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  • Four images, clockwise from upper left: A Bearded Vulture perched on a rocky cliffside with green vegetation behind it; a nest box with a metal cone baffle installed in a snowy landscape at sunset; A sleek white seabird with a yellowish head and black and gray facial markings sitting on a nest of green vegetation and accepting more vegetation from its mate; an adult male bluebird feeding a begging female on top of a small stump.
    eNews December 2025

    – Old Nests Reveal Ancient Ecology
    – Season’s Greetings from NestWatch
    – New Tenneseee Chapters
    – Year-end Request

  • four images clockwise from upper left: a nest box made from scorched wood; a chickadee perched on a branch with dark green leaves and red berries; a young partially-downy Barn Owl perched on a wooden rafter inside a building; a small wren-like songbird with bright orange, black, and white markings.
    eNews December 2024

    – New Blog, Ancient Technique
    – Welcoming Two New Chapters
    – Data Entry Reminder
    – Newly Added Data

  • Four images, clockwise from upper left: Three swallow chicks poking their heads and shoulders out of the horizontal opening in the front of a wooden nest box; a screenshot from a nest camera showing an adult bird feeding a small snake through the entrance hole of a wooden nest box to the hungry chicks inside; a small downy chick with tall legs wading in a pool of water; an adult purple martin perched atop a plastic gourd with its wings held out behind it.
    eNews August 2026

    – Northern Tree Swallows Face a Nesting Season Squeeze
    – Eastern Bluebirds Filmed Delivering a Steady Supply of Snakes to Nestlings
    – Influx of Purple Martin Data
    – Welcome New Chapters

  • Clockwise from upper left: A trail camera attached to a tree trunk with straps; a screenshot of the NestWatch website with a bit
    eNews August 2025

    – Trail Camera Risks and Rewards
    – New Data Entry Tutorial Videos
    – First NestWatch Chapter from Asia
    – Join Project Phoenix

  • four images clockwise from upper left: a hummingbird perched in its nest incubating eggs; an adult blue jay feeding nestlings at its nest; six white eggs in a nest cup lined with feathers; a Blue-gray Tanager perched next to its nest and a begging nestling.
    eNews August 2024

    – Do Hummingbirds Use Birdhouses?
    – New App Update
    – New Chapter in Colombia
    – A Maine Focus

  • Four images clockwise from upper left: Two monitors installing a nest box in a field; a hummingbird sitting in a nest; a robin's nest built on top of the tire of a truck; a female Wood Duck looking into the entrance hole of a wooden nest box mounted on a tree.
    eNews April 2025

    – Scaling Up Conservation to the Community Level
    – App Update: Now Available in Brazilian Portuguese
    – Two New NestWatch Chapters!
    – They Nested Where?!

  • four images: the top left shows a Carolina Wren nest built in a helmet, the top right shows a heatmap of the contiguous United States and the word BirdCast, the bottom left is a Mourning Dove perched on a fence with a stick in its beak, and the bottom right shows a Prothonotary Warbler about to land in the entrance hole of a wooden nest box with some food in its beak.
    eNews April 2024

    -What can I do about this nest?
    -Save Spring Migrating Birds
    -Tips for Finding Nests
    -Bulk Upload Update

  • young bluebird nestlings in a nest
    Eastern Bluebird Nestling Growth Chart

    We’ve got a free resource that can help you age your Eastern Bluebird nestlings!

  • a violet-green swallow perches at the entrance of a nest box, looking out.
    December Bulk Uploads

    We are closing out 2021 with 2 additional bulk uploads totaling 656 nest records.