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Climate is one of the major factors that limit bird species’ ranges. 🦆 Changing temperatures affects bird populations and their migration patterns. 🦆 Reducing your carbon footprint, planting native plants, protecting natural areas and voting for people who care are ways to combat climate change and its impacts on birds. 🐤 #worldmigratorybirdday #migratorybirdday #migratorybirds #birds #indianawildlife #climatechange #climateaction -
A cup of bergamot tea anyone? Bergamot is used for its medicinal qualities and known for its citrusy scent. 🍵 This wildflower is loved by bees, butterflies and hummingbirds. Planting Bergamot not only embellishes your yard but also benefits native pollinators and birds. 🐝🐤 It grows on well-drained to dry soils and blooms in the summertime. ☀️ #indiana #nativeplant #bergamot #savethebees #wildbergamot #wildflower #indianawildlife
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Bzzzzzz. Spring is here, that's the Bumblebee you hear! 💤 Fuzzy, black and yellow, the Bumblebee is a hardworking pollinator. 🐝 Once they have collected nectar and pollen, bumblebees return to the nest and deposit the harvested nectar and pollen into brood cells, or into wax cells for storage. Growing native plants, avoiding chemicals and supporting local conservation efforts are actions you can take to protect Bumblebees, including the federally endangered Rusty-Patched Bumblebee. 🌸 #bumblebee #bee #savethebees #rustypatchedbumblebee #indianawildlife #indianainsects
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This small star-shaped flower blooms in the spring, under part shade and on moist soils. ⭐️ The Blue Phlox is one of the 67 species of perennial and annual plants in the family Polemoniaceae. It attracts butterflies and hummingbirds. 🦋 #indiana #nativeplant #bluephlox #hummingbirds #phlox #indianawildlife
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Start Your Certification NowWith some simple changes, you can convert your backyard from a normal backyard with just a grass lawn, to a wildlife habitat with butterflies, birds, frogs, fish and more! You and your family will have fun creating your wildlife habitat together, and then you'll spend countless years marveling and learning about the wide variety of wildlife that visits your very own backyard. By creating a Certified Wildlife Habitat™, you also contribute valuable information about plant and animal species in your community.
The main criteria for a certified habitat revolve around providing food, water, shelter, and places to raise young. Our website also provides information and resources useful for creating a successful habitat, and our staff is eager to help you welcome wildlife to your backyard! Email us or call us at (317) 875-9453 for advice and suggestions!
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Are you interested in expanding Wildlife Certification to your community, school, or place of worship?
Wildlife Friendly Neighborhood: Are you and your neighbors interested in upgrading your neighborhood to be wildlife friendly? This program combines the guidelines to creating Backyard Wildlife Habitat with additional wildlife enhancement areas, such as neighborhood ponds and common areas.
Schoolyard Wildlife Habitat: What better way to encourage children to explore nature than through a wildlife habitat right outside their classroom? Parents, teachers, students, and community members can come together to help develop and maintain an outdoor classroom that benefits children and wildlife.
Place of Worship Habitat: Transform the land around your place of worship into an inspiring model for enhancing wildlife habitat and promoting spirituality.