| ABA |
American Birding Association |
| ACWO |
Acorn Woodpecker |
| AHY |
After Hatch Year |
| AMKE |
American Kestrel |
| AOU |
American Ornithologist's Union |
| ATFL |
Ash-throated Flycatcher |
| BADO |
Barred Owl |
| BAN |
Bluebirds Across Nebraska |
| BANO |
Barn Owl - also BNOW |
| BBL |
Bird Banding Laboratory |
| BBRP |
Bluebird Recovery Program of Minnesota |
| BBS |
Breeding Bird Survey |
| BCCH |
Black-capped Chickadee |
| BCTI |
Black-crested Titmouse |
| BET |
Not an acronym - Bet Zimmerman (me) |
| BEWR |
Bewick's Wren |
| BHCO |
Brown-headed Cowbird |
| BHNU |
Brown-headed Nuthatch |
| BNA |
Birds of North America (database) |
| BNOW |
Barn Owl - also BANO |
| BOCH |
Boreal Chickadee |
| BRP |
Bluebird Recovery Program (Illinois) |
| BSP |
Bluebird Society of Pennsylvania |
| BRAW |
Bluebird Restoration Association of Wisconsin |
| BUFF |
Bufflehead |
| CACH |
Carolina Chickadee |
| CARW |
Carolina Wren |
| CBC |
Christmas Bird Count |
| CBCH |
Chestnut-backed Chickadee |
| CHSW |
Chimney Swift |
| COGO |
Common Goldeneye |
| CRBP |
California Bluebird Recovery Program |
| DDT |
dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane |
| DNA |
Deoxyribonucleic acid |
| DOWO |
Downy Woodpecker |
| DRST |
Deluxe Repeating Sparrow Trap |
| EABL |
Eastern Bluebird |
| EASO |
Eastern Screech Owl |
| EMT |
Electric/Electrical Metal/Metallic Tube/Tubing (conduit) - comes in 10 foot lengths |
| EPA |
Environmental Protection Agency (U.S.) |
| ETSP |
Eurasian Tree Sparrow |
| ETTI |
see TUTI |
| EUST |
European Starling |
| FAQS |
Frequently Asked Questions |
| FoNS |
Formula for Nestling Songbirds |
| GCFL |
Great Crested Flycatcher |
| GIFL |
Gilded Flicker |
| HAWO |
Hairy Woodpecker |
| HOME |
Hooded Merganser |
| HOSP |
House Sparrow |
| HOWR |
House Wren |
| HY |
Hatch Year |
| IBS |
Indiana Bluebird Society |
| ID |
Identification |
| IWRC |
International Wildlife Rehabilitation Council |
| IUCN |
International Union for Conservation of Nature |
| JD |
Julian Date |
| JUTI |
Juniper Titmouse |
| KBS |
Kentucky Bluebird Society |
| LBBS |
Louisiana Bayou Bluebird Society |
| LEWO |
Lewis's Woodpecker |
| MBA |
Massachusetts Bluebird Association |
| MBS |
Maryland Bluebird Society |
| MBS |
Michigan Bluebird Society |
| MBT |
Montana Bluebird Trail? |
| MOBL |
Mountain Bluebird |
| MOBS |
Missouri Bluebird Society |
| MOCH |
Mountain Chickadee |
| NABS |
North American Bluebird Society |
| NCBS |
North Carolina Bluebird Society |
| NYSBS |
New York state Bluebird Society |
| NOFL |
Northern Flicker |
| NWRA |
National Wildlife Rehabilitation Association |
| OATI |
Oak Titmouse |
| OBS |
Ohio Bluebird Society |
| OEBS |
Ontario Eastern Bluebird Society |
| PBRP |
Prescott Bluebird Recovery Project |
| PROW |
Prothonotary Warbler |
| PUMA |
Purple Martin |
| PVC |
Polyvinyl chloride |
| PYNU |
Pygmy Nuthatch |
| RBNU |
Red-breasted Nuthatch |
| RBWO |
Red-bellied Woodpecker |
| RCWO |
Red-cockaded Woodpecker |
| RHWO |
Red-headed Woodpecker |
| SIBTS |
Southern Interior Bluebird Trail Society |
| SREH |
Starling-resistant Entrance Hole |
| SY |
Second Year |
| TBN |
The Birdhouse Network - now NestWatch |
| TBS |
Texas Bluebird Society |
| TRES |
Tree Swallow |
| TUTI |
Tufted Titmouse |
| TY |
Third Year |
| USFWS |
U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service |
| VBS |
Virginia Bluebird Society |
| VGSW |
Violet-green Swallow |
| WBNU |
White-breasted Nuthatch |
| WEBL |
Western Bluebird |
| WESO |
Western Screech Owl |
| WODU |
Wood Duck |
