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The Birds in Backyards program can be used by anyone at almost any age and in a variety of ways.
Three elements:
- Surveys: Monitoring birds that live in your garden or area and providing the results to scientists who use it to determine the conservation issues and to develop ways of correcting them
- Bird Finder: Identifying and finding out about specific species
- Creating Places: Guidelines to create places for birds to live; what birds need and how to make them
Individuals can...
- monitor the birds in their garden, local area or any special place they wish to
- learn about birds
- develop their gardens, backyards or local open spaces to accommodate birds
- Talk to or work with their local councils, schools or developers and encourage them to become involved at a landscape level
- Start a Birds in Backyards Local Group
Community Organisations can...
- Encourage others in the area to also become involved and help to expand habitat for birds
- Adapt Birds in Backyards by becoming a Birds in Backyards Local Group and design and run their own projects with the support of Birds in Backyards
- Have their own Birds in Backyards website home page and specifically focused survey
- Create opportunities for like-minded people to work together
- ...and much more.
Councils can...
- Develop local Birds in Backyards Local Groups that can work with them in ensuring that local native plants and animals are provided for throughout their area by
- utilising both private (gardens, backyards, domestic areas) and public areas (remnant bushland, parks, open spaces) to develop safe havens for birds
- developing wildlife corridors between remnant bush lands
- Use the Birds in Backyards resources to help with local education about birds and biodiversity
- Disseminate the Birds in Backyards information internally to inform planners, engineers and others working in local government how to allow for birds and biodiversity in new and old developments
- Have their own Birds in Backyards website home page and specifically focused surveys
- Birds in Backyards A4 posters of local birds can be developed for their area
Schools can...
- Register to use ‘Answering the Call’ the BirdLife Australia school curriculum sustainability program that uses the Birds in Backyards website and resource
- Develop parts of their playgrounds into habitat for birds
- Use surveys to teach about biodiversity monitoring within scientific studies
- Access the Birds in Backyards resources such as the A4 ID posters to help support activities
- Have their own Birds in Backyards website home page to show what great activities they have been doing and to inspire others