Take Action: Advocate for Birds and People
Birds Connect Seattle advocates and organizes for cities where people and birds thrive. We frequently act on issues relating to urban forestry, environmental justice, bird-safe building design, pesticide reduction, and more.
Protect the Magnuson Park Wetlands
The wetlands at Magnuson Park are a masterpiece of urban habitat restoration.
The sensitive habitat—which cost Seattleites more than $3 million to build—is now threatened by a plan to develop a noisy, 80,000 square-foot pickleball court facility with night-time lighting directly adjacent to the wetlands.
Email city leaders to protect the wetlands from incompatible development
Sign our petition to protect the wetlands
Fill out this volunteer interest form to let us know if you’d like to get more involved
Watch our information session to learn more
Create Bird-Safe Building Standards
Window collisions kill tens of thousands of birds each year in Seattle. We can prevent these deaths.
Unfortunately, Seattle is behind the curve in addressing bird-window collisions. Dozens of jurisdictions have already adopted bird-safe building standards, including major West Coast cities like Portland, Vancouver, B.C., and San Francisco. Even New York City has bird-safe building regulations in place.
Help us call City leaders to establish bird-safe building standards for Seattle.
Take the Lights Out Pledge
Artificial light at night is known to attract night-flying migratory birds into urban areas where they can become disoriented, exhausted, and vulnerable to window collisions, cat predation, and other urban hazards.
Reducing artificial light is something we can all do to help protect wildlife. Take the Lights Out Pledge to receive guidelines and resources to get started!
Receive Advocacy Alerts
Join Birds Connect Seattle’s email list to be notified when you can advocate for Seattle-area issues that are impacting local birds and people. When you participate, you help Birds Connect Seattle become a stronger and more effective conservation organization.
Past Actions, Comments, Positions
Imperiled Species
– Support for retaining state “Endangered” status for the Marbled Murrelet (September 2025)
Invasive Species
– Support for classifying English Holly (Ilex aquifolium) as a Class B Noxious Weed (March 2025)
Northwest Forest Plan
– Signatory to Bird Alliance of Oregon’s recommendations regarding the Northwest Forest Plan Draft EIS (March 2025)
– Signatory to letter opposing amendments that would expand commercial logging in mature and old-growth forests in the PNW (February 2025)
Funding Conservation
– Support for adequate funding for Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (January 2025)
Seattle Comprehensive Plan Update
-Public comment in support of tree-friendly amendments to Seattle’s Comprehensive Plan update (September 2025)
– Public comment on proposed changes to Neighborhood Zoning legislation (December 20, 2024)
– Public comment on draft One Seattle Plan and draft Environmental Impact Statement (May 6, 2024)
– Public comment on Environmental Impact Statement scoping for updating Seattle’s Comprehensive Plan (August 22, 2022)
Protecting Habitat at Public Parks
– Magnuson Park: Letter of support “in principle” to the Seattle Department of Parks and Recreation expressing preferred location for pickleball courts at Magnuson Park (September 8, 2025)
– Magnuson Park: Statement to Board of Parks and Recreation Commission expressing concern over development of massive pickleball facility adjacent to the Magnuson Park Wetlands (October 24, 2024)
– Lincoln Park: Letter to Superintendent of Seattle Parks and Recreation opposing development of pickleball facility at Lincoln Park (October 3, 2023)
Find Your Elected Officials
Make your voice heard on local conservation issues that matter most for birds and people.
Advocacy drives change. It raises awareness, turns passion into action, and ensures that the voices of those affected by environmental challenges are heard. Without it, harm—intentional or not—can go unchecked, leading to habitat destruction, species loss, and a decline in biodiversity, which is essential to both human well-being and the health of our planet.
Working Towards an IDEAL CBC 2025 Update
Last year, we embarked on an exciting journey to make the annual Christmas Bird Count, or CBC, more accessible to all birders in our community. This year, we will expand on these changes with additional modifications to keep the momentum going.
You’re Invited to a Climate Forum
We are proud to partner with Seattle Parks Foundation, Cascade Bicycle Club, Mountains to Sound Greenway Trust, and Transportation Choices Coalition to present a Climate Forum.
Bird and Nature Advocates Needed for Comments on Seattle’s Comprehensive Plan Update
The City of Seattle is updating its Comprehensive Plan. To help bird advocates feel informed and inspired to comment, we’re hosting several events to share information, provide resources, and support each other.