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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

Small Actions = Big Impact for Nuthatches
Bird-Friendly Communities

Small Actions = Big Impact for Nuthatches

In just two years, Audubon North Carolina’s network of supporters met a goal to install 10,000 nest boxes for nuthatches across the state.

Help Winter Birds with a Deadhead
Bird-Friendly Communities

Help Winter Birds with a Deadhead

We are giving you a reason not to deadhead your flowers this fall. Just tell everyone it’s for the birds!

50 Plants for Where You Live
Bird-Friendly Native Plants

50 Plants for Where You Live

Download specific plant lists for where you live.

Why Go Native for Birds
Bird-Friendly Native Plants

Why Go Native for Birds

Native plants play a very important role in providing the food birds need to survive and thrive.

How to Make Your Yard Bird-Friendly
Bird-Friendly Native Plants

How to Make Your Yard Bird-Friendly

Grow a beautiful garden that provides a safe haven for birds in the face of climate change

Summer Daydreams of Planting a Fall Bird Garden
Bird-Friendly Native Plants

Summer Daydreams of Planting a Fall Bird Garden

By maholley

It’s hot. It’s steamy. Planting your bird garden right now is not a good idea. Find new ways to spend the summer preparing your garden for fall planting season.

Happy Hummers Get Wild for White Flowers
Native Plant Profiles

Happy Hummers Get Wild for White Flowers

By maholley

With its white blossoms, Virginia Sweetspire might not look like a hummingbird magnet, but you can bet it is!

National Audubon Society Receives $36,900 Grant from Wells Fargo-NFWF to Support Native Plants project
Media Releases

National Audubon Society Receives $36,900 Grant from Wells Fargo-NFWF to Support Native Plants project

June 10, 2015 — Part of $100 million effort to support local environmental nonprofits
Shared Values: Audubon North Carolina Partners with Communities of Faith
Bird-Friendly Communities

Shared Values: Audubon North Carolina Partners with Communities of Faith

By maholley

Audubon NC has expanded our reach to include working with communities of faith working with people who have the same passion and energy for the natural world that we do.

Asheville Eagle Scout mobilizes Boy Scouts to help Brown-headed Nuthatches
Bird-Friendly Communities

Asheville Eagle Scout mobilizes Boy Scouts to help Brown-headed Nuthatches

By maholley

Lead by 14-year old Eagle Scout, David Bennett, Boy Scouts of Troop 91 built 22 nest boxes at the North Carolina Arboretum.

How you can help, right now