Birds are vanishing—and habitat loss is the biggest reason why.
MNBC’S Yard by Yard program helps you fight back, right outside your door.
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We’re building a Native Plant Selector to make choosing bird-friendly plants easier. You’ll be able to sort by sun, water, plant type, and the birds you want to support. Look for it this spring.
In the meantime, you can use our Native Plant Guide, which lists top plants and shows exactly how each one supports birds.
Bringing Birds Home, One Yard at a Time
Native plants bring birds back. Whether you have a yard, balcony, or business, you can create meaningful habitat right where you are.
Each yard has the power to heal habitat. Across the Midwest, native plant communities have been replaced by turf grass and ornamental landscapes that do little for wildlife. Our Yard by Yard program helps homeowners, schools, and businesses restore habitat—right outside their doors.
Through free resources, presentations, and site consults, we guide Minnesotans in choosing native plants, creating habitat, and supporting insects—the foundation of the bird food web. Whether you’re planting a garden bed or rewilding your entire lawn, we’re here to help you make it count. Together, we're rebuilding the habitat birds need—yard by yard.
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Download our easy guide to determine which plants to include in your yard to attract birds and help them! Whether you manage a yard, garden, small business, school or corporate campus, you can restore vital habitat and make a real difference for birds, butterflies, pollinators - and people
Learn how to turn you yard, balcony, or shared green space into bird and pollinator habitat
Create meaningful green space that benefits birds and people alike.