Jerry is right--it's a commitment. I have seen over two dozen species of birds in our yard since we've lived here. In addition to having many bird feeders of different types, there is a lot of natural bird food in our yard and many places to hide and nest. We also have bird houses and nesting bottles. Raccoons nest here, also, and rabbits, from time to time, and a variety of reptiles hang out here.
Our community is being destroyed by development, so more and more non-humans are probably going to find our wooded yard, which isn't nearly so wooded since Katrina. I hate to think of all the homes that have been destroyed so that we can have one more cell phone store and one more bank.
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