Bluebird News published quarterly by the Bluebird Recovery Program, Audubon Chapter of Minneapolis PO Box 3801 Minneapolis MN 55403 info@bbrp.org Volume 17, No. 2                    May 2004

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• Conference Highlights
• Trail News (note: not all bluebird nests are of grass and not all bluebird eggs are blue)
• Bluebirders in the News (Craig Andresen, Jeremy Nyquist and John W. Thompson). John Thompson is the first recipient of the new Dick E. Peterson Award for outstanding contributions to BBRP.
• Gildwood Books Successful
• BBRP Accepts A New Challenge (every bluebird box sold at the Annual Conference is to be accompanied by a smooth metal pole).
• List of County Contacts and Announcement of North American Bluebird Society (NABS) Annual Conference
• Bluebird box in Birds and Blooms is not sparrow-proof
• Dick Peterson, Mr. Bluebird, by Dave Ahlgren
• Nation-wide Trap/Neuter/Release program a mistake (cats a major predator of songbirds).
• Mealworms make a difference
• Tips for Summer Heat problems