Mountain Bluebirds by Julie Zickefoose
 the  
Bluebird-L
Reference Guide

tbnlogo_125_bluematte.gif (8414 bytes)

NABSlogo2002sm.jpg (31948 bytes)

brought to you by the Cornell Lab of Ornithology's Birdhouse Network
and the North American Bluebird Society

 

JOIN the BLUEBIRD-L MAILING LIST

bbref_u_bb-l_faqs.gif (311 bytes)

SEARCH THIS SITE

The Cornell Lab of Ornithology Home Page


Best of Bluebird Mailing Lists

Special thanks to the creator of these archives, Jim McLochlin of the Bluebird Box and Audubon Society of Omaha. The "Best of" is a compilation of archived e-mail messages from various list serves, the large majority coming from Bluebird-L. Clicking on any of the links below will bring you to the archive pages located on Jim McLochlin's web site. To return to this Reference Guide, hit the   "Back" button in your web browser.

Search Best of Bluebird Mailing Lists

A-B-C-D-E-F-G-H-I-J-K-L-M-N-O-P-Q-R-S-T-U-V-W-X-Y-Z

A

Abandoned Boxes (by Humans)
Abandoned Nests Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3
Airport Island Habitat for Trail
Aggression (during monitoring, mating season, etc.)
Alpha Codes and Names
Albino Bluebirds
Ants Part 1Part 2
Anting
Appeal (Fascination with bluebirds)

Attracting Bluebirds

B        BACK TO TOP

Backyard Bluebirding
Banding Bluebirds
Bats
Bears & Bluebirds
Bees - see Wasps
Behavior (Bluebird) Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3
Bewick's Wren
Big Trails
Binoculars
Bird Counts & Bluebirds
Birdbaths & Bluebirds
Blowflies Part 1 | Part 2
Bluebirders   &  Pictures of Bluebirders
Bluebirds & Blue Jays
Bluebirds and the Law
Bluebirds Common, Rare, Endangered, or Threatened?
Bluebird Nut, You Know You're A Bluebird Nut :)
Books - Old or Out of Print Bluebird Books & References Part 1Part 2
Broods per Year

C        BACK TO TOP

Calls & Songs
Cats Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4
Carolina Wrens
Cedar - See Nestboxes, Cedar
Cemetery Nestbox Trails
Certification of Trails
Chats, Bluebird
Chickadees Part 1  Part 2  Part 3   Part 4  Part 5
Chimney and Stovepipe Hazards, Chimney Swifts
Chipmunks as Predators
Christmas Bird Counts and Bluebirds
Cicadas in Nestboxes
Claim Straws Part 1 | Part 2
Cleaning Out Old Nests Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3
Clean Nests? or Abandoned
Bluebirds Conditioned?
Color - unusual coloration or markings
Competition between cavity-nesters
Conferences/Festivals Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4
Conservation
Consideration and Responsibilities (Netiquette) on Bluebird-L Part 1 | Part 2
Cowbirds Part 1 | Part 2
Crows

D - E        BACK TO TOP

Data Logger Boxes
Dead Adult Bluebirds (cause)
Dead Nestlings

Dead Tree Swallows
Diatomaceous Earth (DE)
Distractions at the Nestbox
Distribution of Bluebirds (U.S. and other countries)
Dogs on the Bluebird Trail

Earwigs in Nestboxes
Education & Presentation Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4
Ellis Bird Farm

Eggs:

Clutch Size
Dumping
First Nests/Eggs of the Season 2000  2001  2002
2004 2005
Incubation
Miscellaneous Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3
White

Electric Fences & Birds
Evolution and History Part 1 | Part 2

F        BACK TO TOP

Fall/Winter Bluebirding Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3  Part 4 | Part 5 | Part 6 | Part 7
Fecal Glue/Glop
Fecal Sacks

Feeding Bluebirds:

Berries Part 1
Emergencies Part 1
Feeders Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3
Feeder Competitors Part 1
Feeder placement
Fledglings and Nestlings Part 1
Frequency
Mealworms Part 1 | Part 2
Mealworms Raising Part1 | Part 2
Mealworm Suppliers
Nestlings - see Feeding Fledglings
Miscellaneous Part 1 | Part 2
Philosophy Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3  Part 4 | Part 5 
Plantings Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4
Seeds?
Suet/Recipes Part 1
Seasons Part 1 | Part 2

First Nests and Eggs
Fledglings Part 1 | Part 2
Part 3
Flycatchers
Focus of Bluebirders and Bluebirding Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3
Food Sources - Other
Forms for Monitoring
Fostering

G        BACK TO TOP

Gifts Related to Bluebirds
Gilwood Nestbox
Goldfinches and Bluebirds
Golf Courses and Bluebirds Part 1 | Part 2
Grackles & Bluebirds
Grease as Predator Control
Group to Group, Organization to Organization

H        BACK TO TOP

Hand warmers in Nestboxes
Hawks/Owls and Bluebirds Part 1 | Part 2
Heat & Nestboxes Part 1 Part 2
Help to Monitor Your Trail
Herbicides on the Bluebird Trail
History of Bluebirding
Hole and Pole Guards Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4

Hole reducers/metal guards
Hornets - see Wasps

House Finches and Bluebirds
Human Scent on the Nestbox Trail
Hypothermia

House Sparrows:

Active House Sparrow Control Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | Part 5 | Part 6 | Part 7 Part 8 | Part 9 | Part 10 | Part 11 | Part 12
Attacks
Disposal of House Sparrows
Identifying a House Sparrow Attack Part 1 | Part 2 
Miscellaneous HOSP Issues Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3
Monofilament lines
Passive HOSP Control Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | Part 5 | Part 6 | Part 7 | Part 8 | Part 9
Philosophy of HOSP Control Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4Part 5  Part 6 | Part 7 | Part 8 | Part 9 | Part 10 | Part 11 | Part 12 | Part 13 | Part 14
Traps to Control House Sparrows & Starlings | Part 2
Use of Lime to Control House Sparrows

Hybrids

I        BACK TO TOP

Identifying 1st year Bluebirds
Imprinting of Bluebirds
Infertile eggs
Injured/Orphaned, and Wildlife Rehabbers Part 1 | Part 2
Insects
Insecticides Part 1 | Part 2Part 3 | Part 4Part 5
Insuring Bluebirds for the future

Island Habitat - see Airport Island Habitat for Trail
Ivory-billed woodpecker

J-K-L        BACK TO TOP

Kingbirds & Bluebirds

Landscaping for Bluebirds - see Feeding: Planting
Last Brood
Law
License Plates
Lifespan
Lizards & Bluebirds

M        BACK TO TOP

The Mad Bluebird
Mating
Mealworms: Feeding Part 1 |Part 2 | Raising Part 1 | Part 2| Suppliers
Memories of Bluebirding Part 1 | Part 2
Mice/Rats
Micromanagement
Migration
Miscellaneous Bluebird Messages Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | Part 5 | Part 6 | Part 7 | Part 8 | Part 9
Misidentification of other "Blue birds"
Mockingbirds Part 1 | Part 2
Molting
Monitoring Equipment to take on the Trail
Monitoring Frequency Part 1 | Part 2 Part 3
Mountain Bluebirds
Movies about Bluebirds - See Music/Poems/Movies
Music/Poems/Movies/Videos about Bluebirds Part 1 | Part 2 Part 3
My Trail (Trail Descriptions)

N        BACK TO TOP

Nestboxes:

Bauldry & other open topped
Cameras
Cardboard
Carrier (hole in bottom) Slant
Cedar Part 1 | Part 2
Cement/Sawdust
Real Bird Homes Chalet Nestbox
Decorative
Depth (Hole to floor)
Double Roof "Echo"
Dimensions
Drainage Holes
Favorite
Floor Size
Gilbertson & other PVC
Griffin
Gourds
Guards Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4
Holes/Entrances Part 1 |  Part 2 | Part 3
Holes/Entrances - Large
Holes/Entrances - Peterson Oval
Hole Restrictors
Multi-Holed Part 1 | Part 2
Insulation/Ventilation - Heat/Cold
Material other than Pine or Cedar
Miscellaneous Nestbox Messages Part 1 | Part 2  | Part 3 | Part 4 | Part 5 | Part 6 | Part 7 | Part 8 | Part 9
Mounting - Direction
Mounting - Hanging
Mounting - Height
Mounting - Standard Part 1 | Part 2
NABS styles
Names
Numbering
Old vs. New
Opening Type - side, front, top
Painting/Staining Part 1 | Part 2
Pairing Nestboxes Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | Part 5 | Part 6 Part 7
Paul Carrier's Slant Box
Perches on Nestboxes
Peterson - Dick Peterson the Man
Placement Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | Part 5 | Part 6
Plastic, Nest Boxes
Pressure Treated Lumber
Purple Martin Houses, bluebirds and
PVC vs. Wood
Box and/or nest relocation
Roofs
Saturation
Slot
Trail Signs
Vandalism of Nestboxes
When Should Nestboxes Be Put Up?
Zuern Tree Branch

Nest ID | Part 2
Nestlings Part 1 | Part 2| Part 3
Nestlings - Found dead in the nestbox
Nests
Nest Site Fidelity
Nesting Timetable
Nest Sites other than Nestboxes Part 1 | Part 2
Nest Site Selection Study
Nesting Material
Nest Material too close to entrance
New Bluebirders Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | Part 5 | Part 6  | Part 7 | Part 8 | Part 9 | Part 10
Noel Predator Guard - see Hole and Predator Guards
Nuthatches

O-P-Q        BACK TO TOP

Opossums & Bluebirds
Other Cavity Nesters
Owls as Cavity Nesters or Predators
Pairing Nestboxes Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | Part 5 | Part 6 | Part 7
Part 8
Pastures
Personal Projects for Cavity Nesters
Pesticides and Alternatives
Pet Birds & Bluebirds
Photographs of Bluebirds - See Pictures
Pictures and Photographs of Bluebirds & The Mad Bluebird
Pictures of Bluebirders
Plants - see Feeding: Planting
Poems about Bluebirds - see Music/Poems/Movies
Population
Predator ID Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4
HOSP Predator Part 1 | Part 2

Predator Guards - see Nestbox Guards
Premature fledging
Prothonotary warblers
Purple Martins and Bluebirds Part 1  Part 2
Planting for Bluebirds

R        BACK TO TOP

Raccoons
Raising Mealworms Part1 | Part 2
Record Keeping
Rehabilitating HOSP and EUST
Resources Part 1 | Part 2
Results from trails Part 1 | Part 2
Road Kill
Robins & Bluebirds
Roost Boxes Part 1 | Part 2

S        BACK TO TOP

Saturation - Nestbox
Search "Best of" or the Internet
Sex - Male vs. Female (percent)

Sexing Nestlings
Sexual Maturity
Snakes Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | Part 5
Songs & Calls by Bluebirds
Spiders in Nestboxes and as Food
Spring - Getting Your Trail Ready
Spring Sightings
Squirrels Part 1 | Part 2
Stamps With Bluebirds On Them
Starlings Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4
Starting A New Trail Part 1 | Part 2
State Birds
Statistics & the Scientific method
Stovepipe and Chimney Hazards

Strange Behavior? Part 1 | Part 2
Suet
Surveys
Survival Rate of Bluebirds

T        BACK TO TOP

Table of Contents
Tapes - Use of to Attract Bluebirds
Ticks
Time Commitment
Timetable, nesting
Titmice
The Birdhouse Network
"Things" Named Bluebird
Trail Logs
Trail Signs
Transcontinental Bluebird Trail (TBT)
Traveling Bluebirders
Tree Swallows Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | Part 5 | Part 6
Tree Swallows, Dead in nestbox
Types of Nest Material Part 1 | Part 2

U-V-W        BACK TO TOP

Utility Pole Bluebirding

Vandalism of Nestboxes

Warblers
Wasps and Bees Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | Part 5
Weather Part1 | Part 2
Western Bluebirds
West Nile Virus and Bluebird
Wet Nests
Widows and Widowers of the Nestbox
Window Strikes
Winterizing Nestboxes
Wood Ducks
Woodpeckers Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3
Woodpecker, Ivory-Billed
Wrens Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | Part 5 | Part 6

X-Y-Z          BACK TO TOP

 

Notes on how posts have been classified:

  • Classifications are somewhat arbitrary. Many Listserv members will post a message that responds to multiple other posts, and thus cannot be classified very easily.

  • Some posts take off on tangents unrelated to the original posts. This can make threads hard to follow.

  • Some classifications have related classifications - e.g., cleaning out old nests and blowflies.

  • The "Miscellaneous" classification (which started out as "Basics") is used for posts that don't fit well into another classification.

BACK TO TOP

Includes posts through Bluebird_L Digest #735.

HOME

Contact us at:zickefoose_wesblu_orange_thn.gif (5044 bytes)

The Birdhouse Network (TBN)
159 Sapsucker Woods Road
Ithaca, NY 14850
http://birds.cornell.edu/birdhouse/
1-800-843-BIRD

The North American Bluebird Society (NABS
The Wilderness Center
P.O.  Box 244
Wilmot, OH  44689-0244
http://nabluebirdsociety.org
330-359-5511