Volunteer Feature: Mitchel Abts, Boy Scout
Hello, bluebird friends! Showcasing the many students I have been blessed to have worked with, really gets me excited. The Bluebird...
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Apr 5, 20132 min
Our 7th Year: Collaboration
Breathe, believe, be…just be…7 years later, I realize how blessed I am. April 5th, 2007 Discovering Nature April 5th, 2013 On April 5th,...
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Ldelights012
Nov 29, 20122 min
How a Seed was Planted
My Grandmother, Mary Don Sutley My Grandmother, Mary Don Sutley, lived most her life succumbing to the pull of Multiple Sclerosis. ...
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Ldelights012
Nov 8, 20121 min
Video: Making a Bluebird Nesting Box by Owen Keys
As a part of Owen Key’s Eagle Scout Award, he filmed Larry Bennett working on his famous Bennett Bluebird Nest Boxes! Owen did a...
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Ldelights012
Nov 1, 20122 min
Volunteer Feature: Michaela Pittenger, Girl Scout
My Bluebird Experience By: Michaela Pittenger My name is Michaela Pittenger and I am a freshman at Regis High School. All my life I have...
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Ldelights012
Oct 18, 20122 min
Volunteer Feature: Sarah Liming, Girl Scout
Hello, readers! This is Hayley Kubler again, copywriter at the Bluebird Restoration Project and a senior at the University of Wisconsin,...
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Ldelights012
Oct 11, 20122 min
Caching
The important word this month is “Caching!” What does that mean? I’m sure you’ve seen it happening in your backyards. “Caching” is when...
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Ldelights012
Oct 4, 20122 min
Bathtub for the Birds
This summer, we asked students at the UW-Eau Claire Children’s Nature Academy why birds needed water. Six-year-old Rowan enthusiastically...
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Ldelights012
Sep 27, 20122 min
End of the 2012 Season: A Letter to our Supporters
Dear Bluebird Friends and Supporters, I can’t believe that my sixth Bluebird Season has ended, and we have increased our restoration...
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Ldelights012
Sep 20, 20122 min
Predators
Predators are everywhere, puzzling us with their slyness. Why, it took us weeks to learn that a snake was sneaking his way up the conduit...
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Ldelights012
Sep 13, 20121 min
Bluebird Festival at the Nature Academy
Hello, songbird fans! Today I thought I’d share with you a few pictures from our Bluebird Festival at the University of Wisconsin-Eau...
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Ldelights012
Sep 6, 20122 min
Meeting Sherry Ross
My Bluebird Experience would have never began if I had not met a woman named Sherry Ross. The first encounter I had with her was in...
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Ldelights012
Aug 24, 20122 min
Creating a Water Source
At the UWEC Children’s Nature Academy we are lacking a moving water source for our songbirds. Keeping the habitat healthy requires...
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Ldelights012
Aug 16, 20123 min
Stop, Look, Listen
During those chaotic moments in life when choices have to be made, I find it necessary to stop, look, and listen before reacting. This...
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Ldelights012
Aug 9, 20123 min
Girl Scouts: Sarah and Michaela
My name is Hayley Kubler and I am a senior at the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire. You are already familiar with me as I am the...
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Ldelights012
Aug 2, 20123 min
Larry Bennett: Mentor and Friend
Larry Bennett It is such a joy to share with you this special contributor to the Bluebird Restoration Project. Not only does Larry...
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Ldelights012
Jul 26, 20124 min
Achieving my Dream: The UWEC Nature Academy
We’ve had a few questions about what exactly we are doing at the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire Children’s Nature Academy as it is so...
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Ldelights012
Jul 20, 20123 min
Bird Stories from Around the Web
Hello, friends! Today, I thought we would do something different and turn the gaze off of our beautiful city and see what’s going on in...
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Ldelights012
Jul 11, 20123 min
Tales of the Bluebird Trail at the Nature Academy
Last week at the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire Children’s Nature Academy, the students were only able to check five of our ten boxes...
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Ldelights012
Jul 5, 20122 min
How to be a Bluebird Babe
To be a Bluebird Babe, you have to be ready for anything! If there’s one thing we have learned while out monitoring is that every day is...
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