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New York State Bluebird Society 

The mission of the New York State Bluebird Society is to increase Eastern Bluebird and other native cavity nesting populations in New York state through education, research, environmental advocacy, and a statewide nest box program.

 

The New York State Bluebird Society has been dedicated to Bringing Back Bluebirds since 1982. The corporation is organized exclusively for charitable, educational, or scientific purposes within the meaning of Section 501(c)(3) of the United States Internal Revenue Code.

The Eastern Bluebird

Photos below taken by friends of the NYSBS

Photo by Kenn Kilgore

Photo by Cherie Layton Photo by Jerry Acton Photo by Jerry Acton
Photo by Jerry Acton Photo by Cherie Layton

Photo by Warren Greene

Photo by Dave Kinneer Photo by Dave Kinneer Photo by Warren Greene Photo by Kenn Kilgore

Photo by Cherie Layton

Photo by Kenn Kilgore Photo by Kenn Kilgore

Photo by Kenn Kilgore

Photo by Kenn Kilgore

Photo by Kenn Kilgore

Photo by Dave Kinneer

Photo by Dave Kinneer

Photo by Dave Kinneer

Photo by Dave Kinneer

Photo by Dave Kinneer Photo by Dave Kinneer

Photo by Kenn Kilgore

Photo by Warren Greene

Photo by Jerry Acton Photo by Debra Barnum Photo by Mike Western Photo by Debra Barnum Photo by Terri Weston Photo by Denise-Hackert-Stoner Photo by Mike Western Photo by Jenny Hendershot Photo by Cherie Layton Photo by Tom McDowell Photo by Donna

Eastern Bluebird Sialia sialis, length 7″, chestnut throat, sides of neck, breast, sides and flank; contrasting white belly, white undertail coverts.  Male is uniformly deep blue above; female grayer.  Call note is a musical, rising chur-lee, extended in song to chur chur-lee chur-lee.  Range:  Found in open woodlands, farmlands, and orchards.  Nests in holes in trees and posts, also in competition with starling and House Sparrow for nesting sites.  The provision of specially designed boxes by concerned conservationists has resulted in a promising comeback. National Geographic Field Guide to the Birds of North America, Fifth Edition

bluepair

 

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(Photo by Larry Zeleny)

 


 

 

NABS

 

 

The New York State Bluebird Society is an affiliate of NABS 

(North American Bluebird Society).

 

 

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