Birds and pollinators
“It takes LOTS of caterpillars to feed a clutch of baby birds. It takes plants, native plants, to make lots of caterpillars. If you want birds, you need caterpillars, and if you want caterpillars you need native plants.” – Doug Tallamy
- Our friends at the Ecological Landscape Alliance explain how to provide food for adult birds and their young.
- The National Wildlife Federation has information on attracting birds
- Mass Audubon on Landscaping for birds
- From Cornell Lab of Ornithology: Around 3 billion birds have been lost since 1970. You can help! More than 40 million acres of lawn in the United States is a huge opportunity to increase bird habitat. Consider putting in a native plant garden. This “Bringing Birds Back – Use Native Plants” video explain how.

