![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-351x185.jpg)
In your yard: 27 birds to look for
You’ll spot many of these birds in your own yard.
![All those plants in your yard? Surprisingly brainy! An illustration of a human brain using green plant leaves to lay out its design.](https://www.welcomewildlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Plant-intelligence-concept-c-©-petrmalinak-Shutterstock-2-scaled.jpg)
All those plants in your yard? Surprisingly brainy!
Plants are incredibly smart. They learn, adapt, remember, strategize, problem solve!
![Tree baffles to baffle squirrels Squirrel hanging head down from tree branch with tree seeds in its mouth.](https://www.welcomewildlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/Squirrel-in-maple-tree-e1450496888324-351x185.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_000000396265-351x185.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.