World Migratory Bird Day 2025: Simple Ways You can Help Birds

Learn about World Migratory Bird Day and how you can help birds using the seven simple actions to create bird-friendly spaces where you live, then take to the trails for a bird-themed scavenger hunt!

World Migratory Bird Day 2025 focuses on the many ways that we can help birds where we live.

More than half of the world’s population currently lives in cities, a figure projected to double in the next 25 years. As communities expand, migratory birds face growing challenges. Native habitats shrink, noise and light pollution escalate, and domestic pets disturb and prey on a variety of species. We can all take steps to protect migratory birds that visit our communities—whether they are nesting, overwintering, or stopping to rest and refuel along their incredible journeys.

This year, World Migratory Bird Day highlights seven simple actions you can take to create bird-friendly spaces where we live.

1. Plant native:…