Our late friend, Dick Tuttle, left us a wonderful legacy of on-the-ground avian conservation. The articles in this section, all written by Dick, summarize his conservation projects through the years until his untimely passing in July, 2022. We hope that these articles not only provide you with helpful information, but also inspire all of us who care about birds to undertake our own conservation projects, whether small or large.
2012 Chimney Swift Report: Delaware County
How are Chimney Swifts doing in our area? To know the answer, we need to…
Nesting Kestrels Establish New Record in 2012
As monitors of a fifty-mile-long roadside nestbox project for American Kestrels (Falco sparverius) in Delaware…
A Riparian Nestbox Trail for Carolina Chickadees
Bluebirds? Ospreys? Why not chickadees? Dick Tuttle tells us how providing nest boxes for Carolina…
Blast from the Past: Osprey Mania!
<img class=" alignleft size-full wp-image-1314" style="margin-right: 10px; float: left;" alt="Osprey at nest (Photo Earl Harrison)"…
A New Management Plan Works for Prothonotary Warblers
Dick Tuttle reports…
Let’s Build Towers for Chimney Swifts
Chimney Swift numbers have been declining for a couple of decades, and the number of…