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Bird-Friendly Communities

Photo: Northern Mockingbird. Photo: Don Swamback/Audubon Photography Awards

Where birds thrive, people prosper.

From urban centers to rural towns, each community can provide important habitat for native birds. In turn, birds offer us a richer, more beautiful, and healthful place to live. Learn more about our Bird-Friendly Communties.

This regional initiative is part of the National Audubon Society's Bird-Friendly Communities strategy.
Take Swift Action to Help An Urban Bird
Bird-Friendly Communities

Take Swift Action to Help An Urban Bird

Plants for Birds
Bird-Friendly Native Plants

Plants for Birds

Make A Little Room for the Brown-headed Nuthatch
Bird-Friendly Communities

Make A Little Room for the Brown-headed Nuthatch

A Little Sign Goes a Long Way
Bird-Friendly Communities

A Little Sign Goes a Long Way

Birds You Can Help Right Now

Brown-headed Nuthatch

Latin:  Sitta pusilla

Illustration for Brown-headed Nuthatch

Wood Thrush

Latin:  Hylocichla mustelina

Illustration for Wood Thrush

Chimney Swift

Latin:  Chaetura pelagica

Illustration for Chimney Swift

Prothonotary Warbler

Latin:  Protonotaria citrea

Illustration for Prothonotary Warbler

Bird-Friendly Community Posts

Kick Off to Migration
Bird-Friendly Communities

Kick Off to Migration

By Audubon Staff

Lights Out North Carolina
Bird-Friendly Communities

Lights Out North Carolina

Each morning, volunteers walk the city streets collecting and documenting bird species killed by collisions with specific buildings.

Bird-Friendly Educators Making Their Mark in North Carolina Schools
Bird-Friendly Communities

Bird-Friendly Educators Making Their Mark in North Carolina Schools

By Audubon Staff

Your Next Bird-Friendly Adventure Is Waiting Nearby
Bird-Friendly Communities

Your Next Bird-Friendly Adventure Is Waiting Nearby

By Audubon Staff

Bird-Friendly Families
Bird-Friendly Communities

Bird-Friendly Families

There are many opportunities to make your home a more bird-friendly environment and to bring your kids along for the journey.

Creating a Bird-Friendly Backyard on the Coast
Bird-Friendly Communities

Creating a Bird-Friendly Backyard on the Coast

By Audubon Staff

Creating a Bird-Friendly Backyard
Bird-Friendly Communities

Creating a Bird-Friendly Backyard

By Audubon Staff

Bird-Friendly Snow Day Snack
Bird-Friendly Communities

Bird-Friendly Snow Day Snack

By Audubon Staff

When the months are especially cold, be sure your bird feeders are filled with energy-rich food!

Bird-Friendly Communities

Find a Nuthatch Nest Box Near You!

By Audubon Staff

Golf Courses Provide a "Hole in One" for Brown-headed Nuthatches
Bird-Friendly Communities

Golf Courses Provide a "Hole in One" for Brown-headed Nuthatches

By Audubon Staff

North Carolina golf courses are putting up another kind of nest box – this one for the Brown-headed Nuthatch, a North Carolina native.

How you can help, right now