Helping create bird-friendly backyards

Welcome to a unique source of backyard bird knowledge where you are invited to slow down just a bit, take a deep breath of nature right here on www.birdfeeding.org and discover how you can join thousands of other birders who have decided to add their yards to a rapidly-growing network of backyard bird oases all across North America.

The Wild Bird Centers of America is proud to sustain this important educational role, filled so ably by the National Bird-Feeding Society over the last 15 years. Our own focus on community education and birding research projects for the last 20 years is strengthened by your support of this famous web site. Thank you for visiting with us today!

George Petrides, Sr.,
Chairman and Founder, Wild Bird Centers of America, Inc.
The Wild Bird Centers of America, Inc. is a major corporate sponsor of the Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology and PROJECT WILDBIRD (see information in adjacent box).
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PROJECT WILDBIRD LogoAnnouncing!
WBCA is proud to announce its support of the new WBFI Research Foundation to oversee the scientific and financial activities of PROJECT WILDBIRD, an exciting, pioneering scientific study which will:
- Determine specific seed and feeder preferences of common backyard feeder birds in all regions and seasons of the year;
- Enhance our customers' backyard birding experience.

WBFI Research Foundation Logo Dr. David Horn, Director of Research at WBCA, , has been appointed Lead Investigator of PROJECT WILDBIRD.
George Petrides, Sr., WBCA Chairman, has been named Project Leader and a Trustee of the WBFI Research Foundation with primary fund-raising responsibilities.


A Call for Help:
PROJECT PREVENT COLLISION

Collision Victim

Wild Bird Centers of America, Inc. is proud to sponsor PROJECT PREVENT COLLISION, an international study designed to reduce the number of window-bird collisions at your home and in your neighborhood. Whether you have experienced a window-bird collision at your home or not, please consider participating. Become a , and you may help save a bird's life!

WHAT BIRD?
What Bird?Have you ever tried to identify a bird and failed? Now you can be successful using our bird identification search engine available at WhatBird.wildbird.com! The search method is intuitive and fast, leading you to the correct bird every time.