Description: Texas Bluebird Society is an all-volunteer grassroots organization helping bluebirds and other cavity-nesting birds through increasing nesting sites while sustaining and increasing their food supply (insects; berries of native plants)
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Texas Bluebird Society (Tab Last Updated: April 1, 2021 ) Texas Bluebird Society is an all-volunteer grassroots organization helping bluebirds and other native cavity-nesting birds through increasing nesting sites while sustaining and increasing their food supply. (Insects and Native Plant Berries) (PDF) Texas Bluebird Society Newsletter - Volume 22, Issue 1 - March - 2023 (Tab Last Updated: March 10, 2023 ) Project Bluebird Is Thriving In Fort Worth Bluebird Behavior At Nestbox Attracting Birds With Native
- Generic black text - tiny red link to full page --> Combat Texas Challenges (Tab Last Updated: April 1, 2021 ) ARE YOUR NESTBOXES BOTHERED BY ... Snakes, English sparrows, 4-legged Critters? Check out our Nestbox Recommendations for information on the Universal Sparrow Trap and Kingston Stove Pipe Baffle. Our ingenious and resourceful members have devised many ways to thwart predators including adding a "tutu-like" skirt to entangle snakes. Click on the "Nestbox Recommendations" tab on the Resources page.
Texas Bluebird Society recommends the addition of white or light-colored paint to weathered nestboxes, unless they are shaded from late afternoon sun. 2011 heat studies conclusively revealed that as a nestbox darkens with age, the interior temperatures jump dramatically.