Wildlife in the Backyard

I was recently talking to a friend who complained that there was no longer any wildlife in his backyard.  "We used to see turkeys, deer, fox and all sorts of things.  But in the last three years...Nothing!"  As I lay in bed the next night, listening to the coyotes (or "coy dogs" as Bob from Vermont calls them) howling on the mountain behind my house, I thought that my friend might want to come to my backyard.                 

We have our share of birds and insects.

However, it is the families that seem to take over our yard that might interest my animal-deprived friend.

I guess you just have to have the right kind of food for the animals to come!!!