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Plants to attract birds of prey for shelter and nesting.

 
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Hello folks! Wanna find out how we draw kestrels, owls, hawks and falcons in our backyards and communities to help keep rodents and pesky insects down each year. Some of us have rats in urban parts of our communities and become more disease oriented. I know some evergreen trees do the trick, but are there any others?
How wide and far we need to for birds of prey to shelter and nest for their young? I'd also like my areas suitable for hunting prey. Please reach me if you need me. Adios!
 
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What is your location, it wil  help to give advise?
 
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If there are no trees about, wedge tailed eagles are quite happy to make a nest on top of telegraph/power poles out in the bush.   Otherwise they seem to like a bare branch to perch on for surveillance purposes.  We get nankeen kestrels here too, but only see them hovering over the paddocks when looking for prey.  Elsewhere I've seen them on power lines doing their obs.  
Owls like natural holes in trees, or abandoned nests, so leaving an old tree standing rather than turning it into firewood might be the go.
They are all such special birds that they need all the help they can get.  Watch out for rodent baits that use an anticoagulent - it can pass on to birds through the little corpses.
Also:https://permies.com/t/207474/wildlife/attract-birds-prey-backyards
and once there, there's several other useful links.
 
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I'm from an urban area and like to find out how we create habitat for hawks, owls and kestrels in our backyards regardless of size. Any plants to attract them besides trees? Any ones in mind besides the pines and couple of others? I'm looking for stuff that matures quickly for nesting and shelter in a few years. Take care!
 
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Since I'm lacking any other helpful info.  maybe this link will prove useful:-
https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/garden-how-to/beneficial/attracting-birds-of-prey.htm
 
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How we create suitable areas for kestrels in our backyard? Which areas of our backyards we place our nest boxes for kestrels to protect them from human interference and predators such as stray cats?
 
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