Bird Cities Work!

People, Projects, and Protection

In 2018, Audubon Texas partnered with Texas Parks and Wildlife to launch Bird City Texas, a community-focused certification program “created to help people protect birds and their habitats where we live, work, and recreate.” https://tx.audubon.org/urbanconservation/bird-city-texas

Through science-based bird conservation initiatives and community-centric action, Bird City Texas aims to:

Enhance and restore habitats
Increase native plant coverage in Texas for the benefit of birds and people
Reduce population-level threats
Increase public awareness of the benefits and challenges of bird conservation
Promote environmental stewardship in Texas cities

To achieve and retain Bird City Texas designation, each community is required to host an annual Migratory Bird Day event on or around the second Saturday of May each year—a time that corresponds to the spring bird migration from South America, Central America, and Mexico to North America and Canada.