Join SOS Save Our Songbirds on Saturday, Sept. 6, at Henry Vilas Zoo to celebrate National Hummingbird Day! Ride the train or carousel for free, make a hummingbird mask, get a free native plant and bird-friendly coffee sample and learn other ways to help hummingbirds on their fall migration south!

Happy Porch Prairie workshop participants show off container gardens they created, one of many events SOS and partners held in the past year to help people add bird habitat around their home.

Eric Manges’ experiments in growing a porch prairie outside his Wauwatosa apartment grew into a full-on devotion to gardening with native plants. He shares lessons learned in this blog, on his Eric Manges Nature Facebook page and Instagram page, and leads a Wednesday, June 25 Porch Prairie workshop in Madison.

Scores of communities recognized for their bird-friendly ways through the Bird City Wisconsin program host bird festivals in the next few weeks, including on May 10, World Migratory Bird Day. This year’s theme emphasizes the importance of creating and adapting urban and rural spaces to support migratory bird populations.

People will find a growing number of opportunities to add native wildflowers, shrubs and trees to their homes in 2025 and helping raise funds for local organizations.

Migrating birds will notice the new bird-safe glass on Henry Vilas Zoo’s iconic carousel building even if the kids don’t as they whirl by on wooden camels, penguins and zebras.

Who says songbird conservation can't be delicious? Birdwatcher Vince Holinka raises awareness and funds for SOS Save Our Songbirds at festivals featuring his Songbird Fruit stand.

SOS Save Our Songbirds is partnering with Wild Ones Madison and Johnson’s Nursery in Menomonee Falls to sponsor an online native plant sale fundraiser running Aug. 1-Sept. 6 with plant pick up Sept. 13 in Madison. The nursery will donate 15% of all sales back to Wild Ones Madison.

Eastern Bluebirds are singing a happier tune in Wisconsin thanks to efforts of the Bluebird Restoration Association of Wisconsin and scores of other organizations and individuals.

Migratory birds are winging their way back to Wisconsin and events celebrating them get underway in April and May. The importance of insects to birds year-round, but particularly during migration, is the focus of this year’s World Migratory Bird Day, officially celebrated May 11 in the United States.

There are more options than ever to buy native plants that will attract birds to your home and feed and shelter them. See a list of native plant sales offered by nonprofit organizations.

Wisconsin residents wanting to add native plants to their yard to benefit birds and other wildlife will find a growing number of classes and presentations in 2024.

The weather outside is frightful, even for those of us who love winter! The good news is there are many great indoor events in coming weeks to help boost our mood and benefit birds around our home.

96.3 million U.S. adults reported watching birds in 2022, and other statistics that flew under the radar in the national outdoor recreation survey.

We’re thankful for the groups, businesses and individuals who helped SOS Save Our Songbirds take flight in 2023 and saved songbirds one yard, one window and one cup of coffee at a time.

A new partnership with Henry Vilas Zoo in Madison to boost native birds caught a tailwind with a recent donation from Johnson’s Nursery.

While nearly 1,000 birds perished after colliding Oct. 5 at McCormick Place convention center in Chicago, good news for birds was quietly unfolding in a Wisconsin court.

Take a look! Our public service announcement drops today urging homeowners to take action to fix one problem window for birds.

A new public service announcement urges homeowners to act now to prevent birds from colliding with their home windows.

Up to 1 BILLION birds die every year in the United States after colliding with windows. Two free webinars on Aug. 23 present easy home window solutions.