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The Bluebird Effect

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by Julie Zickefoose


  range, [>]–[>];

  reproduction, [>], [>]–[>];

  return visits, [>];

  vocalization, [>]

  Carolina Quest (Saunders), [>]

  catbirds, [>], [>], [>], [>]

  catbirds, gray, [>], [>]

  cats, depredation on birds, [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]

  Charadrius melodus. See plovers, piping

  charismatic species, [>], [>]

  Charlie. See macaw, chestnut-fronted “Charlie”

  chats, yellow-breasted, [>]

  chickadees, black-capped, [>], [>]

  chickadees, Carolina:

  description, [>];

  diet in the wild, [>], [>];

  eggs, [>], [>], [>];

  fecal sacs, [>];

  foraging, [>];

  increase in survival due to access to feeders, [>];

  locomotion, [>];

  nest, [>], [>], [>]–[>],

  nestlings, [>]–[>],

  parental behavior, [>];

  removal of bluebird eggs by, [>];

  reproduction, [>];

  vocalization, [>]

  chickens, [>], [>]

  chipmunks, Eastern, [>], [>]

  Christmas Bird Count, National Audubon Society’s, [>]

  Connecticut, Department of Environmental Protection, [>]

  conservation efforts:

  bluebird, [>]–[>];

  chimney swift, [>]; “Duck Stamp,” [>]–[>];

  least tern and piping plover, [>]–[>], [>], [>];

  legislation, [>], [>];

  mourning dove, [>], [>]–[>];

  sandhill crane, [>], [>], [>], [>];

  starling, [>]

  Cornell Lab of Ornithology, [>], [>], [>]

  cowbird, brown-headed, [>], [>]–[>], [>]

  cranes, sandhill (Grus canadensis), [>], [>];

  conservation efforts, [>], [>], [>], [>];

  Festival of Cranes, [>]–[>];

  flight, [>];

  as food, [>], [>], [>];

  hunting issues, [>]–[>];

  hunting seasons, [>]–[>], [>], [>];

  migration, [>];

  monogamy, [>];

  paleontology, [>];

  population estimate, [>];

  recruitment rate, [>];

  reproduction, [>], [>];

  vocalization, [>], [>]

  cranes, whooping, [>]

  creeper, brown, [>]

  crickets, two-spotted tree (Neoxabia bipunctata), [>]

  Crompton, Davis, [>]

  crows, [>], [>], [>], [>]

  Damiani, Tom, [>]–[>]

  DDT, [>]–[>]

  Dennis, John V., [>]–[>]

  Dennis, Roy, [>], [>]

  Discovery: Great Moments in the Lives of Outstanding Naturalists (Terres), [>]

  disease and illness:

  anorexia, [>], [>], [>];

  bacterial enteritis, [>], [>];

  calcium deficiency, [>];

  dehydration, [>], [>], [>];

  infection from cat bites, [>], [>];

  from lightning bugs, [>];

  from poisons, [>]–[>], [>]; See also parasites

  Dr. Seuss’s Sleep Book (Dr. Seuss), [>]

  doves, mourning, [>], [>], [>], [>];

  arrivals, [>], [>];

  Cookie, [>];

  description, [>];

  diet in the wild, [>]–[>];

  escape strategy, [>];

  feeder, yard, [>], [>];

  feeding in captivity, [>], [>]–[>];

  fledglings, [>];

  flight speed, [>];

  as food, [>]–[>];

  foraging, [>];

  habitat, [>];

  hunting issues, [>], [>]–[>];

  intelligence, [>]–[>];

  Libby, [>], [>]–[>];

  mating behavior, [>], [>];

  nest, [>];

  nestlings, [>], [>]–[>];

  population status, [>]–[>];

  range, [>];

  reproduction, [>]–[>], [>];

  return visits and yard life, [>]–[>], [>]–[>];

  taxonomy, [>]–[>];

  vocalization, [>]

  “Duck Stamp,” [>]–[>]

  Ducks Unlimited, [>]

  Duncan, Charles D., [>]

  eagles, fish. See ospreys

  eagles, golden, [>]

  Eckelberry, Don, [>]–[>], [>]–[>]

  eggshells, feeding to birds, [>]–[>], [>]

  egrets, [>]

  egrets, great, [>]

  egrets, snowy, [>]

  endangered/threatened species:

  illegal trade in, [>]–[>];

  management practices, [>]–[>], [>];

  shoreline bird habitat, [>], [>], [>];

  whooping cranes, [>]

  euthanasia, decision-making, [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>]

  evolution, adaptive radiation, [>]

  extinction, [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]

  feathers:

  clipping a bird’s wings, [>], [>];

  hunting birds for, [>];

  plucking as a stress response, [>], [>], [>]–[>]

  Federal Migratory Bird Hunting and Conservation Stamp “Duck Stamp,” [>]–[>]

  feeding birds:

  baked goods, [>], [>];

  canary chow, [>], [>];

  cheese, [>], [>], [>];

  corn, [>], [>];

  costs, [>];

  crickets, [>], [>], [>], [>], [>];

  effects of winter feeding, [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>], [>];

  eggs, [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>];

  eggshells for calcium, [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>], [>];

  electrolytes, [>], [>];

  fruit, [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>];

  fruit flies, [>], [>];

  half-and-half, [>], [>];

  as human intervention, [>];

  insects, dried, [>], [>];

  insects, live, [>], [>]–[>], [>];

  kitten chow, [>], [>], [>];

  mealworms, overview (see mealworms);

  meat, [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>];

  millet, [>], [>], [>], [>];

  nutritional supplements, [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>];

  oats, [>], [>];

  parakeet pellets/seed, [>], [>];

  parrot chow, [>], [>], [>];

  pasta, [>], [>], [>], [>];

  peanuts, [>], 114, [>], [>], [>], [>], [>];

  percent increase in chickadee survival due to, [>];

  powdered hummingbird maintenance diet, [>], [>]–[>];

  puppy chow, [>], [>];

  rice, [>];

  suet, [>], [>], [>];

  sunflower seeds, [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>];

  tricks to stimulate birds to eat, [>], [>], [>], [>];

  vegetables, [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]

  fertilizers, [>]

  Festival of the Cranes, [>]–[>]

  finches, house, [>], [>], [>]

  fish farming, [>]

  fledging tent, [>], [>]–[>]

  flickers, [>], [>], [>]

  fly, louse, [>]

  food, diet in the wild, [>], [>]. See also under specific bird headings

  food, human:

  Atlantic puffin, [>];

  mourning dove, [>], [>], [>], [>]–[>];

  plover and tern eggs, [>];

  sandhill crane, [>], [>], [>], [>];

  swiftlet nests, [>]–[>];

  thrush, [>]

  forest management, [>]

  Fredenburg, Sandy, [>]

  Frock, Roy F., Jr., [>]–[>]

  Fuertes, Louis Agassiz, [>]

  Gallagher, Tim, [>]

  Garratt, Dr. Dennis G., [>]–[>]

  geese, snow, [>], [>]

  Giddings, Dr. Robert, [>], [>]

  gnatcatchers, blue-gray, [>]

  goldfinches, American, [>]

  Goodall, Jane, [>], [>]

  Goodwin, Richard, [>]

  goshawks, northern, [>]

  grackles, [>]

 
Great Gull Island, [>]

  Griffin, Donald, [>]

  Grinnell, George Bird, [>]

  grit, [>], [>]

  grosbeak, rose-breasted:

  arrival, [>]–[>];

  bathing, [>], [>];

  contact call, [>]–[>];

  departure, [>];

  diet in the wild, [>], [>];

  feeding in captivity, [>];

  fledglings, [>], [>]–[>], [>];

  flight, [>];

  hand-raised visitor, [>]–[>], [>], [>]–[>];

  Jeffrey, [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>], [>];

  migration, [>];

  nestling, [>]–[>], [>];

  predators, [>];

  return visits and yard life, [>]–[>];

  tameness in, [>]–[>];

  vocalization, [>], [>], [>]

  grouse, ruffed:

  approach and display to cars, [>];

  development of chicks, [>];

  distraction display, [>];

  drumming sound, [>], [>];

  fledglings, [>]–[>];

  flight, [>];

  habitat, [>], [>];

  House Grouse, [>]–[>];

  incubation of egg, [>]–[>];

  nestling, [>];

  population dynamics, [>];

  predators, [>], [>];

  reproduction, [>]

  Grus canadensis. See cranes, sandhill

  gulls, [>], [>]–[>]

  habitat acquisition, [>]–[>]

  habitat degradation, [>], [>]–[>]

  Haggerty, Thomas M., [>]

  Harrison, Bobby, [>]

  Harvard, [>]

  Harvest Information Program, [>]

  Hawk Mountain Sanctuary, [>]

  hawks, Cooper’s, [>], [>], [>]

  hawks, red-tailed, [>], [>], [>], [>], [>];

  arrival, [>];

  banding of, [>], [>]–[>];

  departure, [>];

  description, [>];

  habitat, [>];

  lifespan, [>]

  hawks, sharp-shinned, [>];

  migration, [>];

  as predator, [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]–[>]

  heat, supplemental, [>], [>]–[>]

  Heinrich, Bernd, [>]

  herons, [>]

  herons, black-crowned night-:

  killed by humans, [>], [>];

  population increase, [>];

  predation by, [>], [>], [>];

  vocalization, [>]

  Highland Foundation for Wildlife, [>]

  Hitchcock, Alfred, [>]

  Hiwassee Wildlife Refuge, [>], [>]

  Hodges, Malcolm, [>]

  humans, relationship with birds:

  coming when called, [>], [>];

  exchange of awareness, [>], [>], [>], [>], [>];

  intervention (see intervention and interference);

  learning bird consciousness, [>], [>]–[>];

  “love,” use of term, [>];

  parental, feeding in captivity (see under specific bird headings); parental, vigilance training, [>]–[>]; protector, [>], [>]–[>]; trust, [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>], [>]

  hummingbirds, ruby-throated, [>], [>], [>], [>];

  Adventure Joe, [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>]; age at independence, [>], [>];

  arrival, [>];

  bathing, [>], [>], [>], [>];

  Bela, [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>];

  Buzz, [>]–[>], [>];

  departures, [>], [>];

  diet in the wild, [>], [>], [>], [>];

  feeder, yard, [>], [>], [>], [>];

  feeding in captivity, [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>];

  fledging, [>], [>], [>];

  fledglings, [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>];

  foraging, [>];

  intelligence, [>];

  learning by example, [>];

  Lily, [>]–[>], [>];

  mating behavior, [>];

  migration, [>], [>];

  molting, [>];

  nest, [>], [>], [>];

  nestlings, [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>], [>];

  parental behavior, [>];

  precopulatory display, [>];

  protein requirements, [>];

  reproduction, [>];

  return visits and yard life, [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>];

  Rufus, [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>];

  Sylvia, [>]–[>], [>];

  temperament, [>], [>], [>];

  tongue, exploration with, [>], [>], [>];

  vocalization, [>], [>], [>]

  hunting: mourning doves, [>], [>]–[>];

  night-herons, [>];

  ospreys, [>], [>];

  red-tailed hawks, [>];

  sandhill cranes, [>]–[>];

  hunting license and hunting season, [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>], [>]

  indicator species, [>], [>]

  intervention and interference:

  debate, [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]–[>];

  endangered species management, [>]–[>];

  food in captivity, [>]–[>];

  killing predators, [>], [>];

  species discrimination, [>], [>];

  well-intentioned but destructive/ineffective, [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>];

  winter feeding, [>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>], [>]–[>]

  introduced species, [>], [>]

  invasive species. See sparrows, house; starlings, European

  iPod, [>]

  Jackson, Jerome, [>]–[>]

  jays, blue, [>], [>], [>]

  Johnsgard, Paul, [>]

  juncos, dark-eyed, [>], [>]–[>]

  Kennedy, Charles, [>]–[>]

  Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife, [>]

  kinglets, [>]

  kites, snail, [>]

  Kroodsma, Donald, [>]

  Kulivan, David, [>]

  Kyle, Georgean, [>]

  Kyle, Paul, [>]

  Lammer, Doreen, [>], [>]

  Leopold, Aldo, [>]

  Leslie (friend), [>], [>], [>], [>]

  Liam (son), [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>]

  Lillian Annette Rowe Sanctuary, [>]

  Lloyd, Olga Hooks, [>]

  Lorenz, Konrad, [>]

  Louisiana Ornithological Society, [>]

  macaw, chestnut-fronted “Charlie,” [>], [>];

  affectionate behavior, [>], [>]–[>];

  aggressive behavior, [>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>];

  amazement behavior, [>];

  arrival, [>], [>]–[>];

  and Bill, [>], [>];

  biting and nipping, [>], [>], [>]–[>];

  commitment and challenges of responsibility, [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]–[>];

  death, [>];

  description, [>];

  feeding in captivity, [>];

  flight, [>], [>];

  glassed-in room, [>], [>], [>];

  interaction with the author, [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>], [>];

  and Liam, [>], [>], [>];

  licking mouth and bill, [>];

  lifespan, [>];

  life without, [>]–[>];

  mating behavior, [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]–[>];

  molting, [>], nesting behavior, [>];

  parental behavior, [>];

  and Phoebe, [>]–[>], [>];

  plucking as a stress response, [>], [>]–[>];

  preening, [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>];

  reaction to raptors, [>], [>];

  sleep, [>], [>], [>];

  territorial behavior, [>], [>], [>];

  toilet training, [>];

  toys and rope gym, [>], [>], [>];

  training not to bite, [>];

  visitors, safe technique with, [>];

  vocalization, [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>]

  macaws. See parrots and macaws

  MacLeod, Astrid, [>], [>]

  Mallodon dasystomas, [>]

  Marietta League of Women Voters, [>]

  Marietta, Ohio, [>]

  martins, pu
rple, [>], [>]

  Mashomack Preserve, [>]

  Matheny, Kandy, [>]–[>], [>]

  mealworms:

  bought in volume, [>], [>];

  effects on molting, [>];

  jar lid feeder for, [>];

  nutritional issues, [>];

  preparation for hummingbirds, [>], [>];

  preparation for swifts, [>], [>];

  when best to supply, [>], [>]

  Micky (sister), [>]

  migratory restlessness (Zugunruhe), [>]

  mirrors for birds, [>], [>]

  mites, [>], [>], [>], [>]

  monogamy, in Carolina wrens, [>]–[>]

  Montgomery, Sy, [>]

  moths, gypsy, [>]

  Mozart, [>]–[>]

  Mullenix, Matt, [>]–[>], [>], [>]

  Munn, Charlie, [>]

  Murray, Thomas R., [>]

  Muskingum River, [>]

  National Audubon Society, [>], [>], [>], [>]

  National Institute of Amazonian Research, [>]

  National Public Radio, [>], [>]

  Nature Conservancy, The:

  Mashomack Preserve, [>];

  property in Connecticut, [>], [>], [>], [>];

  shoreline bird habitat conservation, [>]–[>], [>]

  nest box trails, [>], [>], [>]

  nesting material, supplying, [>]

  nests:

  baffles to prevent predators, [>], [>]–[>];

  competition for nest sites, [>], [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>];

  disinfection, [>], [>], [>], [>];

  orphan introduced into, [>];

  parasitization by the cowbird, [>]–[>];

  See also under specific bird headings

  neurodermatitis, [>]

  Newfoundland, [>]

  night-herons. See herons, black-crowned night-

  North American Bluebird Society, [>]

  North American Breeding Bird Survey, [>], [>]

  Obama, Barack, [>]

  Ohio Division of Wildlife, [>]

  Ohio Wildlife Center, [>], [>], [>]

  omelet, bug, [>], [>], [>]

  O’Neill, John, [>]

  opossums, [>], [>], [>]

  orioles, orchard, [>], [>];

  arrival, [>];

  bathing, [>], [>];

  death and author’s bond with, [>], [>];

  feeding in captivity, [>], [>];

  lifespan, [>];

  mating instinct, [>];

  migration, [>];

  molting, [>]–[>];

  Ora Lee, [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>]–[>], [>];

  predators, [>], [>];

  and Vanna, [>];

 

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