Bird-Friendly Spaces

The Bird-Friendly Spaces Program

The Bird-Friendly Spaces Program recognizes community members and organizations who are actively supporting birds and wildlife in their personal spaces. The program was developed by Houston Audubon's 2021 Young Professionals Advisory Council to be inclusive of people with all different types of spaces.

Steps to Have your Bird-Friendly Space Certified

1. Make a Plan

What does your space look like? Can you plant native plants in the ground, display potted plants, or do you have an indoor space only? Are you able to substitute your coffee, rice, and beer for bird-friendly alternatives? Do you have time to join an urban bird survey near you? Start small - even one bird-friendly action like picking up trash on your way to work can make a big difference!

2. Design Your Space

Check out our space-specific guides for inspiration on how to design your own bird-friendly space. If you are planning to provide native plants in your space, Houston Audubon's Native Nursery staff and volunteers can help you select the best plants for your space. Design your space in a way that incorporates bird-friendly actions throughout your space and the spaces you occupy to have the biggest impact!

3. Complete Bird-Friendly Actions

To apply to the program, you must complete at least 3 different actions that fall under at least 2 of the 3 different categories:

Create Inviting Habitat
Connect with Others
Limit Threats to Birds

For example, you might "volunteer at a native planting event," "keep cats indoors," and "limit plastic use" which fall in the categories Create Inviting Habitat and Limit Threats to Birds.

Click here to apply

Have questions? Need more information? Contact Schyler Brown at sbrown@houstonaudubon.org

Space-Specific Guides

Learn how to make your space bird-friendly! We've developed space-specific guides with tips, tricks, and recommendations on how to start your bird-friendly space journey. Each guide provides different information, and we encourage you to check out all the guides relevant to your space.

Bird-Friendly Community Partners

This designation is intended to formally recognize the partners directly supporting Houston Audubon’s Bird-Friendly Communities mission via habitat creation, community engagement, and threat reduction. Bird-Friendly Community Partners are businesses, organizations, institutions, or the like that achieve at least one goal from a list of six criteria.

Learn more about the Bird-Friendly Community Partners program