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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.

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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