Would you like to have more birds in your yard and around your neighborhood? This is how to do it.
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Backyard Birds of Marin at Novato Library
In this presentation at the Novato library, we’ll teach you how to identify, attract, and enjoy around 20 of the most common backyard birds of Marin.
Backyard Birds II: The Rest of the Top 20
In the first part of this two-part tour of 20 of our most common and notable backyard birds, I covered the finches and sparrows, two groups of birds that often dominate feeding stations and our consequent attention. Today, I present another ten birds, sorted into three batches: woodland birds, nectar-feeders, and a smattering of ubiquitous but non-feeder visiting yard birds.
Backyard Birds I: Finches and Sparrows
There is no better place to start learning the birds than in your own yard. It is much easier and more natural to get acquainted with the limited set of birds that you see regularly, rather than diving immediately into the thick of the full 1000+ species of North American birds. Today, I’ll introduce two of the most obvious and important groups of backyard birds: the finches and the sparrows.