• Seedeaters such as jays, cardinals, chickadees, and finches love seeding flowers like coneflower, black-eyed Susan, sunflower, coreopsis, and aster.
• Choose flowers like salvia, sage, bee balm, penta, wild petunia, verbena, and butterfly weed to attract pollinators.
• Host plants are crucial for butterflies. Plant milkweed for Monarchs, and passionflower for Gulf Fritillaries.
• Hummingbirds love flowering vines like clematis, trumpet vine, Turk’s cap, honeysuckle, and flame vine.
• Orioles, tanagers, waxwings, bluebirds, woodpeckers, and other birds love fruit! Try adding vines like Virginia creeper and grapevines; bushes like yaupon and holly; and trees like mulberry, persimmon, hawthorn, and olive.
• Birds also love trees such as sweetgum, pecan, oak, black walnut, and black hickory.
• Native plants and trees will also attract insects, another important food source for birds. Please don’t use chemical pesticides and fertilizers! Insects are necessary for a healthy ecosystem.
• Don’t forget to add a source of freshwater to your yard, such as a birdbath or trickling water feature.