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News Release 12-155
Native Plants in Urban Yards Offer Birds "Mini-Refuges"
Landscaping with native vegetation helps local bird species
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A xeric, or desert, yard in Phoenix: This yard with native vegetation is a mini-refuge for birds.
Credit: Susannah Lerman
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This mesic yard in Phoenix, with its non-native grass lawn, is less attractive to native birds.
Credit: Susannah Lerman
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A curve-billed thrasher, a Sonoran desert species, forages in a xeric yard in Phoenix.
Credit: Eyal Shochat
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An Abert's towhee forages on an artificial food patch--a seed tray--in a Phoenix-area yard.
Credit: Susannah Lerman
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The experimental set-up used to determine that native vegetation is more attractive to birds.
Credit: Susannah Lerman
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