Quick tips to support more wildlife in your garden

A yellow bird perches amid tall wildflowers — An abandoned community park now attracts American goldfinches and other wildlife into a mixed meadow habitat, part of Kellys Run Nature Preserve in Lancaster County, Pa. (Photos by Will Parson/Chesapeake Bay Program)

If a rougher aesthetic isn't preferred, manicuring a habitat garden's edges and letting the back run wild can sometimes satisfy concerns.

Monarch butterflies depend on milkweeds as their host plant, but late-blooming wildflowers like coastal plain joe-pye weed help sustain monarchs on their migration path.

Exploring doesn't always mean changing your scenery. Sometimes changing your perspective can reveal new surprises, such as this eastern gray squirrel snacking on red maple seeds directly overhead in a community park in Annapolis, Md.

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