Monthly Activities

Each month review the recommended actions to improve your landscape for birds and biodiversity.

Common Yellowthroat perched on white false indigo (Baptisia alba) by Brad Imhoff / Macaulay Library.
  • Yellow and olive bird perched in a tree with bright fuchsia buds about to open.
    March

    Growing conditions still vary significantly in March depending on where you live in the U.S. or Canada. Tap or click the image to read more about March activities.

  • Olive-colored hummingbird feeding on a red flowered shrub.
    February

    February is one of a handful of months where what you can and cannot do in the garden depends drastically on your ecoregion. Tap or click the image to read more about February activities.

  • The American Robin is a bright rust-colored chested bird with a black and gray head accompanied by a white eye-ring is eating a plump red berry from the end of a shrub.
    December & January

    There are a variety of things we can do to keep busy in the winter months as we prepare for the next growing season. Tap or click the image to see potential winter activities.

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Busy lives? Calendars to the rescue. We’ll update this calendar with webinar dates, monthly activities, and other ways to support birds at home. Click on the link above to see the calendar and learn how to integrate it with yours.

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