon Society, and Natural History organizations can be rich sources of helpful information. For the names of such groups near you, look in the yellow pages under "Clubs" and "Associations."
    

    Nurseries

    Many nurseries today offer native species; most can provide excellent advice on selecting and planting vegetation for your climate and growing conditions.
    

    World Wide Web

    1. Dig Magazine Online
       http://www.digmagazine.com
       This online magazine-type resources has articles on garden and landscape management, planting calendars, book reviews, events, and more. Back issues are also available through this site.
       
       
    2. Wildlife Ecology Sofware Server
       http://nhsbig.inhs.uiuc.edu/
       Illinois Natural History Survey's clearinghouse for wildlife ecology related software. All software has been virus scanned.
       
       
    3. Amazing Environmental Organization Web Directory
       http://www.webdirectory.com/
       Amazingly comprehensive list of organizations concerned with all aspects of the environment
       
       
    4. The Animal Diversity Web
       http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/
       The University of Michigan's Animal Diversity Web is a collection of pictures and information about animals. Accounts of individual species include information on distributions, natural history, conservation, and economic importance, along with pictures and sounds if available. Synopses of some higher taxonomic groups are also provided. The information is arranged in a taxonomic hierarchy for ease of navigation, and "shortcuts" (either through searching for specific names or characteristics or through direct links to some taxa) make it simple to find particular species or groups of species.
       
       
    5. Biodiversity: An Overview
       http://www.wcmc.org.uk/infoserv/biogen/biogen.html
       An introduction to Biodiversity from the World Conservation Monitoring Centre
       
       
    6. The Tree of Life
       http://phylogeny.arizona.edu/tree/phylogeny.html
       A detailed interactive internet project relating biodiversity and phylogeny.
       

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