Native Plants & Birds - Wild Ones River City

National Audubon Society
audubon.org

Audubon Plants for Birds
Bring birds to your home by growing native plants. With Audubon’s Native Plant Database, you can find the best plants for the birds in your area. Growing bird-friendly plants will attract and protect the birds you love while making your space beautiful, easy to care for, and better for the environment. Explore all of our native plant resources here, including our factsheets on creating a native plant garden and how it can save you money.

Article: Plant Trees that Turn Your Yard Into a Bird Oasis—and Carbon Sponge
by Janet Marinelli, audubon.org
Trees create habitat and store CO2 for decades to come. Just pick carefully.

HOW TO: A BIRD-FRIENDLY YARD
Simple Steps to Create a Native Plant Garden in Your Yard
National Audubon Society

Michigan Audubon
Michiganaudubon.org

Michigan Native Garden Design for Birds
Michigan Audubon

8 Michigan Native Plants for Birds
Michigan Audubon

Michigan Native Plants for Bird-Friendly Landscapes
Michigan Audubon

Cornell Lab of Ornithology
birds.cornell.edu

Creating a Garden for Birds
Birdnotes 13, The Cornell Lab of Ornithology

Article: A Yard Full Of Native Plants Is A Yard Full Of Well-Fed Birds, By Kathi Borgmann, Cornell Lab of Ornithology 02/27/2018

7 Simple Actions to H elp Birds
Printable PDF tri-fold brochure by Cornell Lab of Ornithology

Article: The Birds Thank You for Native Plants
by Wild Ones member, Joyce Tuharsky 02/01/26

The mission of Saving Birds Thru Habitat is to protect, enhance and restore habitat for North American birds and to educate people of all ages about this important mission and how to achieve it. Their goal is to improve habitat for migrating birds one backyard at a time.