Wisconsin Programs | Our Birds: An In Wisconsin Special

Explore more than 2,000 miles of the perilous journey Wisconsin's migratory birds make every year.

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Funding for Our Birds is provided by Alliant Energy, and Animal Dental Dentistry and Oral Surgery Specialists LLC of Milwaukee, Oshkosh and Minneapolis. Additional funding is provided by the Paul E. Stry Foundation of La Crosse and the Friends of Wisconsin Public Television.

Get Informed

Find out what you can do in your home and around your community to help protect our migratory birds and preserve important habitats. There are many ways you can help, some as easy as flipping a light switch.

General Information on Birds in Wisconsin

Wisconsin Bird Conservation Initiative

Wisconsin Natural Resources Foundation

Basics on Neo-tropical Migrants

American Bird Conservancy

The Wisconsin Society for Ornithology | Neotropical Migrant (PDF)

Smithsonian National Zoological Park | Migratory Bird Center

U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service | Migratory Songbird Conservation

The Connection Between Wisconsin Orioles and
Latin American Ocelots

Craig Thompson | Orioles and Ocelots: Wisconsin's Costa Rica Connection (PDF)

Orioles and Ocelots (1-page flyer)

Window Strikes: Practical Prevention Information

WIngs | Wisconsin Night Guardians for Song Birds

Fatal Light Awereness Program (FLAP) | How to make windows safe for birds

Audubon | Minimizing window collisions

Chicago Audubon Society | Make your windows safer for birds

Audubon Magazine | Clear & Present Danger
Millions of birds perish every year from crashing into glass windows. After decades of inattention, biologists, builders, and architects are joining together on solutions that will benefit both people and the birds.

Birdscaping: Gardening for Birds

Wild Ones | Wiscosin's Best Native Plants for Attracting Birds

The Wisconsin Society for Ornithology | Beyond the Birdfeeder: Creating a Bird-Friendly Yard with Native Wisconsin Plants (PDF)

Wisconsin Natural Resources Magazine: Shade Grown Coffee and Neo-tropical Migrants

Watch our videos related to gardening for birds.

Other Obstacles Facing Birds

Wisconsin Natural Resources Magazine| Cats
In suburban backyards and rural fields, free-roaming cats are pouncing on songbird populations.

Wisconsin Natural Resources Magazine | Cell and TV Towers
The push to digital and cellular broadcasting puts migratory birds on a collision course with technology.

Bird City Wisconsin
Making Wisconsin communities healthy for birds and people.