North American Bluebird Society
http://www.nabluebirdsociety.org
These are the experts with plenty of information about setting up and maintaining a bluebird box or a series of bluebird boxes, called a nestbox trail. Site includes research bibliography about bluebirds and other cavity nesters.

The Bluebird Box
http://audubon-omaha.org/bbbox/
Here is another great source of information about bluebird boxes and other cavity nesters from the Audubon Society of Omaha, Nebraska. Their web site also includes links to the songs and calls of bluebirds, nestbox plans and many pictures.

More about Bird Nests and Bird Houses
http://www.massaudubon.org/Nature_Connection/wildlife/
This is a great set of web pages from Massachussetts Audubon, "Living with Wildlife".
On this web page, choose "Birds: Attracting" for details on bird boxes. Choose
"Birds: Nests and Young" for answers to questions about baby birds and problem nests.

Nest Box Cams
http://birds.cornell.edu/birdhouse/nestboxcam/camlinks.html
This is a page of web links to nest cams. Nest cams are small cameras set up to look inside
active nest boxes or other bird nests. Still pictures are sent to a web site that is continuously
updated during daylight hours during the nesting season.

Critter Condos
http://www.wnrmag.com/stories/1996/feb96/critters.htm
Here is a good article from the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources magazine that explains why and how to leave dead snags in woodlands.

Homes for Birds
http://library.fws.gov/Bird_Publications/house.html
This online pamphlet from the US Fish and Wildlife Service includes suggestions about how to attract different birds, bird box dimensions and information about protecting nestboxes from predators.

Cavity Nesters
http://www.fifthdaycreations.com/articles/cavitynesters.asp
This set of web pages from a commercial birding company has information about primary/secondary cavity nesters as well as detailed life histories of cavity nesters (including songs, pictures, nestbox placement tips and more.)

Another good site:

BirdSource
http://www.birdsource.org
A cooperative project of National Audubon & Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology, this enormous web database covers many different "citizen science" projects in which you can make a difference for birds and their habitats.

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