Get to know these marvellouscreatures better and you could gethooked on helping to save them!It’s a healthy, low-impact pastimethat you can start without havingto travel far or spend a lot of money.

Indoor cats live longer and don’t fall prey to urban predators like

coyotes. They also don’t contribute to the

billions of North American birds killed by cats every year.

Both will help preserve the forest canopy in tropical regions where many birds spend half their lives.

There are many things you can do make sure birds outside can see your windows, while ensuring people inside can see the birds. Websites likeFLAP.org and abcbirds.org have numerous, low-cost, science based recommendations.

Use the resulting space that’s freed up to plant native species such as
black-eyed susan,

honeysuckle, asters, bergamot, serviceberry,
winterberry and dogwood. Native plants attract more insects the birds can feed on than introduced

species, as well as

producing edible
seeds, nectar and berries.