Power of One
The Power of One (often the power of a couple) was started as a regular feature in our newsletter, Habitat Happenings, published to give credit to those who improved their properties for birds and pollinators, purchased land in order to preserve good native habitat, or took other actions to aid birds.
Here, we continue this tradition of sharing what others have done on behalf of birds and their habitats. Often included are comments from people about their own experiences and perceived results.
Kathie Albright and Mike Berst
I have always had an interest in native plants and Kathie is a longtime birder. We were fortunate to retire to a home on 10 acres of beech-maple mesic forest in Northern Michigan, just a stone's throw from the Saving Birds Thru Habitat Discovery Center.
Schroeck’s Urban Lawn Conversion
We bought our home on a half-acre lot in Bloomfield Township, Michigan in May of 2010. The yard was a boring canvass of turf grass. Fortunately, the back yard had several different species of pine trees planted along the property line and a couple of big, mature silver maple trees along one side.
Doug and Cindy Tallamy
Twenty years ago, Doug and his wife Cindy purchased a 10-acre tract of agricultural wasteland that had been under the plow for three centuries. When the Tallamys took title to their land, it had been fallow for years and was largely covered with invasive species
Gary Schultheiss and Barbara Richman
Barb and Gary have lived on a forty acre forested tract of land a couple of miles from Saving Birds’ Habitat Discovery Center and Charter Sanctuary for many years. Their property is protected under an easement with the Leelanau Conservancy.
Jeff Kingery and Becky Alsup Kingery
As beautiful as the garden is all summer long, it is amazing in the fall and winter, when activity picks up. At first Becky was sad to see her flowering plants die. But seeing birds move in to feed from flower stalks and grass heads – all winter long – made her realize that her plants make a difference for birds
Howard Youth Demonstrates How a Small Yard Can Help
Editor and Senior Writer for the American Bird Conservancy, Howard Youth, practices what Saving Birds preaches - let’s all work to help our native birds. He lives with his family in a home with a small yard in densely populated Bethesda, MD.
