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Nearly 3 BILLION birds have disappeared from North America in the last 50 years. Why? Pesticides don’t just eliminate what some deem as “pests.” They eliminate the insects birds rely on to survive. Birds like the Barn Swallow and Eastern Bluebird depend almost entirely on insects during breeding season. Species like the American Robin, Chickadee, and Blue Jay rely on healthy, chemical-free soil to find food. If there are no insects feeding on those plants…baby birds go hungry

Dandelions, clover, and chickweed are often the first victims of pre-emergent treatments. 🌱 But for birds like the American goldfinch, indigo buntings, house finches, and sparrows, these weeds are critical food sources in spring. The seeds are high in nutrition, serving as a vital food source during migration and nesting. 🪺 Goldfinches and hummingbirds also gather the soft, feathery, white fluff to line their nests. 🪶 For your lawn, the wide spreading roots act as essentia

Behind the myths and midnight flights, bats keep our ecosystems balanced. In fact, one bat can eat up to 1,000 mosquitoes in an hour!  🦟 They also help spread seeds and pollinate plants like bananas, mangoes, avocados, and agave. This Halloween, let’s rewrite their spooky story. Bats aren’t scary, they’re essential.

This month, Leave the Leaves to help birds and pollinators! Fallen leaves give essential pollinators and birds a vital cold weather habitat. You can help them survive the winter and give them a cozy home, by leaving leaves in certain areas around your home, church or business. It may seem small, but each effort and act helps! To learn more, click here.

As autumn settles in, hummingbirds in the south are on one of the most important journeys of their lives — migrating thousands of miles to survive the colder weather that’s destined to come. Please help them this year by: placing feeders outside, keeping feeders cleaned and filled, use natural and artificial dye-free nectar, and do not apply or use pesticides in your yard or around your home. They depend on us to give them a safe place to rest their wings, sip chemical-free n