![In your yard: 27 birds to look for A long row of Eastern Bluebirds are tightly huddled side by side on a thin branch. Snow flakes are falling around them.](https://www.welcomewildlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Eastern-Bluebirds-on-a-snowy-branch-USFWS-PD-800x535.jpg)
In your yard: 27 birds to look for
You’ll spot many of these birds in your own yard.
![Provide water for wildlife; here are some good ways A female Northern Cardinal is standing in a birdbath and shaking water off of her body. Her feathers are all fluffed out.](https://www.welcomewildlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/Birdbath-with-female-cardinal-e1522696070690-800x593.jpg)
Provide water for wildlife; here are some good ways
Just like humans, wildlife need water. They use it for drinking and bathing, and some animals live in water or hide in it.
![Tree baffles to baffle squirrels Eastern Gray Squirrel is standing on a tree limb and holding a nut up to its mouth.](https://www.welcomewildlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Eastern-gray-squirrel-Diliff-EOL-cc-bny-3.0-e1732900540964-800x487.jpg)
Tree baffles to baffle squirrels
Here’s an easy DIY project using a plastic bucket as a tree baffle.
![Impact of habitat destruction on wildlife, plants Photo of bulldozer tearing up grassland to make a road.](https://www.welcomewildlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Road-construction-Andrew-Dean-iStock_000000396265-800x600.jpg)
Impact of habitat destruction on wildlife, plants
When we alter natural habitat, we challenge wildlife and destroy native plants, sometimes to extinction. Read their stories.