Other Resources & Links
National Organizations
North American Bluebird Society
U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service – Migratory Bird Program
U.S. Geological Survey – Patuxent Wildlife Research Center
Native America, The Nature Information Website
The Purple Martin Society, NA Homepage
Purple Martin Conservation Association
State & Regional Organizations
Virginia Society of Ornithology
Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries
Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation – Natural Heritage Program
Roanoke Valley Bird Club (Virginia)
New York State Bluebird Society
North Carolina Bluebird Society
Northern Virginia Bird Club (NVBC)
Audubon Society of Northern Virginia
Southern Interior Bluebird Trail Society
The Virginia Birding & Wildlife Trail
Bluebird Restoration Association of Wisconsin
Virginia Beach Audubon Society
Personal Sites
Institutional Sites
Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology
Other Sites
Guide to Bird-Watching From Your Window
Birding.com – Top 25 Birding Web Sites
Bluebird nest box cams
Beginner’s Guide to Bird Watching
Birding for Kids Resource Guide
The Importance of Checking Your Wild Birdfeeders for Mold
Books
The Bluebird Monitor’s Guide to Bluebirds and Other Small Cavity Nesters by Cynthia Berger, Keith Kridler, Jack Griggs; sponsored by NABS and Cornell; HarperCollins Publishers
The Bluebird Book by Donald & Lillian Stokes
Bluebirds and Their Survival by Davis & Roca
Bluebird Trails: A Guide to Success by Scriven
Symbol of Hope: Bluebirds by Steve Grooms and Dick Peterson (ISBN 1-55971-095-0)
Studying Eastern Bluebirds: A Biologist’s Report and Reflections by T. David Plitts
Pamphlets (available through NABS)
Bringing Back the Bluebirds by Troyer
Enjoying Bluebirds More by Zickefoose
Other Resources
House Sparrow Traps – The Scriven and Davis books have plans for these traps so you can build one yourself. You can also visit Joe Huber’s web site, “House Sparrow Control at Your Bluebird Nesting Box,” for details on how to build and operate the Huber Trap. If you need further information about trapping sparrows contact us at VBS.
Sparrow Swap Citizen Science Project – The North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences seeks the help of bluebird monitors in building their collection of house sparrow eggs for research purposes. Participants in the Sparrow Swap send house sparrow eggs to the Museum and report on subsequent details from each nest box where eggs were removed. Participants can also opt to receive replicas of house sparrow eggs to swap into nests to occupy female house sparrows with a fake nest attempt. You can read more about the project in the interest letter and flyer, as well as on the CitSci.org website.