Components of a Backyard Wildlife Habitat
http://www.umext.maine.edu/onlinepubs/htmpubs/habitats/7137.htm
Wildlife need food, water, cover and space. To help you plan how to provide these in your backyard habitat, this fact sheet introduces you to 16 components.
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Controlling Pesky Critters Around Your Home
http://www.utextension.utk.edu/publications/pbfiles/pb1624.pdf
If you have unwanted wild animals around your home or garden, you can be sure there is enough food, water and cover for them. The solution to the problem involves removing at least one of these.
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Dead Wood for Wildlife in the Wild Garden
http://www.forestry.uga.edu/warnell/service/library/index.php3?docID=296
We humans think of dead things as useless. But in the wild world, many dead things have just begun to be valuable. Dead wood is an example. You can use it in woodpiles for wildlife. I like a woodpile outside a window under a tree.
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Deer in the Wild Garden
http://www.forestry.uga.edu/warnell/service/library/index.php3?docID=300
The wildlife in your yard aren't just squirrels and rabbits anymore. University of Georgia county extension agents now answer thousands of questions a year on backyard problems deer cause.
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Domestic Rabbits And Their Care
http://msucares.com/pubs/infosheets/is1337.htm
This publication discusses the proper ways to care for a domesticated rabbit.
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Don't Destroy Your Wild Garden: Leave Some Natural Habitat
http://www.forestry.uga.edu/warnell/service/library/index.php3?docID=295
A woman called the other day for advice about some
wild land'' she and her husband had bought. They would be moving there from their house on a microscopic lot in Athens.
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Flying Squirrels in the Wild Garden
http://www.forestry.uga.edu/warnell/service/library/index.php3?docID=292
Everybody knows that blue birds nest in spring and summer. The rest of the year bird boxes are empty. Really? Ever thought of going out on a winter's day and checking your blue bird boxes? Carefully open the top and look inside.
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Hawks Visit the Wild Garden
http://www.forestry.uga.edu/warnell/service/library/index.php3?docID=309
Jay Shelton, a biologist friend, recently reported seeing a sparrow hawk try to take a small bird from near his bird feeder the other day. The hawk missed, but it was worth watching.
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Help Frogs Survive the Winter
http://www.forestry.uga.edu/warnell/service/library/index.php3?docID=315
With the arrival of chilly fall nights, I've been getting calls from ornamental pond owners who are wondering what to do for their frogs and turtles during winter.
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Killing Deer in the Suburbs
http://www.forestry.uga.edu/warnell/service/library/index.php3?docID=301
A friend called recently to ask about deer repellants. Are there chemicals you can apply to stop deer from browsing your plans/ Some of his clients had poor results.
Do those things really work?'' he asked.
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