The Needs of Wildlife

photo: (c) U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service - Allen Montgomery

Wild animals have four habitat ingredients required for its survival: food, water, breeding and nesting space, and shelter. Meeting these needs will surely attract wildlife to your backyard. But it is important to arrange or spread out these items suitably on an area of land large enough to support a breeding population. Otherwise, your backyard friends will not persist. Each species has its own requirements in terms of the four ingredients, but the following forms the basis for landscaping with wildlife in mind.

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