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Magical Birds in Your Garden
OK, I know it’s really early to start talking about gardening — where I live, we don’t plant until Mother’s Day because frost — but still, it’s been sunny and not totally frigid, and the birds were doing bird things this morning outside my window. Birds do good things for your garden, like snacking on pests and insects, so why not invite them into your yard? During the spring, birds are busily building their nests. Many species have returned from wintering somewhere else, and eggs are getting ready to hatch. If you’d like to attract wild birds to your yard, provide them with places to nest that are safe and…