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Kind of why I am planting native trees in my back yard, slowly turning it into my own little green space. Have already seen an increase of small birds flying into my yard, though I have no idea what they are (I am not a bird watcher).
My mum has done the same with her backyard here in Adelaide. It's now full of different varieties of native shrubs and bushes and she's reported seeing species that I never saw in all my years living there. It really does make a big difference and everyone with some space on their property can do it.
We're doing the same - lots of natives like Lilly Pilly, native Hibiscus, Grevillea, Melaleuca, Callistemon, a "peanut tree" or something I forget the name of, some Haka-something naive, and some Moreton Bay figs (currently small, but planted >6M from any boundary so they don't become a problem).
Got heaps of blue faced honey eaters and lorikeets hanging around, and when the Lilly Pillys get thicker and hedge up I'm hoping to see the return of the fairy wrens.
Oh yes! Nice one! I've heard that small native shrubs and stuff are meant to be especially good for our smaller natural wildlife, and the trend towards large trees with nothing but grass surrounding them is why shitty bullies like noisy miners are so common. More local planted plants in people's back yards is great!