Urban Wildlife: Promote a Little Wildlife
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What should you do and not do to promote Urban Wildlife in your backyard?
Not every backyard is a welcoming place for animals and beneficial insects. Find out what you can do and should never do to promote Urban Wildlife in your area.
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Urban Wildlife: Promote a Little Wildlife
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Not every backyard is a welcoming place for animals and beneficial insects. Find out what you can do and should never do to promote Urban Wildlife in your area.
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Well, there are things you can do to encourage a little wildlife in your backyard.
If you have a flower garden, plant it with wildlife in mind.
Things like sunflowers, and cornflowers and black-eye susans help attract song birds.
Other plants attract butterflies and other pollinators.
Nesting boxes give birds a place to live.
And native trees and hedges provide a home for birds, insects and small mammals.
You can hang a bird feeder, or a bat house.
So, those are some ideas about what you can do to promote wildlife, but there are something things you should never do.
Never disturb animals in their habitat.
Watch them at a distance.
Don't feed wild animals.
And leave baby animals alone.
Their parents may be away gathering food and they won't come back until you leave.
If you think an animal is hurt, don't touch.
Call an adult or someone from your local wildlife services for help.
For more information about urban wildlife, check out the science trek website.
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