Bird-Friendly Native Plants

Native Plant Brochures Now Available in Spanish

Please welcome Audubon North Carolina’s Bird-Friendly Communities Coordinator Kim Brand. Launched in 2013, Audubon North Carolina’s Bird-Friendly Communities initiative is a partnership program involving more than 20 organizations with a vision for creating a more bird-friendly North Carolina. This vision statement guides the goals and projects of the group: “Bird-friendly communities give birds the opportunity to succeed by providing connected habitat dominated by native plants, minimizing threats posed by the built environment, and engaging people of all ages and backgrounds in stewardship of nature.”

We are excited to announce that all three of our regional native plants for birds brochures (mountain, piedmont and coast) are now available in Spanish – just in time for the fall planting season. Each brochure describes why planting natives is good for birds, which native plants are best for birds in each region of the state, and identifies plants that should not be planted because they affect birds negatively.

We can barely keep these very popular Native Plants for Birds brochures in stock!

Piedmont plants brochure (PDF in Spanish)

Mountain plants brochure (PDF in Spanish)

Coastal plants brochure (PDF in Spanish)

As the number of Spanish-speaking residents of North Carolina grows, we felt it was important to share these bird-friendly materials in Spanish. We are providing the “Plantas Endémicas Para Las Aves” brochures to Hispanic families enrolled in the Habitat for Humanity program in Forsyth County. This brochure is one more way we are encouraging residents to sign up to create their own bird-friendly yard through a program funded by the Audubon Toyota TogetherGreen fellowship program.

The brochures explain how you can help birds in your yard by planting native plants. They are full of examples of beautiful plants that provide the insects, berries, nectar and seeds birds need to thrive. And all of the plants are easy to grow in North Carolina.

Take the brochure with you anywhere you like to buy plants, and ask for these bird-friendly natives. One plant at a time, we can help birds get what they need in our cities and towns, which are often dominated by non-native plants and provide scant food resources for birds.

Where would you like to see these Spanish brochures distributed? Contact Kim Brand, Bird-Friendly Communities Coordinator, to request printed copies of a native plant brochure. All three brochures, in Spanish and English, are available as downloadable PDFs located on our website.

Funding for this project was provided in part by Toyota TogetherGreen by Audubon and through an Urban & Community Forestry Grant from the North Carolina Forest Service, Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, in cooperation with the USDA Forest Service, Southern Region.

Folletos de Plantas Endémicas ya Están Disponibles en Español

Demosle la bienvenida a Kim Brand, Coordinadora de Comunidades Pro-Ave de Audubon de Carolina del Norte. La iniciativa Comunidades Pro-Aves de Audubon de Carolina del Norte, que comenzó en 2013, es una sociedad que involucra más de 20 organizaciones con la visión de crear un Carolina del Norte pro-aves. Esta visión guia las metas y los proyectos del grupo: “Las comunidades pro-aves dan a las aves oportunidades a ser exitosas por proveer hábitat conectado dominado por plantas endémicas, minimizando amenazas del medioambiente artificial e involucrando personas de todas las edades y origenes en el cuidado de la naturaleza.”

Nos complace anunciar que los tres folletos regionales (para las montañas, el piedmont, y la costa) de plantas endémicas ahora están disponibles en español – justo antes de la estación de siembra del otoño. Cada folleto describe porque el sembrar plantas endémicas es bueno para las aves. Tambien describe que plantas endémicas son más adecuadas para las aves en cada región del estado e identifica plantas que no deben ser sembradas por sus impactos negativos a las aves.

¡Los folletos Plantas Endémicas Para Aves son muy populares! ¡Y apenas podemos mantenerlos en stock!

Plantas Endémicas: Piedemonte (PDF)

Plantas Endémicas: Montanas (PDF)

Plantas Endémicas: Llanura costera (PDF)

A medida que el número de residentes de habla española de Carolina del Norte crece, sentimos que es importante compartir estos materiales pro-aves en español. Proveemos los folletos “Plantas Endémicas Para Las Aves” a familias Hispanas inscritas en el programa de Hábitat para la Humanidad del Condado de Forsyth. Este folleto es una manera más de fomenter a los residentes a inscribirse para que construyan su própio patio pro-aves mediante un programa fundado por Audubon Toyota TogetherGreen.

El folleto explica como Ud. puede ayudar a las aves en su patio al sembrar plantas endémicas. Está lleno de ejemplos de plantas hermosas que proveen insectos, bayas, nectar y semillas que las aves necesitan para prosperar. Y todas las plantas crecen facilmente en Carolina del Norte.

Lleve el folleto adonde Ud. compra plantas, y pida esas plantas pro-aves. De planta en planta, podemos ayudarles a las aves a conseguir lo que necesitan en nuestras ciudades y pueblos, los que a menudo son dominados por plantas no-endémicas que proveen pocos recursos alimenticios para las aves.

¿En dónde le gustaría ver distribuidos estos folletos en Español? Contacte a Kim Brand, Coordinadora de Comunidades Pro-Ave, para pedir copias del folleto. Estos tres folletos regionales, en ingles y el español, están disponibles en formato PDF en nuestro sitio de web. 

Fondos para este proyecto fueron proveidos en parte por el programa Toyota TogetherGreen by Audubon y por una beca del Servicio Forestal de Carolina del Norte, Departamento de Agricultura y Servicios Comunitarios, en cooperación con el Servicio Forestal del USDA, Southern Region.

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