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PROTECT
OUR BIRDS

3 billion birds lost in North America since 1970, and it's our fault.

Adopt a nesting-box.

Attend a building event.

Teach your community.

46K

Educational hours created

24

States reached

23K

Youth Impacted

3B

Birds lost in the past 50 years.

Recent News

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Nautilus Magazine

An exploration of how small, hands-on conservation actions can drive outsized environmental change.

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Washington Post

A feature highlighting community-led efforts to protect and restore bird habitats, bridging education and on-the-ground conservation.

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Audubon Society

Aamir Tinwala offers Audubon a national look at how BBP's nesting boxes are used to address bird population decline.

About Backyard Bird Project

Empowering youth to protect native birds through building nesting boxes, hosting campus events, and creating spaces where conservation and creativity meet

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Upcoming Projects to Fund

Looking forward: BBP is bringing 20,000 trees to America in coordination with Project RISE. Support us in this and similar community events here!

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HOW YOU CAN HELP

Interested in saving the birds? See how you can help whether that's attending a local box-building event, hosting your own one, or building one for your own backyard!

All the Latest Updates

Sign up for quarterly updates from BBP, and see how birds are being affected across Texas!

More than
50%

of the world’s bird species are reported to be in decline.

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IN COLLABORATION WITH

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Bird of the Month!

The Painted Bunting, or the "rainbow bird"! These migratory birds are found across Texas, Oklahoma, Louisiana, and Florida during their breeding season.

OUR MISSION

The Backyard Bird Project unites youth and communities to protect native birds through hands-on conservation. Together, we’ve built hundreds of nesting boxes across 23 states—turning backyards into habitats of hope.

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Want to host your own event?

UPCOMING EVENTS.

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