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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

Your Go-To Local Experts: Native Plant Retailers
Bird-Friendly Communities

Your Go-To Local Experts: Native Plant Retailers

They can provide tailored recommendations and change their inventory to support demand: here's why else our local Bird-Friendly Native Plant retailers are essential to our bird-friendly communities!

Host an Art Party for Bird Conservation in 8 Easy Steps
Bird-Friendly Communities

Host an Art Party for Bird Conservation in 8 Easy Steps

Hosting a party for the birds is a one-of-a-kind way to get the younger generations actively involved in conservation!

Audubon Projects for Scouts – Our Birds Need YOU!
Conservation

Audubon Projects for Scouts – Our Birds Need YOU!

Calling all scouts looking for projects – from troop volunteer opportunities to Eagle Scout and Gold Award projects!

Find the Best Plants for Birds in Your Zip Code
Bird-Friendly Communities

Find the Best Plants for Birds in Your Zip Code

Discover the best bird-friendly native plants in your area by entering your zip code into Audubon's national database!

Beaver Lake Bird Sanctuary Calls to Chimney Swifts
Bird-Friendly Communities

Beaver Lake Bird Sanctuary Calls to Chimney Swifts

Elisha Mitchell Audubon Society in Asheville hopes to see Chimney Swifts roosting in their new tower at Beaver Lake Bird Sanctuary comes fall. "I’ve seen 3-5,000 go into a single chimney!” describes President Tom Tribble.

A Little Sign Goes a Long Way
Bird-Friendly Communities

A Little Sign Goes a Long Way

Adding a "Plants for Birds" sign to your native plant garden will help spread the word to your friends and neighbors that your community is bird-friendly!

Help Us Save the Sweet Song of this Wandering Warbler
Bird-Friendly Communities

Help Us Save the Sweet Song of this Wandering Warbler

2017 - the year of the Prothonotary Warbler, help us save this priority bird!

Fifth-Grade Junior Engineers Help the Brown-headed Nuthatch
Bird-Friendly Communities

Fifth-Grade Junior Engineers Help the Brown-headed Nuthatch

The Brown-headed Nuthatch is getting a little help from some young friends in Mooresville.

Bringing Nature to North Carolina
Bird-Friendly Communities

Bringing Nature to North Carolina

Read a special interview with Doug Tallamy, author of "Bringing Nature Home".

What monsters are lurking in your yard?
Bird-Friendly Native Plants

What monsters are lurking in your yard?

This Halloween, go on an invasive plant hunt and eliminate these nasty plants from your yard.

How you can help, right now