Natural History Wanderings

How to Help Birds in 2020 From CornellLab of Ornithology

Last year drew to a close with news that North America had lost 3 billion birds since 1970. But that sobering finding kicked off a groundswell of commitment to bringing birds back—one that’s still surging in 2020. We’re often asked about simple, everyday ways that people can help birds—here are some of our favorites:

• 10 Ways to Help Birds: Our go-to list includes everything from purchasing Duck Stamps to paying it forward to the next generation
• Seven Simple Actions: We prepared this popular listexpressly for the #BringBirdsBack movement
• Put Seven Simple Actions on Your Fridge in a handy checklist format in English or Spanish
• Be an Influencer and share a printable version at club meetings and bird walks
• Take It Further: We paired each of the Seven Simple Actions with an idea for deeper action—check out the “Take it further” headings on this page