Early spring is a good time of year to not do too much in your yard. Birds will benefit. - Connecticut Audubon Society

Early spring is a good time of year to not do too much in your yard. Birds will benefit. - Connecticut Audubon Society

Song Sparrows will kick through fallen leaves to find food, if the leaves are still on the ground. Photo by Linda Miller March 26, 2025—To make your yard better for birds, start by doing nothing. At least for a while. That’s the advice from Connecticut Audubon and a University of Connecticut expert, summed up in this recent story from Connecticut Public Radio: “ … raking or mowing last year’s leaves too soon in the spring can kill a key group of…