Small Cavity Nesters: Learn to recognize birds, nests and eggs that may show up in Bluebird nestboxes. Click on any thumbnail for a larger version. The photographer's name in listed in parentheses
after each picture.
See Nests for
a narrative description of nests and eggs, and Eggs for
a table showing relative egg sizes.
Cavity Nester Nests, Eggs and Young Photos and Bios. Also see Nest ID Matrix (contents) and Egg ID Matrix (color, spots, etc.)
Always keep in mind that the nestboxes you build, install and monitor today, may well be your very real connection to friends and loved ones long after you are gone. - David Gwin, Bluebird_L, 2006
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