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Indiana Wildlife Federation
4715 W. 106th St.
Zionsville, IN 46077

Toll Free: 800.347.3445
Phone: 317.875.9453(WILD)
Fax: 317.875.9442

To promote the conservation, sound management, and sustainable use of Indiana's wildlife and wildlife habitat through education, advocacy, and action.

1. Food
A Backyard Wildlife Habitat site is a mini-ecosystem with multiple food chains. You should supply as much food as possible through native vegetation in order to meet the year-round needs of a variety of species. Trees, shrubs, herbaceous plants, succulents, and even grasses produce foods such as acorns and other nuts, berries, fruits, and seeds. Buds, catkins, foliage, twigs, sap, nectar, and pollen are all other important wildlife food produced by plants.

For birds, natural food sources can be supplemented through feeders. The best feeder foods are sunflower, thistle, proso millet, cracked corn, and suet. In summer, you may provide sugar water in hummingbird feeders to supplements the insects and natural nectar that seasonal flowers produce.

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