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Spring 2013

Wisconsin Bluebird

Spring 2013 Selected Articles

 

Over 51,000 songbirds were fledged
in the 2012 Season: Annual Report I
I
by Kent Hall

 

Life cycle of the Eastern Bluebird (Sialia sialis)
by Patrick Ready

 

Cedar Nest Boxes Protect Bluebirds During Low and
High Temperatures - But Not From Predators

by Leif Marking, Brice Prairie Conservation Association

 

Form 22, Spring 2013
by BRAW

Back Issues of Wisconsin Bluebird

Recent Articles

What a comeback! After a bad 2011 season, we bounced back with a record bluebird production in 2012: Annual Report I
By Kent D. Hall, Ph.D., Coordinator of Data Collection & Analysis

Production of Eastern Bluebirds in Monitored Houses Annual Report - 2012 Brice Prairie Conservation Association
By Leif L. Marking, Project Manager

Door County BRAW Convention a big success!
By Patricia Heiden, BRAW Secretary, Photos by Patrick Ready, Editor

A Report of the 2012 Bluebird Trails in Lafayette County
By Carol McDaniel

Cat Resistant Nest Box
By Fred Craig

Tough Times for Bluebirds in 2012
By Leif Marking

Beat The Heat in Bluebird Boxes During Heat Cycles
By Leif Marking

Black Flies May Have Met Their Match
By Kent Hall

Rescue by Motorcycle!
By Patrick Ready

Those %$#@! House Sparrows!!
By Patrick Ready

BRAW 2012 Convention

Over 40,000 songbirds were fledged in the 2011 season: Annual Report II
by Kent Hall

Nestling Bluebirds Are Vulnerable to Kestrel Predation
By Leif Marking

Cedar Nest Boxes Protect Bluebirds During High and Low Temperatures
By Leif Marking , Brice Prairie Conservation Association and Cindy Koperski, Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources

Using feathers to trick and trap House Sparrows
By Keith Kridler

Trails of Excellence and Trails of Honor for BRAW Monitors: 2011
by Kent Hall

The Weather Reigned Supreme this Season and Our Bluebird Numbers Dropped: Annual Report I
by Kent D. Hall, Ph.D., Coordinator of Data Collection & Analysis

Production of Eastern Bluebirds in Monitored Houses Annual Report - 2011 Brice Prairie Conservation Association
by Leif L. Marking, Project Manager

A New Way to Create New Trails
by Bob Tamm

Ernie and Burt!
by Signe & Ken Onsrud

Preliminary Thoughts About the 2011 Season
By Kent Hall

The Case of the Migrating Nest Box
By Ellen Lafouge

Bluebirds at Old World Wisconsin
By Bunny Schoen

Production of Eastern Bluebirds in Monitored Houses
Annual Report - 2010, Brice Prairie Conservation Association
By Leif L. Marking, Project Manager

Over 47,000 songbirds were fledged in the 2010
season: Annual Report II
by Kent Hall

Effects of Occupancy and Venting on Temperatures
Inside Bluebird Nestboxes
By Leif Marking & Fred Craig, Brice Prairie Conservation Association and Cindy Koperski, Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources

Juvenile Bluebird Siblings Assist in Parenting and Fledging
by Leif Marking

Bluebird Trail and Observations on County Line Lake
By Rick Pertile

Predator Guard Using Multi-Flora Rose Stems
Joan Liechty

Preventing Box Slipping
Charlie Bergsten

BRAW County Coordinators List Renewed
By Joe Schultz

Annual Report: we did it! 30,000 Bluebirds were fledged...
by Kent Hall

Bluebird Nest Box Design and Construction are Important to Alleviate Cold and Heat
by Leif Marking

A Great Day for Trapping English Sparrows
by Leif Marking

Late Nesting Black-capped Chickadee
by Roy Lukes

Birds Are Us!
By Faye Miller, 4th grade teacher, Roosevelt Idea Center, Stevens Point, Wisconsin

Last year for Operation Top State (OTS)
By Kent Hall

Ghost Eggs of Mill Center Cemetery
By Jo DeVetter

The Neighborhood House – A New Door Opened
by Bob Tamm

Hands on Monitoring Saves a Few Bluebird Chicks
By Claire Romanak

From Bauldry to BRAW: Trails Revamped = Success!
by Gene Birr & Steve Mayer

Deterring Black Flies
by Bet Zimmerman

Black Fly Not a Major Concern in Wisconsin
By Kent Hall

Save a Chickadee or 6 or 8
By Pat Ready

Production of Eastern Bluebirds in Monitored Houses
Annual Report - 2009, Brice Prairie Conservation Association

By Leif L. Marking

Nest Box Quick Fix
By Pat Ready

Why Do We Collect Data on Bluebird Nesting Success?
by Dr. Peter Dunn

Monitors: "Tape Your Boxes"
by Dr. Kent Hall

Door County Bluebirds
By Charlotte Lukes, Photos by Roy Lukes

Woodpecker Habitat Project
Dale Moody, Iowa County Coordinator

English Sparrows Dominate Bluebird Boxes Despite Repelling Devices
By Leif Marking

Record Year! 28,814 Bluebirds Fledged in 2009
by Peter Dunn and Kent D. Hall

A Small Trail Success Story
By Ellen Lafouge

Hoy Audubon Purple Martin Project
By Helen Pugh

BRAW Needs Monitors
By Kent Hall

A Call to Southeast Wisconsin Bluebirders
By Bob Tamm

Are Tree Swallows Predators of Bluebirds?
By Leif Marking

Have Chicks, Need Parents
By Kent Hall

Paired Nest Boxes vs. Widely Spaced Single Nest Box Experiment
By Mary Roen, with BRAW’s Response by Kent Hall

A March Bluebird Nest
By Mary Strasser

Bluebirds – Through the Eye of an Eagle Scout
By Dylan Huber

Southeast Wisconsin Bluebirders Gather in Greenfield
By Bob Tamm

Plexiglass Sparrow Reducer Fails
By Gary Gaard

Cowbirds and Unsuspecting Cavity Nesters
By Patrick Ready

Production of Eastern Bluebirds in Monitored Houses, Annual Report 2008
By Leif L. Marking

An Argument for Front-Opening Boxes
By Bob Tamm

Portable Mealworm Feeders
By Mary Roen

Effectiveness of the PVC Nest Box for Producing Bluebirds
by Kent D. Hall

Non-vented Boxes and Black Flies: new Findings
By Kent Hall

Bluebirds Challenge Winter in Wisconsin
By Leif Marking

Attracting Purple Martins
By the Purple Martin Conservation Association

The Big Blue Egg
By Leif Marking

Over 21,000 bluebirds fledged in 2008
by Peter Dunn and Kent D. Hall, Data Collection & Analysis Committee

Do You Live Near a Golf Course?
By Kent Hall

Bluebird Rescue!
By Marianne Jensen

A Simple but Effective Nestbox Mounting System
By Bob Tamm

The Perfect Storm
by Kent Hall

A Word of Caution When Feeding Bluebirds
By Pat Ready, Editor

Mean Bluebirds
By Gary Gaard

Cooperative Nest of 8 Eastern Bluebirds
By Mary Roen,
View slideshow or photos of Mary Roen's cooperative nesting story

On Ebert’s Golden Pond
By Leif Marking

House Sparrow Control… Circa 1916 - and Other Birding Tidbits!
By Bob Tam

BRAW State Convention, 2008

Instant Chickadees . . . just add birch tree
By Bob Tamm

Using Sparrow Spookers
By Ellen Lafouge

Monitoring Bluebird Nest Boxes
By Mary Roen

Remembering Joe O’Halloran
By Carol J. McDaniel

How to Create Your Bluebird Habitat
By Mariette Nowak

The Effects of Shade and Ventilation Combinations to Alleviate Temperature Problems in Bluebird Houses, (PDF)
By Leif Marking and Fred Craig, Brice Prairie Conservation Association and Cindy Koperski, Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources

Bluebirds Adapt to Wisconsin Winter
By Mary Strasser

We Have Done Well, But Are There Ways to Improve?
By Kent D. Hall

Bluebird Chick Development - First 14 Days
By Jack Bartholmai and Pat Ready

Another record year: 28,244 bluebirds fledged
By Peter Dunn and Kent D. Hall, Data Collection & Analysis Committee

Was the first flight of your bluebird chicks their last flight?
By Kent Hall

Fledging Eastern Bluebirds when the habitat has high House Sparrow populations
By Gary Gaard

Bluebirds Go to School, Foreign Students Will Take Lesson Home
By Pat Ready, Editor

The Bluebird: How You Can Help Its Fight For Survival, Dr. Zeleny's Book Revisited
By Kenny Kleinpeter

April Cold Snap and Snow Greet Returning Birds
By Pat Ready, Editor

Research Reports

Record Year! 28,814 Bluebirds Fledged in 2009
by Peter Dunn and Kent D. Hall

Over 21,000 bluebirds fledged in 2008
by Peter Dunn and Kent D. Hall, Data Collection & Analysis Committee

Another Record Year [2007]: 28,244 Bluebirds Fledged
by Peter Dunn and Kent D. Hall, Data Collection & Analysis Committee

Over 21,000 Bluebird Fledgings - an All-Time Record for BRAW

No Tree Swallows, all Bluebirds

The Effects of Shade and Ventilation Combinations to Alleviate Temperature Problems in Bluebird Houses, (PDF)
By Leif Marking and Fred Craig, Brice Prairie Conservation Association and Cindy Koperski, Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources

Interspecies nest box competition—the House Sparrow” in Winter, 2006 

Other Articles

Photographing birds — naturally by Pat Ready
Purple Martin Houses Need to be Monitored by Pat Ready
Orphaned Bluebirds Rescued by Caregiver by Leif Marking
“The Torch is passed”—Fall, 2006
“We know the WAY, but do we have the WILL”—Winter, 2006
“ We have to talk the talk and then walk the walk”—Winter, 2006
Tree Swallows and House Sparrows and –gypsy moths, oh my
They’re Keeping it in the Family (human interest) 
Look Out Below!
No Shoes, No Blues
Production of Eastern Bluebird in Monitored Houses
by Leif L. Marking, Project Manager, Brice Prairie Conservation Association
Bluebirds eat snakes?
Bluebird Menu has Variety
by Patrick Ready, Editor, photos by Jack Bartholmai
What is "Digiscoping?"
by Pat Ready
Fall is the time for mounting boxes
Avoiding "Cat"tastrophies
Feeding Bluebirds…Just for Fun
by Pat Ready
Another Successful Predator of E. Bluebirds
Green Lake Lad Now Eagle Scout and also an Assistant Scoutmaster from Winter 2003
Eastern Bluebirds at University Ridge Golf Course - 1997 and 2003
by Gary Gaard, BRAW Board of Directors from Winter 2003
All Songbirds Are Protected by Don Bragg from Winter 2003
SAW-WHET OWL NESTING By Verlyn Olson from Fall 2003
A Route to Successful Bluebird Production
By Leif L. Marking, Nest Box Committee Chair
Olaf Hendrickson: Nearly 88 Years of Bluebirding by Teri Casper
Corporate Bluebirds
Bluebirds and Silver Bands Over Black Earth