Bird Friendly Resources | The Plants | Pollinators | Species | Habitat

Providing for Pollinators

Native plants provide food and habitat for a variety of insects including essential pollinators like butterflies and bees. The insects in turn are a food source for birds and other wildlife. Although many birds are seed eaters they must feed their young insects (a.k.a. protein) for them to grow strong and healthy. So providing for the pollinators and other insects provides food for the birds as well. As they say - everything is connected.

Plant Lists​

• Native Plants for Bee Forage 

• Top 25 Pollinator Native Plants for North Carolina 

• Pollinator-Friendly Native Plant Lists 

• Plant a Native Pollinator Garden 

• Host Plants for Butterflies and Moths 

• Butterfly Host Plants 

• Herbs for a Butterfly Garden

• Ten Great Plants for Pollinator Gardens

• Pollinator Plants for Mid-Atlantic Region

• Pollinator Plants for Southeast Region

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Identification

• Butterflies & Moths of North America

• North Carolina Moths

• Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation

Designing

• North Carolina Pollinator Toolkit 

• Think like Pollinator. Planning Your Garden 

• Butterflies in Your Backyard

• 7 Tips for Planting a Bee-Friendly Garden in NC

• 10 Ways You can Help Pollinators in Your Backyard 

• Attracting Butterflies 

• Attracting Pollinators Using Native Plants 

• Buglife 

• Chatham Mills “Pollinator Paradise” Garden 

• Gardening for Pollinators 

• Gardening to Support Seasonal Migrations of Insects 

• Habitat Feature: Bare Earth for Native Pollinators 

• Insect Hotels

• Journey North 

• Million Pollinator Garden Challenge

• North Carolina Butterfly Highway

• Nesting & Overwintering Habitat