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301 Woodview Drive
4BR/3 BA* $675,000
Druid Hills home with modern, open floorplan. Rare
master on the main.
1885 Ridgewood Drive
4 Bedrooms / 3 Baths • $775,000
Darling Druid Hills home within walking distance of
Emory University. Carriage house offers an added bonus.
221 Semel Circle, Unit 255
2 BR/2.5BA • $285,000
Light-filled townhome in perfect location for walkability
Updated features throughout
1043 Lakeshore Drive
5 Bedrooms / 3 Baths * $599,900
Mid-Century Modern updated with a flair! Great interior
spaces and outdoor space galore.
1732 Meadowdale Avenue
3 Bedrooms / 3 Baths • $775,000
Morningside home overlooking Noble Park! Abundant
living spaces and flat back yard.
1794 Stoney Creek Drive
3 Bedrooms / 2 Baths • $350,000
Nearly new construction near popular East Atlanta
Village. Beautiful interior finishes.
2026 North Ponce de Leon Avenue
6BR/6.5BA* $2,295,000
Stunning renovation on the best street in Druid Hills.
1 acre with 3 car garage.
1432 Cornell Rd
4 Bedrooms / 3 Baths • $675,000
Charming Druid Hills Bungalow. Tasteful interior
updates and a wonderful neighborhood street.
799 East Morningside Drive
4BR/3.5 BA* $850,000
Elegant Morningside home with spacious formal rooms
and handsome, curved archways.
Harvin Greene
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One Hundred West Paces Ferry Road
Atlanta, Georgia 30305
Bring More Birds
to Your Backyard
By Isadora Pennington
It’s the year of the bird! 2018 has been deemed the Year of the Bird by 150 organizations —
including the National Audubon Society, National Geographic, Cornell Lab of Ornithology and
BirdLife International — in celebration of the centennial of the Migratory Bird Treaty Act of
1918, which protects migratory birds from being hunted, captured, killed or sold.
Celebrate the year by enticing birds to your home. You can start simply by purchasing a
bird feeder for your backyard or porch. Feeder styles include hopper, platform, tube, suet and
window feeders, and specialized items like hummingbird feeders can bring the types of birds you
want to attract to your property.
This is the perfect time to set up bird-friendly feeders, baths and houses, said Joel Lehmann,
owner of Wild Birds Unlimited in Atlanta. “Early spring is the best time of year,” he said, “but
you can purchase and install a birdhouse anytime. Owls, who are cavity nesters, are generally
looking to start nesting in the fall to winter, but most songbirds are nesting in the spring and
summer.”
An important consideration in choosing your feeder, Lehmann said, is to pick one designed
to prevent spreading illness among the birds. Cleaning and maintaining your feeder, and
regularly disinfecting your birdbaths, will stop the spread of disease and keep your backyard
friends happy and healthy. Lehmann pointed to the EcoClean line of feeders. “Every surface
of these feeders is coated with an antimicrobial agent to help prevent molds and bacteria from
growing, keeping birds safer as a lot of disease can be transmitted at the feeders from bird to
bird,” he said.
Lehmann suggests that shoppers choose ones that are put together with screws and have easy
access to clean out old nesting material.
Even if you’re not interested in feeding the birds, there are ways to attract them to your
home. “Keep your space as natural as possible,” Lehmann said. Leaves on the ground provide
a habitat for bugs and, seeds and fruit from nearby trees, which are natural sources of food for
birds.
Area Events & Contacts for Bird-Lovers
This year’s Atlanta Bird Fest, hosted
by the Atlanta Audubon Society, will
take place from April 14 through
May 20, and will feature field trips,
paddleboard tours, workshops, art
shows and volunteer days.
This past February, bird lovers
around the world participated in the
Great Backyard Bird Count, a tradition
that brings together birders from around
the world. Every year, over the course
of four days, birdwatchers contribute
photographs and report sightings to
compile a comprehensive snapshot
of bird species populations and their
distribution. For 2018, more than
170,000 contributors sighted upwards
of 27 million birds of 6,219 species. If
you’d like to participate in next year’s bird
count, you can learn more and register at
birdcount.org.
To learn more about backyard
birds and how to care for them, visit
Wild Birds Unlimited at locations that
include Vinings, Atlanta in Chastain
Square, Decatur and Marietta, or online
at atlanta.wbu.com.
Additional info on birds can be
found at the Atlanta Audubon Society’s
website: atlantaaudubon.org; All
About Birds: allaboutbirds.org; and
the Chattahoochee Nature Center:
chattnaturecenter.org.
Some Backyard Birds to Look For
Northern Cardinal -
Cardinalis cardinalis
Fun fact: the male birds, which are bright red
with a black mask and crest, feed their reddish
brown female partners beak to beak during
courtship. The males also feed the first brood
alone while the females build their next nest.
PHOTOS BY ISADORA PENNINGTON
14 April 2018 | Q3
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