Photos

Photos help us to imagine the possibilities. Share your images and be inspired by others.

Rufous Hummingbird feeding on bleeding heart nectar (Dicentra formosa) by Frédérick Lelièvre / Macaulay Library.
Zeiss BinocularsTERRA ED 8, 10×42

Chance to Win!

Over the growing season we’ll invite people to submit photos from their gardens. Submit just one or many photos and be entered for a chance to win:

Winners will be chosen and notified in December 2026.

Click on “See 2026 Inspiring Photos” below. Each category, you can open and select the “Add My Photo” option. You can also find the link in the monthly emails.

Participant Photos 2026

We are collecting a variety of photos this year that thematically allow people to share different stages and features they are adding to their gardens, green spaces, and property to better support birds.

Each month we invite people to share photos displaying their; planning, before planting sites, after planting sites, mature habitat gardens, bird baths, nest boxes, brush piles, treated windows, catios, unlawning, meadow creation, etc.

Click on the different categories to see what people are up to and consider sharing some of your process with us.

See 2026 Inspiring Photos

After

Cats enjoying their outdoor catio while keeping the birds in this yard safe from potential feline predation. Photo by Mhairi McFarlane.

Habitat Pictures 2025

On properties around the United States and Canada, people have transformed portions of their landscape to better support birds and biodiversity.

Seeing is truly believing! Explore before and after photos of landscapes that added new plants in 2025.

Every spot and plant matters to the wildlife that depends on it.

See Habitat Pictures

Before

A space in front of a house where big chunks of a tree trunk are laying.
In Michigan this property lost a tree and the wood chips will be used around new plants in the new native garden.

After

Same spot where the tree trunks are removed a a garden with pink and yellow flowers are blooming.
Michigan, where over 30 plants have been added from this site that had a red oak fall this year.

What About This Spot?

Using examples and photos from our participants we compiled some examples of spaces that people often wonder how to utilize to better support birds. Pots? Steep hills? Corners? Here are some ideas for you.

See Ideas for New Habitat Spots
A strip in front of a city house that is all dead grass with a small tree and cars parked in the background.
Here’s an under-utilized piece of green space in the greater Chicago metro area. Let’s turn it into vibrant habitat!

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