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Bluebirding Resources & Links
National Organizations
North American Bluebird Society -- www.nabluebirdsociety.org
National Audubon Society -- www.audubon.org
Audubon at Home -- www.audubon.org/bird/at_home
American Birding Association -- www.americanbirding.org
U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service - Migratory Bird Program -- www.fws.gov/migratorybirds/
U.S. Geological Survey - Patuxent Wildlife Research Center
Bird Banding Lab -- www.pwrc.usgs.gov/bbl/
Bird I.D. -- www.mbr-pwrc.usgs.gov/Infocenter/infocenter.html
Native America, The Nature Information Website -- www.nativeamerica.com
The Purple Martin Society, NA Homepage -- www.purplemartins.com
Purple Martin Conservation Association -- www.purplemartin.org
State & Regional Organizations
Virginia Society of Ornithology -- www.virginiabirds.net
Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries -- www.dgif.virginia.gov
Watchable Wildlife Program -- www.dgif.virginia.gov/wildlifewatching/
Habitat @ Home -- www.dgif.virginia.gov/habitat/
Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation - Natural Heritage Program -- www.dcr.virginia.gov/natural_heritage/index.shtml
Roanoke Valley Bird Club (Virginia) -- roanokebird.tripod.com
Fairfax Audubon Society -- www.fairfaxaudubon.org
New York State Bluebird Society -- www.nysbs.org
North Carolina Bluebird Society -- www.ncbluebird.com
Northern Virginia Bird Club (NVBC) -- www.nvabc.org
Audubon Society of Omaha -- www.audubon-omaha.org
Audubon Society of Northern Virginia -- www.audubonva.org
Southern Interior Bluebird Trail Society -- www.bcbluebirds.org
Maryland Bluebird Society -- www.mdbluebirdsociety.org
The Virginia Birding Trail -- www.dgif.virginia.gov/wildlife/vbwt/index.asp
Bluebird Restoration Association of Wisconsin -- www.braw.org
Loudoun Wildlife Conservancy -- www.loudounwildlife.org
Virginia Bluebird Connection -- www.vabluebirdconnection.com
Augusta Bird Club -- www.augustabirdclub.org
Rockfish Valley Birding -- www.rockfishvalley.org/birds/RVTrail_birding.htm
Personal Sites
Shirl's Bluebird Acres -- www.geocities.com/RainForest/Canopy/3730/
Woolwine House Bluebird Trail -- woolwinehousebluebirdtrail.com
Institutional Sites
Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology -- www.birds.cornell.edu
Bird Source: Birding with a Purpose (Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology) -- www.birdsource.org
Other Sites
The Nest Box -- www.nestbox.com
The Bluebird Box -- www.audubon-omaha.org/bbbox/index.htm
Bird Watching Forum -- www.nature.net/forums/bird/
Bird Watchers Digest (Bird Club Finder on website) -- www.birdwatchersdigest.com
Birding.Com (Top 25 Birding Web Sites) -- www.birding.com/BestWebSites.asp
The Bluebird Reference Guide -- bluebird.htmlplanet.com
Wildlife Rehabilators -- www.wildliferescueleague.org
Bluebird nestbox cams
Washington State Dept. of Fish & Wildlife -- wdfw.wa.gov/wildwatch/bluebirdcam/video.html
Cornell Lab for Ornithology NestCams -- watch.birds.cornell.edu/nestcams/camera/index
Sialis -- www.sialis.org
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, Steve Grooms and Dick Peterson (ISBN 1-55971-095-0)
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.