Imagine your yard – front or back, take your pick, it doesn’t matter – teeming with all kinds of feathered friends. Blue jays, cardinals and goldfinches. Hummingbirds, warblers and woodpeckers.
The varieties and numbers are bountiful within such a rich ecosystem like the one in Southern Ocean County, and it doesn’t really take much to attract them to the space surrounding your home.
“Birds need basics to survive and thrive,” said Kristin Hock, habitat outreach coordinator for New Jersey Audubon. “They need food, a clean water source, cover and safe places to raise their young.
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