The Great Backyard Bird Count runs Feb. 14-17, 2025! Check our events page for some local GBBC events!

Kentucky backyard birding & bird-friendly yards

3 easy ways to attract birds to your yard include:

• growing native plants
• creating and maintaining a clean water source
• discontinuing use of insecticides. 

Download our printable PDF on native plants and shrubs to bring with you to your local garden center!

Resources for finding and planting native plant species

• Jefferson County Soil and Water Conservation District Native Plant Cost-Share
• Audubon’s Native Plants page 
• Kentucky Native Plant Society
• ​Building Kentucky's page on Kentucky native plants

Spicebush berries are a food source for many birds and butterflies. Spicebush Swallowtail caterpillars eat its leaves (which people can also safely consume).

Check out Audubon's info sheet for 5 simple steps for creating a native plant garden in your yard!

Learn more about backyard birding!

Image descriptions and photo credits: Slide 2: Image descriptions or credits, clockwise from far left: LAS Board members lead a bird walk; Great Backyard Bird Count collateral from Audubon and others; hummingbird poster from Cornell Lab of Ornithology's Project Feeder Watch  |  Slide 3: Sandhill Crane photo from All About Birds Slide 4: LAS Board member and naturalist Luke Pearson on an ornithological trip  |  Slide 5: Image credits: top, National Audubon Society materials; bottom, Ann M. Pacheco/Audubon Photography Awards, Baltimore Oriole and Redbud, Mansfield Center, Connecticut  |  Slide 7: Image credit: Jefferson County Soil & Water Conservation district