Bibliography

Here are some of the references used to develop the information on this website. I own many of the bluebird-specific books. See book reviews for content and recommendations.

• Atwood, Jonathan L. 1994. Endangered small landbirds of the western United States. Proceedings of an international symposium at the centennial meeting of the Cooper Ornithological Society; 1993 April 17; Sacramento, CA. Studies in Avian
  Biology No. 15. [Place of publication unknown]: Cooper Ornithological
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• Audubon Action, email from Catherine Grant to EM Cooper, 01/24/05
• Barbin, Diane. History of the Bluebird Movement, Harisburg, PA
• Bent, Arthur Cleveland. Life Histories of North American Thrushes, Kinglets, and Their Allies. Washington, 1949. VIII,454 p. Smithsonian Institution, United States National Museum Bulletin 196 – see online chapter.
• Berger C, Kridler K, Griggs J. The Bluebird Monitor’s Guide, 2001
• Bohlen, H. David. The Birds of Illinois, 1989
• Boone, John. Dr. Lawrence Zeleny, An Odyssey of Love, 1980
• Butcher, G. D. & Miles, R. D. Concepts of Eggshell Quality, URL http://www.afn.org/~poultry/flkman4.htm
• Catesby, Mark. Natural History of the Carolinas, Florida and the Bahamas, published from 1731 to 1743
• Dione, Andre P. Return of the Bluebird, 1981
• Dodson, Joseph H. Your Bird Friends and How to Win Them, 1928
• Friedman, et al, An improved, simple nest-box trap, J. Field Ornithol. 79(1):99-101, 2008
• Gill, Frank, Ornithology,3rd ed., by Frank Gill
• Gowaty, Patricia Adair and Jonathan H. Plissner. 1998. Eastern Bluebird (Sialia sialis), The Birds of North America Online (A. Poole, Ed.). Ithaca: Cornell Lab of Ornithology; Retrieved from the Birds of North America Online: doi:10.2173/bna.381
• Gowaty, Patricia Adair and Jonathan H. Plissner, Breeding Dispersal of Eastern Bluebirds Depends on Nesting Success but not on Removal of Old Nests: An Experimental Study, Journal of Field Ornithology, Vol.68, No.3, Summer 1997, Pages 323-502.
• Grant, John B. Our Common Birds and How to Know Them, 1891
• Janetatos, Mary Dougherty, NABS Executive Director, A History of the North American Bluebird Society, April 27, 1996
• Harris, Ray, Fall 2003. Profile: Duncan J. Mackintosh, Mountain Bluebird Trails newsletter.
• Johnson, L. S. 1998. House Wren (Troglodytes aedon). In The Birds of North America, No. 380 (A. Poole and F. Gill, eds.). The Birds of North America, Inc., Philadelphia, PA.
• Kay, Jane. Bluebirds Back in San Francisco and SAN FRANCISCO Birders tickled blue
  Nesting pair spotted in area for first time in 70 years, San Francisco Chronicle, 6/4/05 and 6/5/05
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• Lockley, Timothy C .Imported Fire Ants, Imported Fire Ant Station, USDA/APHIS/PPQ, Gulfport, MS.
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• Menaboni, Sara, Albino Bluebirds. The Auk, Vol.64, No.4, October 1947, p. 629.
• Michener, R., MD, Agricultural Ornithology, Report to the Commission for the Year 1863, House of Representatives; 88th Congress, 1st Session, Ex. Doc. No. 91, 1863. Reprinted in Sialia, Autumn 1984, Vol.6, No.4.
• Niebuhr, Bob, Winter 2003. A Passion for Bluebirds, Mountain Bluebird Trails newsletter .
• New York State. GOVERNOR PATAKI PROPOSES REVISIONS TO ENDANGERED SPECIES LIST, New York State Press release, May 11, 1999
• Pearman, Myrna and Mosseau, Paula, Children’s Bluebird Activity Book, 2007
• Raleigh News & Observer, Advocate for bluebirds dies, ‘Birdman of Bailey’ was 89, 11/11/06
• Reed, Chester A. North American Birds Eggs, Doubleday, Page and Company, NY
• Reed, Travis, Fans of ‘Song of the South’ Call for Film’s Re-Release, The Hartford Courant, 04/01/2007.
• Ritchison, Gary, Downy Woodpecker, Wild Bird Guide, 1999
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• Scriven, Dorene (editor), Bluebird Trails, A Guide to Success
• Sialia journals (North American Bluebird Society)
• Stokes, Donald and Lillian. Bluebird Book, The Complete Guide to Attracting Bluebirds, 1991.
• Tate, James, Jr. The Blue List for 1986. American Birds. 40(2):227-235. [24324]. 1986
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• Toops, Connie. Bluebirds Forever, 1994.
• USDA Farmers Bulletin #513, Fifty Common Birds of Farm and Orchard
• USGS Patuxent Wildlife Research Center website
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• Webb, Spider. Heavily Tattooed Men and Women. Mc Graw Hill, 1976
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• WhatBird.com – photos, listen to songs, etc. (lots of ads)
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• Zeleny, Larry. The Bluebird, How You Can Help Its Fight for Survival, 1976