Environment for the Americas hosts this annual event at Walden Ponds Wildlife Habitat in Boulder, CO. This event brings together organizations, families, and individuals to celebrate migratory birds and conservation. Boulder County Audubon will be there with bird walks, educational displays, and fun activities.

The 2025 theme is “Shared Spaces: Creating Bird-Friendly Cities and Communities.” This highlights the need for a healthy coexistence between humans and birds. The focus is on creating and adapting environments that support migratory bird populations across all communities, from bustling cities to smaller towns and communities.

World Migratory Bird Day 2025 highlights seven simple actions you can take to create bird-friendly spaces where we live.

1. Plant native: The plants native to your community provide the food and shelter birds need. Remove invasive plants that can take over.

2. Dim the lights at night: The glow from our communities and homes may disrupt their cycle of rest, alter their migration, and impact breeding.

3. Make windows visible: Birds don’t recognize plane glass and may collide with windows.

4. Protect insects: 95% of birds depend on insects at some time during their life cycle. Avoid using pesticides and other chemicals that contribute to the declining numbers of butterflies, dragonflies, and other insects.

5. Restrain your pets: We love our pets, but free roaming cats and dogs can disturb and even kill birds. Provide a catio, leash your pets, and provide them with entertainment indoors.

6. Be the solution to plastic pollution: Say “no” to plastics by reusing shopping bags, avoiding single-use plastic bottles and utensils, and purchasing non-plastic toys and decorations.

7. Purchase sustainable foods: Shade-grown coffee and chocolate protect tropical agroforests that include native tree diversity, tree canopy, and reduced pollution that supports migratory birds where they winter. You may consider other actions that are particular to the protection of birds in your community.