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Water for Wildlife
Don’t forget about water when you want to invite wildlife into an area. National Wildlife Federation’s (NWF) requirements for a certified wildlife habitat are food sources, water sources, shelter, and places to raise young. To continue the promotion of these kinds of spaces, I want to remind you to provide the essential element of water.
The way you offer a drink will contribute to what visits your site. Do you want to attract birds, butterflies, frogs, or deer? I think simplest way to virtually guarantee visitors is a “bird bath” that can be refilled with fresh water every few days in warm weather to avoid breeding mosquitoes. In the winter some people use heated bird baths or fountains with continuously running water. If you keep your bird bath out over winter and it isn’t heated you can also keep it in a sunnier spot so that the water will thaw on warmer days. Of course, you can also add a pond or a moist location for butterflies to gather minerals, depending on the space available.
To link to NWF’s site for more about water for wildlife you can visit http://www.nwf.org/Get-Outside/Outdoor-Activities/Garden-for-Wildlife/Create-a-Habitat/Supply-Water-for-Wildlife.aspx
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By Drowning in wildlife
February 7, 2012 8:28 AM | Link to this
There are more holding ponds than ever. More set aside ground and government subsidized no-till. Every retirement village and condo complex has them. Hey NWF. There are more deer in the U.S. today than 200 years ago (your stats). The chick-a-dee never had it so good.