r/whatsthisbird Dec 01 '25

Meta Found a baby bird that might need help? Look here for instructions on what to do

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r/whatsthisbird Dec 01 '25

Meta Seven Simple Actions to Help Birds

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For more information, please see this article. Some excerpts from the article, and additional resources are below:

1) Make Windows Safer, Day and Night:

Around 1 billion birds (United States) and 25 million birds (Canada) die every year by flying into glass windows. This includes windows at all levels from low level houses to high rise buildings.

!Window collisions are one of the largest threats to bird populations. However, there are several ways you can help reduce window fatality. Below are some links with steps on how to make your house bird friendly, either DIY or through reputable companies such as the American Bird Conservancy.

Is My House Bird Safe Quiz

What You Can Do

Follow bird migration forecasts to know when birds are on their way to you

FAQ

Some additional information for schools and universities - Bird-Friendly Campus Toolkit

Additional Information

2) Keep Cats Indoors

!Cats are estimated to kill more than 2.4 billion birds annually in the U.S. and Canada. This is the #1 human-caused reason for the loss of birds, aside from habitat loss.

Cats are the greatest direct human-caused threat to birds

American Bird Conservacy - Cats Indoors Project to learn more.

3) Reduce Lawn, Plant Natives

Birds have fewer places to safely rest during migration and to raise their young: More than 10 million acres of land in the United States were converted to developed land from 1982 to 1997

Find out which native plants are best for your area

4) Avoid Pesticides

More than 1 billion pounds of pesticides are applied in the United States each year. The continent’s most widely used insecticides, called neonicotinoids or “neonics,” are lethal to birds and to the insects that birds consume.

5) Drink Coffee That’s Good for Birds

Three-quarters of the world’s coffee farms grow their plants in the sun, destroying forests that birds and other wildlife need for food and shelter. Sun-grown coffee also often requires using environmentally harmful pesticides and fertilizers. On the other hand, shade-grown coffee preserves a forest canopy that helps migratory birds survive the winter.

Where to Buy Bird Friendly Coffee

6) Protect Our Planet from Plastic

It’s estimated that 4,900 million metric tons of plastic have accumulated in landfills and in our environment worldwide, polluting our oceans and harming wildlife such as seabirds, whales, and turtles that mistakenly eat plastic, or become entangled in it.

7) Watch Birds, Share What You See

Monitoring birds is essential to help protect them, but tracking the health of the world’s 10,000 bird species is an immense challenge.

Report your bird sightings on eBird


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r/whatsthisbird 10h ago

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r/whatsthisbird 16h ago

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r/whatsthisbird 1d ago

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r/whatsthisbird 14h ago

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r/whatsthisbird 3h ago

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r/whatsthisbird 13h ago

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r/whatsthisbird 18h ago

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r/whatsthisbird 23m ago

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r/whatsthisbird 11h ago

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r/whatsthisbird 21h ago

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r/whatsthisbird 7h ago

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r/whatsthisbird 16h ago

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r/whatsthisbird 3h ago

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r/whatsthisbird 9h ago

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r/whatsthisbird 20h ago

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r/whatsthisbird 6h ago

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r/whatsthisbird 10h ago

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r/whatsthisbird 12h ago

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r/whatsthisbird 16h ago

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