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Birds to Help
Backyards and other private lands provide essential habitat for many species of birds. Ensuring that birds have good sources of food, nesting sites, clear water, and protective cover becomes more important every day, as more habitat is lost to development, degradation and fragmentation.
You'll Be Helping More than Birds
Birds are important indicators of environmental health and play a significant role in maintaining the earth's ecological balance--propagating plant life as pollinators and seed dispersers and controlling insect populations. Birds also bring beauty and enjoyment to our lives as one of the most accessible forms of wildlife. If their populations are in decline, it can mean that our natural resources are in trouble as well.
Getting Started: What You Can Do
No matter where you live, there are birds that need your help. Select a few recommended species to help, depending on what kind of landscape you live in and the features of your land and surrounding properties.
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Urban Areas While there may not be many species of birds in landscapes dominated by buildings and pavement-including commercial areas, office buildings, shopping centers, parking lots, row houses, and condos-it is possible to attract and support additional species by planting more trees and shrubs in the open places not covered by buildings or pavement.
Click here for a list of suggested birds to help in urban areas.
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Suburban Areas Landscapes characterized by yards and smaller residential buildings usually include more trees, bushes, and birds. By planting more native trees and shrubs, or by providing nest boxes, additional birds can be attracted to residential neighborhoods, neighborhood parks, school grounds and office parks with open space.
Click here for a list of suggested birds to help in suburban areas.
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Rural Lands Areas that are mostly agricultural or rich in native habitats provide even more space and resources for birds. By planting or maintaining native vegetation, and setting up nest boxes, these farmlands, ranchettes, small acreage properties, and large lot developments can support many birds that need our help. Click here for a list of suggested birds to help in rural areas.
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