Other Wildlife Visitors

Catering to all the animals in your garden

Your garden isn't just a place for birds - other animals will be attracted by the plants, food and water you put out. You can find many different animals in your garden, from insects to squirrels. You may even find midnight visitors to your yard like bats and owls. Your garden can become a wildlife paradise, and you can help it along by offering the right attractants for the animals you want to visit.

Everyone loves butterflies - the colorful insects flutter about your flowers and create beauty in your garden. They're a wonderful insect for you and your children to watch and learn about. You can learn how to attract butterflies to your garden using feeders, plants and houses. Creating attractants for butterflies will ensure that you always have some of the beautiful creatures around for study and enjoyment.

The jury is still out on squirrels - some people like the furry little animals, some hate them. If you feel that squirrels are a nuisance to your birdwatching and feeding, then click over to our squirrel repellent page to find out how to get squirrels to go away. If you like squirrels and want to provide some food and shelter for them, you can check out our pages on what the best food is and what kind of houses you can get. You can also provide some natural food for squirrels by planting a wildlife-friendly garden.

Your garden visitors don't stop when the sun goes down - in fact, your garden plays host to a whole new set of animals who are looking for food. One such animal you might see in the dusky hours is a bat. There are many different types of bats, so you'll want to know who you see flitting around in the twilight. Bats, like squirrels, can prove a problem when it comes to feeding birds because they will drain a nectar feeder in a single sitting. You can solve this problem by only filling it in the mornings. Bats also like shelter to sleep and start their families in.

Whether it's mammal, fowl or insect, you'll always have visitors to your garden if you know what to do to attract them. This will make your garden not only a beautiful place, but a place to learn as well.