Vol. 31, No. 1 - North American Bluebird Society

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Table of Contents Winter Message to our Affiliate Organizations - Brian Swanson ...................................................................................... 1 From the President - Jonathan Ridgeway ................................................................................................................................ 2 From the Managing Editor - Scott Gillihan .............................................................................................................................. 5 Bluebird Nest Monitoring in Boulder County, Colorado - George Oetzel ..................................................................... 6 Fledge More Bluebirds Next Year - Keith Radel .................................................................................................................... 9 Mommy’s Bluebirds - Fred Harwood and Michelle Harwood .............................................................................................. 10 In the Spirit of Thanksgiving - Johathan Ridgeway ............................................................................................................... 12 NABS Conference 2009.................................................................................................................................................................... insert Eagle Marsh Restored for Bluebirds, Other Wildlife - Judy Nelsen ................................................................................ 16 Unusual Mountain Bluebird Nest Site - Kevin Corwin ......................................................................................................... 17 Monitoring Bluebird Nest Boxes - Mary Roen ................................................................................................................... 19 A Letter from New Bluebirders - Randy and Bonnie Schulkers ....................................................................................... 20 Book Reviews............................................................................................................................................................................. 22 Research Review - Scott W. Gillihan ........................................................................................................................................ 24 Affiliates of the North American Bluebird Society ........................................................................................................... 27 Cover photo: Christopher Wood shot this photo of a Mountain Bluebird in April snow at the Rio Blanco State Wildlife Area in western Colorado. Christopher is Project Manager for eBird (www.ebird.org), a program of the Cornell Lab of Ornithology and the National Audubon Society that collects data from birdwatchers across the country and turns it into maps, charts, and other presentations of bird abundance and distribution. Wendell Long
Bluebird Bluebird/Sialia (ISSN 0890-7021) is published quarterly by North American Bluebird Society, P.O. Box 43, Miamiville, OH 45147 Printed by Colorado Printing Co. Grand Junction, CO Managing Editor: Scott Gillihan nabseditor@gmail.com Subscription is included with membership in NABS. Write for information about bulk quantities. Make checks and money orders payable to NABS in U.S. funds. Issues are dated Spring, Summer, Fall, and Winter and appear approximately on the 15th day of January, April, July, and October. The deadline for submission of materials is three months prior to the publication date. Letters to the editor and articles in this publication express the opinions and/or positions of the authors. Letters may be edited for length and content. Published articles do not necessarily represent the opinions and positions of the Officers, Directors, or other representatives of NABS. General questions may be addressed to: info@nabluebirdsociety.org or call 812-988-1876 during office hours (12- 3 pm EST Mon-Fri). The North American Bluebird Society is a non-profit education, conservation and research organization that promotes the recovery of bluebirds and other native cavity-nesting bird species in North America. Winter Message to our Affiliate Organizations The plans are in place, the speakers are set, and the field trips are planned. The Pennsylvania Affiliate has been hard at work making all of the arrangements for a memorable NABS 2009 in September. By the time you read this newsletter, all of the convention details including the registration form will be on the NABS website at www.nabluebirdsociety.org. The home base for the meeting is the Holiday Inn Harrisburg/Hershey which is actually in Grantville PA., halfway between the two cities. The price is right for the rooms at $83 per night. Registration will begin late afternoon on Wednesday, September 9, with the first tours leaving early the next morning. One of those first tours is to Hawk Mountain, about an hour away from our hotel. The committee has lined up an array of great speakers. Clay and Pat Sutton from Cape May, New Jersey will present “How to Spot Hawks and Eagles, Raptors in Time and Space”. These well-known birder/naturalists are popular attractions wherever they appear. Also on the program is NABS director, Dick Tuttle, speaking on, “The Beaver Hypothesis: Bluebirding before the 17th Century”. The formal program continues through the banquet on Saturday evening. There will be one more tour on Sunday morning to close out the conference. I really appreciate it when Affiliates invite me to their annual meetings. My wife and I have been regular attendees in New York and Pennsylvania where we have been members for many years. With the restart of Maryland, we have been to a couple of their events. A few months ago I had the opportunity of attending Missouri’s annual meeting. They are one of our newer Affiliates.They hosted a very interesting program; one of the highlights was a presentation by their president, Jack Dodson, on how to grow your own mealworms, complete with mealworms in all stages. Have you ever been to Niagara Falls? If you’ve been, would you like to go back? If so, your chance is coming in September 2010 when the Ontario Affiliate will be hosting the NABS convention. If you would like a preview, Ontario is hosting their annual meeting March 14th in Burlington, Ontario. Looking to the west, Montana is having their 35th anniversary bash this June 12-14 in Great Falls. You can find both of these events on the NABS website calendar and on each Affiliate’s website. These are the two upcoming Affiliate events that I have heard about. Please send me your annual meeting information so that we can post it on the NABS website and publicize in places like this column. Please remember to make your nestboxes into roost boxes for the winter and repair them for the new season. www.nabluebirdsociety.org Brian Swanson NABS Vice President for Affiliate Relations Winter 2008-09 1 Bluebird
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