How-To: Landscape Roses for Birds
Roses provide food for birds (rose hips), cover to hide from predators, and places to nest.

Recommended roses for birds:

+  Rugosa Roses: these are salt and drought tolerant shrubs.    +  Canadian Explorer Roses: Henry Kelsey, William Baffin, and John Cabot. Try growing these on a fence.    +  Species Roses: Rosa spinosissima, "Mary Queen of Scotts", Rosa glauca.

Rose "Henry Kelsey"

Obtain roses from local nurseries, mail order houses, and online nurseries.

People and Birds: Alaska visit to Marlow's on the Kenai Bed and Breakfast
Marlow's is a charming bed and breakfast located in Soldotna, Alaska on the Kenai Peninsula south of Anchorage, Alaska. Ken Marlow takes birders down the Kenai River where 50 species of birds, including Tundra and Trumpeter Swans, Common, Pacific, Red-throated and sometimes Yellow-billed Loons, can be seen.

For more information contact:

Marlow's On The Kenai
P.O. Box 2465 P
Soldotna, AK 00669
Phone: 1-800-725-3327

Time Out to Watch: Arctic Terns
These elegant looking terns have short all-red bills and long tails. Arctic Terns migrate incredibly long distances—up to 22,000 round trip. They breed mostly in the Arctic on tundra lakes and rocky shores, and winter at sea as far south as Antarctica.