Wildscape: Exploring the senses to live in peace in our gard...
824 views · Mar 23, 2023 fernsfeathers.ca
Nancy Lawson, author of The Humane Gardener, explores how the senses come to life in our gardens both through our plants and wildlife. Wildscape turns the focus on humans, and how we are forcing animals to change and adapt to the noise, smells and even visual clues we create in our gardens. It also explores how wildlife depend and use these senses to survive and prosper in our gardens.
Wildlife rescue: Living with foxes and other garden wildlife
7K views · Jan 16, 2023 fernsfeathers.ca
For most people having foxes in the yard is a good thing. Not only are they entertaining and harmless, they help to control rodents in your yard. Foxes do not attack cats or dogs and will not harm your children. There are gentle methods to encourage them to move out of your yard if you can't have them. It's best not to feed foxes in your yard to keep them wild and independent of humans.
Are raccoons good for the garden?
5K views · Nov 17, 2022 fernsfeathers.ca
Raccoons can be an important addition to the woodland garden but an overpopulation of raccoons can be a real problem. Take steps to ensure your garden is not over run with raccoons. They help the garden by eliminating pests and spreading seeds but they bring their own diseases and problems. Here are steps you can take to keep raccoons out, or remove them from, your attic, chimney and sheds.
Fox leaves a gift
1K views · Nov 15, 2022 fernsfeathers.ca
A young fox caught on a trail camera defecates after checking out an area. I imagine it's a form of marking the territory and warn other animals in the area. The movie was taken with a trail camera designed to take close up images and video of birds.
Woodpecker at seed cylinder
234 views · Nov 15, 2022 fernsfeathers.ca
Here is a fascinating slow motion movie of a red-bellied woodpecker at a compressed seed cylinder on bird feeder. The video picks up fine details of how the woodpecker attacks the seed cylinder.
How to design a woodland wildlife garden for a small yard
7K views · Oct 29, 2022 fernsfeathers.ca
A woodland wildlife garden is not about the size of the yard or the number of trees. Here are some tips and ideas to help rewild a woodland landscape garden design plan even in a small urban or suburban backyard. Attracting birds and pollinators are just two of the many reasons a woodland garden design is the perfect choice for homeowners looking for a low maintenance idea for their small yards.
Wildlife gardening
5K views · Oct 22, 2022 fernsfeathers.ca
Create a woodland wildlife garden in your backyard to attract pollinators, birds, mammals and reptiles to your backyard.
Tips to set up a bird feeding station (5 favourite feeders)
7K views · Oct 22, 2022 fernsfeathers.ca
The advanced Pole System bird-feeding station is a great way to focus birds’ attention on your feeders and discourage squirrels and other mammals from stealing the bird food. I have had my Advanced Pole system for more than 20 years and it has performed perfectly. Here are five great bird feeder options to add to your Advanced Pole System to make it even more enticing for backyard birds.
Creating a wildlife friendly garden (7 simple steps)
4K views · Oct 22, 2022 fernsfeathers.ca
Creating a successful wildlife garden in your backyard is similar to building a woodland garden. The two landscape designs work in harmony, but there are specific elements to focus on to create a wildlife garden. There are seven simple steps for gardeners to create a wildlife garden. Most of these steps involve focusing on providing food sources such s berries, nuts and seeds in the lower levels.
Chipmunk eating
5K views · Jul 17, 2022 fernsfeathers.ca
Video of a chipmunk on an outdoor photo studio and reflection pond.
Red Squirrel with seeds
7K views · May 12, 2022 fernsfeathers.ca
A friendly Red Squirrel chows down on some seeds in the garden.
Backyard wildlife designation
3K views · Sep 22, 2021 fernsfeathers.ca
Video of some of my backyard wildlife images in our wildlife designated backyard including birds, fox, chipmunks, red squirrel and a host of backyard birds and butterflies.
Chipmunk feeding
2K views · Jun 19, 2021 fernsfeathers.ca
A chipmunk I have been feeding from my hand pays me a quick visit.
Hummingbirds migration
1K views · Sep 12, 2023 fernsfeathers.ca
Hummingbirds migrate over huge distances every year from their summer breeding grounds to their winter homes in central america, Mexico and along the gulf coasts.
Hummingbirds images
2K views · Sep 12, 2023 fernsfeathers.ca
Hummingbirds are the jewel of our gardens with their beautiful colours and iridescent feathers. We explore their beauty as they explore our gardens and the flowers that bring them to our gardens.
Fields of gold: A day with the sunflowers and goldfinches
907 views · Sep 19, 2023 fernsfeathers.ca
Creating a habitat for wildlife can be as simple as a naturalized flower border extending down the side of a driveway or across the back of your yard. This naturalized border of sunflowers and native plants creates the perfect wildlife habitat for a host of birds, butterflies, bees and mammals. It's also the perfect place to photograph the birds and butterflies in their natural habitat.
In a woodland garden
1K views · Oct 7, 2023 fernsfeathers.ca
A video of our woodland garden and the wildlife, including birds that regularly visit. The garden focuses on native plants, trees and shrubs to encourage as much wildlife as possible, but it does include non-native species.