National Wildlife Federation Wildlife Habitat
Lawton, Oklahoma

My Certified Backyard Habitat
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	My National Wildlife Federation Certified Backyard Wildlife Habitat in Lawton, Oklahoma, May 2008. This property provides the four basic habitat elements needed for wildlife to thrive: food, water, cover, and places to raise young.
	Food, cover, and a place to raise young: Nector and climbing vine. The nector attracts humming birds and bees. Birds find cover and build nests in the vine.
	A place to raise young: Bird House.
	A place to raise young: Chimney Swifts raise a brood in my chimney every year. They also eat most of the mosquitoes around my house.
	Food: Nector feeders for oroles and humming birds. Made from commercial powder, or from water solution consisting of 1 part suger to 4 parts boiled water. Food dye is not necessary since the feeder has the color built in. Oroles also like orange slices and grape jelly.
	Food: Seed feeder and suet feeder. Pictured with female baby cardenal and Downey Woodpecker.
	Food: Bird Feeder - Saflower seeds attract cardinals, but not sparrows. I feed 8 baby cardinals and 2 adult cardinals several times a day. Doves also like the saflower seeds. Pictured with female and male baby cardenals.
	Water: Twenty gallon pond with gold fish to eat mosquitoe larva.
	A place to raise young: Nesting box for birds that like to nest on ledges, like robins.
	Food: Butterfly feeder containing water solution consisting of 1 part sugar to 4 parts boiled water.
	Water: Birdbath with cardenal.
	Food: Fruit trees - Peach.

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