Living: Home Audubons

Backyard conservation

Surrounded by model manicured lawns in the Washington suburb of Columbia, Md., one lot has gone back to nature. As a result it has become a home for bluebirds, cardinals, butterflies, deer, foxes, raccoons, chipmunks and turtles. Between Fire Station 8 and a bank in a San Francisco warehouse area, a green grove of trees and shrubs attracts finches, hawks, hummingbirds and others seldom seen in the city's industrial neighborhood. Ten trees and a variety of bushes growing on a 30-ft. by 40-ft. backyard in Brooklyn have attracted 105 varieties of...

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