Create a Habitat

Food
Plants produce the greatest supply of food for wildlife. Trees, shrubs, grasses, and flowering-plants produce foods such as berries, seeds, acorns, nectar, sap, pollen, foliage, and nuts. Planting native plants can serve to recreate the natural habitats upon which our local wildlife populations depend for survival.

Water
Water can be supplied in many ways. If you live on a canal, lake, or pond, you already have an area some wildlife can access. A fountain, water garden, or small prefabricated pond can also serve as a water source. For limited space, a birdbath, flower pots, shallow dishes, or irregular shaped boulders (that form puddles on the surface) will do nicely.

Cover
Wildlife need protection from predators and coverage from extreme weather conditions. Trees, plants and other vegetation that provide food can also supply protection and cover.

Place for Wildlife to Raise Their Young
The same plants and trees that provide food and shelter, also provide places to raise the next generation of offspring.  Creating several layers of vegetation by planting trees, understory plants, groundcover, and grasses can both serve to protect the various species that call your yard home, while giving them spaces to court a mate, build a nest, lay eggs, burrow in or dig a hole and raise babies.