I'm in the early stages of learning about them! We have a thicket with some hedges on the right side of our property that I don't touch much. There's wild black

I'm in the early stages of learning about them! We have a thicket with some hedges on the right side of our property that I don't touch much. There's wild blackberry and rose vines that grow around some of the naturally occurring hedges. I trim the vines back a bit to incentivize growth and so they don't take over the hedge, but they've been providing a nesting space for the bushtits that protects them from predators. Second to that, our property is lined with previously unmaintained Golden Goddess bamboo (the clustering kind, not the invasive kind). I was originally going to remove it because frankly I'm not a fan of them, but I read an article about how bamboo provides much needed cover for birds that are migrating or traveling in general. I've started shaping the bamboo at about 8-9ft to incentivize lower tier growth and I regularly trim out dead shoots. This seems to have upped the number of birds who hang out in them when it's hot out, though I don't think they can nest in the bamboo. An added bonus is that dying bamboo fertilizes itself by dropping it's leaves at the base of the plant first, basically resulting in mulch. I have ticks too, and they suck (pun intended). Beneficial nematodes right as spring turns will cut down their population immensely and does not result in harm to plants or wildlife. I've found they're incredibly hard to buy in stores, but easily available online. Beneficial nematodes will also chew through your mosquito population if you have those.