Date: September 6, 2023
Podcast name : Garden and Nature, Southwest
Episode titile : Inviting wild birds to the backyard
Podcast Host: Vani Shukla

How can we make our garden space friendly for wild birds to visit and nest. If a backyard garden promotes a healthy ecosystem, then birds that we never imagined could come in an urban neighborhood,  start to show up. 

This episode covers information on creating an inviting space for wild birds.

Birds mentioned in this episode: 

1. Lesser Goldfinch
2. House finch
3. Verdin
4. Rock Wren
5. Warblers
6. Mockingbird 
7. Curve-billed thrasher
8. Dark-eyed Junco
9. American Robin
10. Blue Grosbeak 
11. Hummingbirds
12. Owls
13. Night hawk
14. Cooper’s hawk
15. Shrike ( Loggerhead Shrike)
16. Oriole 
17. Chipping Sparrow
18. Ash-throated Flycatcher
19. Gambel’s Quail

Plants mentioned in this episode. Common names and Scientific names are listed.

1. Chocolate flower 0 Berlandiera larata
2. Blanket flower - Gallardia
3. Sunflowers - many varieties - Genus is “Helianthus”. Many different native species exist in 
4. Skeleton-leaf goldeneye - Viguiera stenoloba
5. Gaura/Beeblossom (many native varieties/species) - Genus is Oenothera
6. Black dale - Dale frutescens
7. Wooly butterfly bush - Buddleja marrubifolia
8. Wolfberry- Lycium berlandieri 
9. Aniscanthus /Flame acanthus - Anisacanthus quadrifidus
10. Desert Willow - Chilopsis linearis 
11. Mexican elderberry - Sambucus nigra 

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