Real World Gardener Creating a Bird Friendly Garden in Design Elements

DESIGN ELEMENTS <p>Building A Bird Friendly Garden</p> <p> Wildlife in Australia has taken a massive hit with bushfires, then torrential rain that in some cases resulted in flooding.  Are you wondering where have all the birds gone in your garden ?</p> Or perhaps you have some of the more aggressive birds like Indian Mynah or Currawongs and want to know how to attract those smaller birds. How can you help the birdlife in your garden? <a href='https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-xko6at4AFBM/XqFUdd-7M1I/AAAAAAAAhso/2sze4qdqOjo5jqMIxmp_YKtYTs1c0LPSgCLcBGAsYHQ/s1600/Male_and_female_superb_fairy_wren.jpg'></a> Superb Fairy Wren Perhaps start by thinking about creating an oasis, but there’s some essential steps that need to be observed first.  Let’s find out .  I'm talking with Glenice Buck, consulting arborist and landscape designer <a href='http://www.glenicebuckdesigns.com.au/'>www.glenicebuckdesigns.com.au</a>  PLAY: Building a bird friendly garden_8th April 2020  If you provide your birds in your local area with a source of food, shelter and water, and that should help with not only supporting them, but letting you enjoy more of their presence.  <ul><li>Glenice points out that you need to plant in layers.</li> <li>This includes the canopy layer or larger trees, the shrub layer, then groundcovers and finally the leaf litter layer.</li> </ul> You may have noticed when you are walking in your district, where the smaller birds congregate. This will give you some idea of the kind of habitat that they prefer. You don't necessarily have to plant the same as in the bushland are nature reserves, because some might be weeds. <a href='https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-kTDrVa9YxUk/XqFUICOaReI/AAAAAAAAhsg/AB9yiJ-9vT8yvlCessx3RtgcKoUGJWUQACLcBGAsYHQ/s1600/Grevillea_Scarlet_Sprite.jpg'></a> Grevillea Scarlet Sprite For example, fairy wrens love to dart in and out of lantana bushes that are growing along a path under the Gladesville bridge in Sydney. Instead, plant the type of style of bushes that these birds prefer; a shrub