Attracting Bluebirds and Other Cavity
Nesting Songbirds in North Dakota
A Guide to Establishing, Monitoring and Maintaining Nest Box Trails
By Chris Grondahl and Donna Kubik 
State Game and Fish Department
100 North Bismarck Expressway
Bismarck, North Dakota 58501-5095
This resource is based on the following source:
Grondahl, Chris and Donna Kubik. No Date. Attracting bluebirds and other
cavity nesting songbirds in North Dakota. North Dakota Game and Fish
Department, Nongame program. Bismarch, ND. 16pp.
This resource should be cited as:
Grondahl, Chris and Donna Kubik. No Date. Attracting bluebirds and other
cavity nesting songbirds in North Dakota. North Dakota Game and Fish
Department, Nongame program. Bismarch, ND. 16pp. Jamestown, ND:
Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center Online.
http://www.npwrc.usgs.gov/resource/birds/bluebird/index.htm
(Version 02JUL99).
Contents
- Introduction and History of Bluebirds
- Bluebird Biology
- Description and Range
- Feeding
- Arrival and Territory Establishment
- Breeding Behavior
- Nest Location
- Nest Building and Incubation
- Establishing Bluebird Trails
- Preferred Habitat
- Type of Nest Box
- Placement of Nest Boxes
- Monitoring and Maintaining Bluebird Trails
- Other Songbirds Utilizing Bluebird Trails
- Tree Swallow
- House Wren
- House Sparrow
- Controlling Competitors and Predators
- Plans for Building Nest Boxes
- One-Board Box
- Peterson Box
- Participation in North Dakota's Bluebird Recovery
Project
- How to Become Involved
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