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- About the Webmaster (Bet Zimmerman Smith)
- Accuracy of Information on This Website
- Advice for New Bluebirders
- After Bluebird Nestlings Fledge, Where Do They Go?
- All About Bewick’s Wren (Thryomanes bewickii) (BEWR)
- All About Black-Capped Chickadees (Poecile atricapillus) (BCCH)
- All About Carolina Chickadees (Poecile carolinensis) (CACH)
- All About Carolina Wrens (Thryothorus ludovicianus) (CARW)
- All About Cowbirds (Molothrus sp.)
- All About Downy Woodpeckers (Picoides pubescens) (DOWO)
- All about Eastern Bluebirds (Sialia sialis) (EABL)
- All About Flycatchers – Great Crested and Ash-Throated (Myiarchus crinitus [GCFL] & cinerascens [ATFL)
- All About House Finches (Carpodacus mexicanus) (HOFI)
- All About House Sparrows (Passer domesticus) (HOSP) – biology
- All About House Wrens (Troglodytes aedon) (HOWR)
- All About Juniper Titmice (Baeolophus ridgwayi) (JUTI)
- All About Lucy’s Warblers (Leiothlypis luciae) (LUWA)
- All About Mountain Bluebirds (Sialia currucoides) (MOBL)
- All About Mountain Chickadees (Poecile gambeli) (MOCH)
- All About Prothonotary Warblers (Protonotaria citrea) (PROW)
- All About Red-breasted Nuthatches (Sitta Canadensis) (RBNU)
- All About Starlings (Sturnus vulgaris) (EUST)
- All About the Eurasian Tree Sparrow (Passer montanus) (ETSP)
- All About Tree Swallows (Tachycineta bicolor) (TRES)
- All About Tufted Titmice (Baeolophus bicolor) (TUTI)
- All About Violet-green Swallows (Tachycineta thalassina) (VGSW)
- All about Western Bluebirds (Sialia mexicana) (WEBL)
- All About White-breasted Nuthatches (Sitta carolinensis) (WBNU)
- Allofeeding: What it is, why birds feed each other
- Alpha Codes for Cavity Nesters
- Althea Rosina Sherman (1853 – 1943)
- Answers: Name 10 Things that are wrong with this nestbox
- Anting or Sunbathing
- Ants in Nestboxes
- Are HOSP “Evil” ?
- Are PVC nestboxes safe?
- Ash-Throated Flycatcher Nest, Eggs and Young – Photos
- Asynchronous Hatching in Tree Swallows
- Avian (Bird) Flu
- Bad Bluebird Photography
- Baffle Box by Dick Purvis
- Baffle for nestboxes (Predator Guard – Raccoons & Snakes)
- Banding Birds
- Bats in Bluebird nestboxes
- Bauldry Nestbox Not Recommended
- Bauldry Sparrow Trap
- Bergmann’s Rule
- Bewick’s Wren Nest, Eggs & Young – Photos
- Bibliography
- Bill-wiping
- Bird Guardian
- Bird’s Nest Parfait – a Short Story
- Birdality – Bluebird and other birds: Personality
- Birdbaths and Misters
- Birds that Lay Blue Eggs
- Birds, Nests & Eggs That May Show Up in Bluebird Nestboxes – Learn to Recognize
- Black-capped Chickadee Nest, Eggs & Young – Photos
- Blow flies in the Nestbox
- Blue Jays & Magpies
- Bluebird “Store” – A List of Retailers of Bluebird Supplies or Merchandise
- Bluebird Battle – Video
- Bluebird Battles – Photos
- Bluebird Growing Up Game
- Bluebird Habitat Game
- Bluebird History Quiz
- Bluebird History Quiz Answers
- Bluebird Hunting by Zuni People
- Bluebird License Plates
- Bluebird Migration
- Bluebird Monitor’s Group (BMG)
- Bluebird Nestling Day 1-21 Time Sequence Photos
- Bluebird Postal Stamps (U.S. and Canada)
- Bluebird Prognosticator: BETA TEST VERSION
- Bluebird Weather: Bluebirds in Autumn
- Bluebird Widows, Widowers & Orphaned Nestlings
- Bluebird Word Puzzle
- Bluebird Word Puzzle – Junior version
- Bluebirder David A. Magness
- Bluebirder Bruce Burdett (1923-2013)
- Bluebirder Dave Ahlgren
- Bluebirder Doreen Scriven (?-2018)
- Bluebirder Floyd Van Ert (1934-2017)
- Bluebirder Jack Finch (1917-2006)
- Bluebirder Joseph F. Huber (1931-2008) – Huber Trap
- Bluebirder Lawrence Zeleny
- Bluebirder Richard (Dick) Tuttle (1944-2022)
- Bluebirder Robert (Bob) Eugene Orthwein (-1999)
- Bluebirder Ron Kingston (1943-2023)
- Bluebirder T.E. Musselman
- Bluebirding Acronyms
- Bluebirding Basics
- Bluebirding Blues – the Downside
- Bluebirding for Love
- Bluebirding Giant: Dick Peterson (1919-2000)
- Bluebirding Giants
- Bluebirding Myths
- Bluebirds Alerting Hosts to Problems
- Books on Bluebirds
- Breeding Age
- Brood Patch: What is it and where can I get one?
- Brown Bluebird
- Bumblebees
- Can a bird get electrocuted from an electric fence or from perching on a wire?
- Candling
- Carolina Chickadee Eggs, Nests & Young – Photos
- Carolina Wren Nests, Eggs & Young – Photos
- Carrier (Paul) Slant Box
- Cat Conkage
- Cats and Bluebirds
- Cavity Nester Egg ID & Size Comparison
- Cavity Nester Matching Game
- Cavity Nesters Removing Fecal Sacs
- Chalet Nestbox Style
- Children’s Activities on Bluebirds
- Claim Straw
- Cleaning out nestboxes
- Climate Change & Birds
- Coloring Page: Eastern Bluebird
- Coloring Page: Mountain Bluebird
- Coloring Page: Western Bluebird
- Compare Right and Wrong Nestboxes
- Compare the nestboxes (printer friendly page)
- Competition among Cavity Nesters – Who Wins?
- Conical Baffle – LBBS Mounting
- Conical Baffle – Standard
- Cooperative Breeding and/or Care by the Same or Different Species
- Cowbird Eggs & Young – Photos
- Crowdsourcing Applied to Cavity Nesters
- DANDR Bluebird Nestbox
- Dead Bluebird Nestlings
- Dead Tree Swallows found in a nestbox
- Deterring Blackflies Black Flies /Buffalo/Turkey Gnats
- Diet – What do bluebirds eat?
- Differences between Bluebirds and Other Small Cavity Nesters
- Do Baby Birds Return to the Nest after Fledging?
- Do bluebirds mate for life? (Fidelity)
- Do Juncos Use Nestboxes?
- Do no harm – the Art of Bluebirding
- Double (Echo) Roof
- Drumming, Tapping and Drilling by Woodpeckers – why, when, deterring
- Dummy and Abandoned Nests – why wasn’t it used?
- Eastern Bluebird Nests, Eggs & Young – Photos
- Eastern Bluebird Range
- Educational Handouts for Bluebird Talks
- Egg Binding and Calcium Deficiency
- Egg Dumping
- Egg Hatching
- Egg Production (HOSP)
- Egg Rotation during Incubation
- Entrance Hole – Debate
- European Starling Nest, Eggs & Young – Photos
- Euthanizing House Sparrows humanely
- Evolution of My Trails
- Exclusion
- Expenditures for Mealworm Farm
- Fact Sheet: Bluebird Growing Up Game
- Fact Sheet: Cavity Nester Matching Game
- Feathers: Facts About
- Fecal Glue in a nest
- Feeders for Bluebirds – Sketches
- Feeding Bluebirds, by Linda Janilla Peterson
- Feeding Crickets to Bluebirds
- Feeding Mealworms to Bluebirds
- Fence Mounted Nestbox Design
- Fire Ants in Nestboxes
- First Egg: How Long Does it Take?
- Fishing for HOSP
- Fledging & Fledglings
- Flocking – Why do Birds Flock?
- Flying Squirrel Adults & Nests – Photos
- Flying Squirrels Biology
- Frequently Asked Questions (FAQS)
- Get to Know Bluebirds: A Guide for Young Nature Lovers, by Myrna Pearman
- Gift of Nature: presents that help the environment & encourage people to enjoy the outdoors
- Gilbertson Nestbox – The Story of
- Gilbertson Trap
- Glossary (terms related to bluebirding): what is a… (definitions) ornithology
- Great-crested Flycatcher Nest, Eggs & Young – Photos
- Gruenke House Sparrow Trap
- Gynandromorphs: Half & Half Birds
- Handout on Neglected Nestboxes
- Hanging Boxes – Tips
- Hanta Virus
- Heat & Cold: Beat It
- Hill Lake Nestbox by Andrew Nelson
- Hill Trail – Photos 2007
- History of Bluebirds and Bluebirding – a DRAFT
- History of NABS
- Hole Reducers/Restrictors/Guards
- Hole Size Entry Tests
- House Finch (HOFI) Nests, Eggs & Young – Photos
- House Sparrow Advisory Letter
- House Sparrow Attack – Video (Frame)
- House Sparrow Attack (Video Clip)
- House Sparrow Attacks
- House Sparrow Eggs – Photos
- House Sparrow History
- House Sparrow Nests, Eggs & Young – Photos
- House Sparrow Photos
- House Sparrow Proliferation (population growth calculation)
- House Sparrow Trap Reviews
- House Sparrow Trapping Experience
- House Sparrow Wing Trimming: how to, alternative to euthanasia
- House Wren Attacking Eggs – Video
- House Wren Nests, Eggs & Young – Photos
- House Wren panting inside nestbox: Video
- House Wrens – Discouraging, Wren Guards
- House Wrens – The Great Wren Debate Revisited
- House Wrens: Another Perspective
- How does a bird embryo breathe inside the egg?
- How Many Broods Will Bluebirds Have a Year?
- How Many Eggs Will a Female Lay in a Clutch?
- How the Bluebird and Coyote Got Their Color
- How to Get a Neighbor to Monitor
- How to Make a Sheet Metal Guard for a Nestbox Post
- How to Start a Bluebird Trail
- How To Tell a Tree Swallow from a Barn Swallow
- HOWR v. HOSP
- Huber Trap & Flip-Flop Box
- Hughes Sparrow Resistant(?) Slot Box
- Hunting behavior of EABL
- Hutchings “Coon” Guard
- I found an egg – can I incubate it?
- Installing a Nestbox
- Interference
- Invasive Birds
- Invasive Plants
- Is a Slot Box “Sparrow Resistant”?
- Juniper Titmouse Nest, Eggs & Young – Photos
- Juvenile Helpers
- Kerfs – How To
- Kinney Tree Swallow Nestbox
- Landscaping for Bluebirds
- Lenker Nestbox
- Leucistic / White Bluebirds
- Lifespan- How long does a bluebird live in the wild?
- Links Being Updated
- Live Streaming Bluebird Nestcams
- Magic Halo to Deter House Sparrows (HOSP) from Feeders
- Managing House Sparrows – EXPERIMENTS
- Managing House Sparrows (Control)
- Mel Bolt Sparrow Trap
- Mice & Roof Rats in Nestboxes
- Migratory Bird Treaty Act of 1918
- Misinformation Online
- Mites in Nestboxes
- Modified Bluebird Feeder for Mealworms
- Monitoring Kit
- Monitoring Nestboxes (Why & How)
- Monofilament (Fishing Line) to Deter HOSP – Experiments
- Mountain Bluebird Nest, Eggs & Young – Photos
- Mountain Chickadee nests, eggs and young – Photos
- Mounting Peterson’s
- Mounting Styles for Nestboxes – Pros & Cons DRAFT
- Mystery Nest # 4 Answer
- Mystery Nest #1
- Mystery Nest #10
- Mystery Nest #3
- Mystery Nest #4
- Mystery Nest #6
- Mystery Nest #7
- Mystery Nest #8
- Mystery Nest #8 Answer
- Mystery Nests #2
- NABS Original and Zeleny NABS Box
- Name 10 Things that are wrong with this nestbox
- Navratil’s Bluebird Buoy Nestbox
- Nest Change How To
- Nest ID Matrix for Small Cavity Nesters
- Nest, Egg, Young and Adult Photo Album – small cavity nesters
- Nestbox Cam Blog 2006
- Nestbox Cam Blog 2007
- Nestbox Cam Blog 2008
- Nestbox Cam Blog 2009
- Nestbox Cam Blog 2010
- Nestbox Cameras: About Nestcams
- Nestbox Handout
- Nestbox Material
- Nestbox Opening Styles (Access) Pros & Cons
- Nestbox Pairing
- Nestbox Plans
- Nestbox Preference – NY Study
- Nestbox specifications (floor size, depth, height, width, entrance hole for birdhouses)
- Nestbox Styles: Pros and Cons
- Nestboxes by Roadsides
- Nestboxes Mounted on Trees
- Nestcam Pix
- Never Say Never
- Noel Guard
- Notes from NABS 2009, Kearny Nebraska
- Notes from the NABS 2006 conference in San Antonio, TX
- Oak Titmouse Eggs, Nests & Young – Photos
- Oath of the Athenian City-State
- Origami Bluebird – Activity for Children
- Other Blue Birds
- Other Brown Birds
- Pairing Houses: How do you do the math? by Linda Janilla
- Pairing: Observations by Kevin Berner
- Panting (Gular Flutter)
- Paper Wasp (Native & European) Photos and Control
- Personal Bluebird Websites
- Peterson Box – Mounting
- Peterson box, modified by David Gwin
- Peterson Trap & Nestbox Plan
- Phoebe Nests, Eggs & Young – Photos
- Photo Slide Show of Bluebirds
- Photographing Cavity Nesting Birds and Nests – Tips
- Photos of Eggs & Nests – More
- Picture of the week – Bluebird Battle
- Picture of the Week – Bluebird News
- Picture of the Week – Brave White-breasted Nuthatch
- Picture of the Week – Bumblebee honeypot and egg/larva mass
- Picture of the week – Carolina Wren nest
- Picture of the week – Chickadee
- Picture of the week – Christmas Chickadee
- Picture of the week – Diet (bluebird with earthworm)
- Picture of the week – Great Crested Flycatcher
- Picture of the week – HOSP on Holiday
- Picture of the week – House Wren Nest with WEBL Feathers
- Picture of the Week – Paparazzi
- Picture of the week – Sunflower Eater
- Picture of the Week – To kill a mockingbird
- Picture of the Week – Tree Swallow eggs
- Picture of the Week – TUTI nesting in flying squirrel box
- Picture of the Week – Under Construction
- Picture of the Week – Under Construction (titmouse)
- Picture of the Week – WEBL Nestlings of WA
- Picture of the Week – WEBLS in Washington
- Picture of the Week: House Wren Nestlings
- Picture of the Week: Tufted Titmouse Newborns
- Picture of the week: BCCH nestlings probably killed by cat
- Picture of the week: Bear Bait
- Picture of the Week: Birdcam
- Picture of the Week: Birthday Blue
- Picture of the week: Bloody Blue Eggs
- Picture of the Week: Blue with Cold
- Picture of the Week: Bluebird nestlings killed by House Sparrows
- Picture of the Week: Bluebirds Nesting Outside the Box
- Picture of the week: Brave Blue
- Picture of the Week: Come On Out, Little Birdie
- Picture of the Week: Cowbird Egg in Eastern Bluebird Nest
- Picture of the Week: Cowbird Egg in Open Cup Nest
- Picture of the Week: Cuddling Nestlings
- Picture of the Week: Dwarf and Double Bluebird Eggs
- Picture of the Week: Dwarf or Runt House Wren Egg
- Picture of the week: En garde
- Picture of the Week: European Paper Wasps & Peterson Boxes
- Picture of the Week: Flicker Peering
- Picture of the Week: Hairy Shrimp
- Picture of the Week: Hawk Perches on Nestbox
- Picture of the Week: HOSP on the HOUSE
- Picture of the Week: House Sparrow Eggs
- Picture of the Week: House Sparrows in Flight
- Picture of the week: House Wren Takeover
- Picture of the Week: Joe’s Cafe
- Picture of the Week: Log Box Plan
- Picture of the Week: Mixed Nest – bluebird and chickadee eggs
- Picture of the Week: Mouse House
- Picture of the Week: Mouse Surprise
- Picture of the Week: My first white egg
- Picture of the Week: My personal nightmare
- Picture of the week: Neglected Nestboxes
- Picture of the week: New Hill Trail
- Picture of the Week: Newborn Blue
- Picture of the Week: Newborn House Sparrows
- Picture of the Week: Nuthatch Bark
- Picture of the Week: Patience Pays
- Picture of the Week: Pink bluebird eggs
- Picture of the Week: Pink MOBL Eggs
- Picture of the Week: Pinkies (baby mice)
- Picture of the Week: Prothonotary Warbler Camper
- Picture of the Week: Prothonotary Warbler Nestbuilding
- Picture of the Week: Prothonotary Warbler Nesting in Tree
- Picture of the Week: Quit Messing with My Nest!
- Picture of the Week: Rainbox
- Picture of the Week: Sharp-shinned Hawk? feeding on starling
- Picture of the Week: Snags and Suet: Pileated Woodpeckers
- Picture of the Week: Snake Lick
- Picture of the Week: Take Your Pick
- Picture of the Week: The Next Generation
- Picture of the week: Threesome
- Picture of the Week: Titmouse
- Picture of the week: Tree Swallow in Flight
- Picture of the Week: Winterfest
- Poem: A bluebird hovers there
- Poem: I wish you bluebirds in the spring
- PowerPoint Presentation on History
- PowerPoint Slide Show – Basics
- Predator Guard Pros & Cons
- Predator/Problem Identification and Solutions
- Preferred Habitat by Species for Birdhouse Birds
- Presentation: Bluebird Conservation
- Pressure Treated Wood
- Preventing Bears from Attacking Nestboxes
- Preventing Fatal Hypothermia in Bluebird Nestlings
- Preventing Premature Fledging
- Preventing Vandalism on a Bluebird Trail
- Preventing Window Strikes
- Privacy Policy
- Prothonotary Warbler (PROW) Nest, Eggs and Young
- Pygmy Nuthatch Nests, Eggs and Young – Photos
- Quotes Related to Bluebirds
- Raising Mealworms: Everything You Always Wanted to Know (and more)
- Red Squirrel Action
- Red Squirrels as Cavity Nesters
- Reinventing Sialis.org
- Relative Sizes of Eggs that May Be Found in EABL Nestboxes
- Research Priorities: Cavity Nesters
- Resources & Links
- Rita Efta Slot Box Plan
- Robert Smith Memorial Bluebird Trail at the Woodstock Landfill
- Robert Wilson’s PVC NABS-style Nestbox
- Roosting Box Design – Emad
- Roosting, Surviving Cold Weather
- Roseland Park & Golf Course Trail Description
- Scientific & Common Names, Subspecies Bluebirds
- Search Sialis (Site Map)
- Sialis.org – Site Index
- Small Cavity Egg ID Matrix
- Snakes – Krueger Trap
- Snakes as Predators
- Song Sparrow
- Songs with Bluebirds in the Lyrics
- Sparrow Spookers: Designs & Instructions
- Sperm Storage for Later Fertilization
- Spiders in Nestboxes
- State & Local Bluebird Societies
- Story: A Chance Encounter with a Bluebird
- Suet Recipes for bluebirds and other birds
- Supplementing Calcium: Feeding Crushed Chicken Eggshells, etc. to Birds
- Survey on Cavity Nester Preferences
- The Amazing Egg
- The Wondrous World of Woodpeckers
- There is a dead baby bird in the box – should I remove it?
- There’s a bluebird nest in my mailbox or newspaper tube
- Ticks, Lyme Disease and Bluebirding
- Tilt Front Nestbox by Mel Bolt
- Tips & Tricks to Attract Bluebirds
- To Pair or Not to Pair
- Too many eggs in one nest
- Trail Prognosticator
- Trapping: How To Set a Van Ert Trap to Catch House Sparrows
- Tree Branch Nestbox – Frank Zuern
- Tree Swallow Adults: Batman in a Tux (Photos)
- Tree Swallow eggs, nests and young
- Tree Swallow Nestbox Grids
- Tree Swallow Nestling Choked on Insect?
- Tree Swallows Killed by House Sparrows
- Tufted Titmouse eggs and nests and young photographs
- Typical Timetables: How Long Will it Take to Nest?
- Unhatched Eggs – why didn’t the eggs hatch?
- Unusual Nest Sites, Part I
- Unusual Nest Sites, Part II
- Video: Raccoon Attack
- Video: Bluebird Food Action
- Video: ESTP (possibly hybrid) Attacking Bluebird – GRAPHIC
- Video: Flying Squirrel eating
- Video: Hissing Titmouse
- Video: House Sparrow Removes Egg
- Video: House Wren “attacks” monitor
- Video: House Wren attacks nestlings
- Video: Prothonotary warblers at a nestbox. Filmed by Jack Dodson.
- Video: Starling Attack on Purple Martin nest from YouTube
- Video: The Story of the Titmouse
- Violet-green Swallow (VGSW) Nest, Eggs and Young
- Wall of Shame: Commercial Establishments Feeding and Breeding House Sparrows
- Weird coloration
- Weird Eggs in Nestboxes
- Western Bluebird nests, eggs and young – Photos
- Western Bluebirds at the Spa
- When HOSP Attack – Real Life Experiences with House Sparrows
- When Will Nest Building Start?
- When will the first egg be laid?
- White Bluebird Eggs
- White-breasted Nuthatch Nests, Eggs & Young – Photos
- Why are bluebirds blue?
- Why is a bird eating the mortar between the bricks on my house?
- Why petting nestlings is not a good idea
- Why we get goopy over bluebirds
- Wildlife Rehabilitation and Emergency Baby Bird Care
- Will my bluebirds come back?
- Winter Roost Box
- Word puzzle solution
- Wren Guards by Bob Orthwein
- You know you’re a bluebirder when…
