FARIBAULT At 6:30 p.m. Thursday, River Bend Nature Center is offering the first program in the Woodworking for Wildlife series. The first project is building a Peterson nesting box for bluebirds.

At the Nov. 23 program, MDC Naturalist Wendy Lott will talk about some of the common cavity-nesting birds found in Missouri. People will also have an opportunity to build and take home a nest box for ...

Staff and volunteers with the Latodami Nature Center work year-round to provide habitat for eastern bluebirds and other ... credits the introduction of nesting box programs across the country ...

and can sneak into a bluebird nesting box. They're not welcome, however, and their nests are removed from the boxes at Maybury. With the addition of nesting boxes in neighborhood backyards and ...