NATURESCAPE ALBERTA: creating and caring for wildlife habitat at homeWith this step-by-step guide, you can learn how to create and enhance wildlife habitat in your outdoor living space:
Discover and identify some of the interesting plants and animals in your yard and garden, Learn what plants are most attractive to birds, mammals, bees, butterflies and moths, Find out what supplemental foods are appealing to backyard wildlife, With easy-to-follow instructions, learn how to install a water garden that will provide a home for all kinds of wild creatures, Find out how to make houses and shelters for birds, bats, butterflies, toads and other animals ...and much, much more! Publishers:
Red Deer Naturalists, Box 785, Red Deer, Alberta, Canada, T4N 5H2 Federation of Alberta Naturalists,Box 1472, Edmonton, Alberta,T5J 2N5 Table of Contents:
CHAPTER 1 Why NatureScape? CHAPTER 2 Create the Habitat and They Will Come CHAPTER 3 Variety is the Spice of life:Creating Habitat with Plants CHAPTER 4 Creating a Hummingbird Garden CHAPTER 5 The Wet and Wonderful:How to Create Water Gardens CHAPTER 6 If You Live on a Lake or Waterway CHAPTER 7 Attracting Amphibians to Your Garden CHAPTER 8 NatureScaping for Reptiles CHAPTER 9 Butterflies and Butterfly Gardens CHAPTER 10 The Majesty of Moths CHAPTER 11 Helping Hymenoptera CHAPTER 12 Beetles and NatureScaping CHAPTER 13 Supporting Spiders in Your Yard CHAPTER 14 It's for the Birds [Food, Water, and Shelter] CHAPTER 15 Mammals and the Natural Garden CHAPTER 16 Wildlife Habitat and Schoolyards CHAPTER 17 Helping Sick and Injured Wildlife CHAPTER 18 Coexisting with Wildlife MAPS: Natural Regions of Alberta TABLES: Common Alberta Feeder Birds Information about Smaller Secondary Cavity Nesting Birds and the Their Nestboxes Information about Larger Secondary Cavity Nesting Birds and the Their Nestboxes APPENDIXES: APPENDIX 1: NatureScaping with Plants-Coniferous Trees and Shrubs -Deciduous Trees -Deciduous Shrubs -Vines -Ground Covers -Perennials -Annuals APPENDIX 2: Selected Butterfly Plants and Some Butterflies They Attract APPENDIX 3: Some Alberta Birds APPENDIX 4: Some Alberta mammals APPENDIX 5: Resource File APPENDIX 6: NatureScape Alberta Backyard Watch Form APPENDIX 7: NatureScape Alberta Backyard Certification Application Form |
Beautifully illustrated and full of striking colour photos. NatureScape Alberta contains everything you need to know about landscaping with and for Nature-all in one book! 
About the author Myrna Pearman
Myrna is a biologist, author and nature photographer. She lives on the south shore of Sylvan Lake, Alberta. She operates Ellis Bird Farm and has authored/co-authored several books (Backyard Bird Feeding: an Alberta guide; Winter Bird Feeding: An Alberta Guide; Nestboxes for Prairie Birds; NatureScape Alberta; Creating and caring for wildlife habitat at home; Water Gardening: A Prairie Guide; Mountain Bluebird Trail Monitoring Guide; Children’s Bluebird Activity Booklet; Charlie, Winnie and the Bluebirds.) She has been honoured with the Nature Educator of the Year Award by the Roger Tory Peterson Bluebird Society for her work with Mountain Bluebirds. She has also received an award from the North American Bluebird Society as well as the Owl Award from the Red Deer River Naturalists. Myrna is the editor of the Red Deer River Naturalist, writes a magazine column (The Gardener ) and a newspaper column (Red Deer Advocate). About Ted Pike Born in Calgary, Alberta, and raised in Edmonton, Dr. Ted Pike has been a naturalist and avid outdoorsman all his life. Ted has three degrees in science with foci in ecology and evolution, as well as certification for teaching. His teaching career has taken him to the Peace River district, Drumheller, and Calgary, so he has been teaching for quite some time but he is not done yet. Nor is he done exploring. |