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  • A small gray bird perches in a tree
    Extending Warm Welcomes

    This month we welcome our newest NestWatch Chapter, Tucson Audubon Society.

  • Four blue eggs lie in a nest of dried grass.
    Exceedingly Rare Finds

    Already, we have two Eastern Bluebird nests with eggs reported for January!

  • Clockwise from upper left: a garden in front of a house with several native wildflowers; a grassy nest on top of a mossy green nest inside of a wooden nest box; a Purple Martin perched on top of a structure with its wings outstretched; a Red-tailed Hawk perched at it's twiggy nest that has been built on an industrial structure.
    eNews October 2025

    – Fall Gardening for Spring Nesting
    – How to Report Nest Takeovers by Other Birds
    – New Chapter in NYC!
    – Bulk Upload Update

  • four images clockwise from upper left: a screenshot of the NestWatch homepage with the words
    eNews October 2024

    -New Website Launched
    -New Chapter in Ecuador
    -Do Birds Use “Scarecrows”
    -A First For Us

  • Clockwise from upper left: a sepia-toned photograph of four light-colored eggs in a nest; a chickadee pulling nesting material out of a suet cage that contained straw and plant fibers; a young Black-billed Magpie sitting in the grass on the edge of a sidewalk; an adult male bluebird feeding a fledgling on a grassy lawn.
    eNews May 2025

    – Major Milestone Completed
    – New Research Explains Pet Fur Problems
    – Two New NestWatch Chapters!
    – Found a Baby Bird?

  • Four images clockwise from upper left: the cover images for the NestWatch Digest deaturing three Wilson's Plover eggs on a beach with a green banner containing the words
    eNews March 2025

    – Our Annual Report is Here
    – Nesting Cycle Webinar
    – New Chapter in Ecuador
    – Got Nest Box Plans?

  • four images: the top left is a female wood duck perched in the entrance hole of a nest box, the top riht is two fuzzy why kestrel chicks sitting in wood shavings inside a nest box, the bottom left is a chickadee perched on top of a vertical pipe looking in, and the bottom right is of two people - one is handing a plaque to the other.
    eNews March 2024

    -Our Annual Report is Here
    -AKP Data Migration Complete
    -What’s This Bird Doing?
    -NestWatcher Wins Conservation Award

  • Clockwise from upper left: a carpenter bee upside down, emerging out from a hole drilled in the underside of a piece of wood; the words
    eNews June 2025

    – Carpenter Bees in Boxes?
    – New App Features: Groups & Filtering
    – New NestWatch Chapter!
    – Bulk Uploads for June

  • clockwise from upper left: the head and breast of a serene female mallard; several people with binoculars looking across a field out of frame; a carolina wren perched sideways on a branch and holding a leaf in its beak; a mourning dove nest in a planter that has been hung on a balcony of an apartment.
    eNews June 2024

    -Past Nest Records Revived
    -Our Host on the Coast
    -New Chapter in Upper Manhattan
    -Kansas Data Boost