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Cooper Hansen Habitat Initiative

Mission: To propagate and protect NATIVE plants and ADVOCATE for improving the quality and quantity of HABITAT that benefits our birds, wildlife and people.

Home of

Cooper Hansen Habitat Initiative

Mission: To propagate and protect NATIVE plants and ADVOCATE for improving the quality and quantity of HABITAT for the benefit of our birds, wildlife and people.

Home of

Cooper Hansen Habitat Initiative

Mission: To propagate and protect NATIVE plants and ADVOCATE for improving the quality and quantity of HABITAT that benefit our birds, wildlife and people.

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Cooper Hansen Studio

Explore the natural world captured by Tom Hansen in stunning photographic Wild Art Prints and Wildly Fine Art. Add a touch of nature to your home, office or cabin decor.

Cooper Hansen Habitat Intiative

Cooper Hansen and its local sponsors hold various events throughout the year in support of its Mission:

To propagate and protect NATIVE plants and ADVOCATE for improving the quality and quantity of HABITAT that benefit our birds, wildlife and people.

Gardens & Gallery

The Cooper Hansen Studio - Gardens & Gallery, include nature walking paths which are open to studio/gallery guests during open business hours as posted on this website May1 - October 31 and by appointment.

FEATURED HABITAT PROJECT

Feeding Birds: a Quick Guide to Seed Types

byRasheedhrasheed/WIkimedia.

The seed that attracts the widest variety of birds, and so the mainstay for most backyard bird feeders, is sunflower. Other varieties of seed can help attract different types of birds to round out your backyard visitors. In general, mixtures that contain red millet, oats, and other “fillers” are not attractive to most birds and can lead to a lot of waste as the birds sort through the mix.

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