Citizen Science Projects that EVERY wildlife gardener should get involved with:
- All but the winter – US Phenology Network, “Nature’s Notebook” – Click here
- Wintertime – Project Feederwatch – Click here
General wildlife gardening background
I love the Audubon site http://www.valleyforgeaudubon.org/bfn/
There are two excellent and comprehensive pages from the Helpful Gardener site:
Your Garden Needs Native Plants… Right Now – HelpfulGardener.com
Attract Birds to Your Garden – HelpfulGardener.com
Finally, the UK’s Royal Society for the Protection of Birds has a wonderfully detailed guide to wildlife gardening:
Planning a wildlife garden design (rspb.org.uk)
How to encourage monarch butterflies
http://www.monarchwatch.org – the essential site!
and also this site from the Xerces Society: http://www.xerces.org/pollinator-resource-center/
Bumblebees and other insects
http://www.bumblebeewatch.org/ – the latest US bumble bee site with some good ‘citizen science’!
http://bumblebeeconservation.org – a wonderful British site
www.xerces.org – the US invertebrate society
Questions? Comments? E-mail me on johnnydogmatic@comcast.net