Saving native songbirds from stray cats and other non native predators.

Good evening. I wanna find out how I can keep songbirds secure from non native predators such as stray cats which pose to become the greatest threat to native wild bird populations in America. What conditions do birds need to surrive from these pesky cats? What habitats do birds need for stronger shelter and refuge from exotic predators that do great harm to all wildlife populations? We had enough problems with non native birds such as starlings and stuff that push birds outta their native habitat. It's time to fight back if we to care about our ecological future on earth. Please shout me back if you all need me. Good night.

Unless you're somewhere weird like Australia, native songbirds evolved to live alongside bobcats, weasels, mink, raptors, nest raiding rats, possums, raccoons and tons of other predators. If you provide nice habitat, they're made to reproduce enough to withstand predator pressure. Maybe plant some good habitat species for your area, something that favors little birds over cats.

Probably the most wide-reaching thing to do is awareness education. My experience with rabbits in and around my garden tells me there's only so much one person can do with a rifle and road kill.

Cat owners especially, since that's the source of the cats! Whether allowed to roam freely outdoors, or not protected from "escape" from the home, or just "released" due to behavioral problems, or changes in their humans' living/financial situations.
Would-be cat owners about their options for adoption of stray/feral cats (versus 'breeders' and pet stores), and responsibilities of cat ownership regarding wildlife.

Bird-lovers and birdwatchers, many of whom are already likely to be aware. There may be good bird friendly practices for siting birdfeeders to provide cover for birds, safe perches, no/poor access for cats to feeding sites. Birders might also be good allies in effecting legislative change, regarding cat policy for housecats and feral cats, funding for bird research or feral cat capture, creating sanctuaries.

Lawmakers who could pass some beneficial legislation, whether restricting cats (microchips and licenses, ban on outdoor cats? leash laws? fines?), protecting wild birds, limiting habitat loss/degradation, etc.

From our experience having a  cat for one year is that she leaves the birds alone.

She has other things she likes better.

This was my suggestion from another thread:

https://permies.com/t/80/187871/cat#1794808

Excellent ideas! How we put the cages around small and medium trees to protect songbirds? Any thorny shrubs such as blackberries and wild roses protect them from stray cats?

Tree skirts aren't a terrible idea for those of us with few trees, thanks for sharing:)

Maybe some birdhouse designs that are more predator resistant?

For instance with chickens i utilize a fly in door instead of ground level or a ramp, maybe a bird house that hangs off a branch or has its own skirt?

Howdy folks! I wanna find out how can we make our wildlife gardens stray cat proof to protect songbirds and other creatures? I have a gardening focusing on native Midwest wildlife and am looking for plants to help protect birds and other small creatures from major predators such as hawks and cats. Any ideas?

This might be a little different take on it, but I would suggest putting up a ton of birdhouses, bird feeders, and natural plantings that provide shelter and food for the birds. Also a year round clean birdbath.

In short... make it a cushy place for songbirds to be, so they will have lots of babies.

Songbirds are a food source, much like rabbits. Cute, but very edible. I can try to stop the predators, but I will never be able to stop all of them. So instead, why not try to breed lots and lots of them, so there is enough for the predators and leave lots for me to enjoy watching too.

Thorny shrubs and evergreen trees provide shelter and a place to hide from predators.

I like Matt's suggestion for lots of birdhouses, etc and I would suggest planting lots of shelter and food plants.

And the year round clean birdbath.  We had ours on the ground and found that it was attracting stray cats so we had to get rid of it.  Due to strong winds a tall birdbath just kept getting blown over.

I also like the suggest Devon's fly-in birdhouse suggestion.

My backyard is almost like a small forest with tall and medium shrubs and a couple of small trees. Could we add purple martin or swallow houses into our dense wildlife habitat? What do the habitats of purple martins and swallows look like and which plants to attract them to our backyards year in, year out?