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Articles in the current issue include: The Great 2003 Nesting Season Puzzle - Trail News - Educating the "Innocents" - Bluebird Trail Maintance Reminders - 2003 Report Forms - Bluebird Song - A suggestion for Trapping Sparrows.
Editorial Puzzling is the best way to describe our 2003 bluebird season. What "natural" or "unnatuiral circumstances occurred to create such wide discrepancies in nesting success this year? ... Signup as member to get complete article. From our Trails ... Bluebird Rescue "On a Monday A.M. check of my trail in May, I came to [one of] my bluebird nest to find the nest was disrupted by possible sparrow or tree wallow. I knew it had two little just-hatched bluebird babies in it. I hunted ... ... Signup as member to get complete article. Trapping House Sparrows, Not Eastern Bluebirds by Jack Hauser "Last year I recruited my neighbor to monitor [the bluebird boxes] at Hyland Greens Golf Course in Bloomington. ... I found three bluebird eggs in one box and house sparrows in six Peterson boxes. Immediately I put door traps on those six boxes ... ... Signup as member to get complete article. West Nile Update Avian veterinarians, rehabilitation centers and human epidemiologists continue to search for ways to control West Nile Virus ... ... Signup as member to get complete article. Twenty Years and Still Together In 1982 Carrol Henderson was asked to become Supervisor of Minnesota's new Non-game program of the Department of Natural Resources. Dividing up the state ... ... Signup as member to get complete article. From the Literature, The Repertoire of the Male Bluebird The situation determines the song of the male eastern bluebird, according to a two year study by Gary Ritchison and Bret Huntsman of Eastern Kentucky University. Banded eastern bluebirds were observed ... ... Signup as member to get complete article. Synthetic Chemicals and Birds With increasing biological threats to birds, preventing deaths from chemicals becomes more vital than ever. Birds are 100 times more sensitive than mammals to some of the pesticides in use ... ... Signup as member to get complete article. Trail Maintenance Reminders 1) Make a commitment that you will open and check nest boxes at least weekly next season before you install them ... ... Signup as member to get complete article. One Way to be Able to See Rare Birds? In a March 2002 court case, the U.S. Department of Defense argued for an exemption from the Migratory Bird Treat Act of 1918 ... ... Signup as member to get complete article. Join the Bluebird Recovery Program to read the complete articles and receive Bluebird News each quarter. Complete form on home page and mail to BBRP. Click here to return to home page. |
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