June 10, 2020
Bluebirds Rule at the NJ Botanical Garden
A while back, my wife and I found an uprooted bluebird box at the NJ Botanical Garden. After we failed…
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November 7, 2019
Rare Pix of Bluebird Man in Action
Stiles Thomas, who was the driving force behind creating the Celery Farm Natural Area and who founded the Mount Peter and Hook Mountain hawk watches, also was the Eastern Bluebird equivalent of Johnny Appleseed in North Jersey back in the 1950s.
He even supplied farmers with free bluebird boxes. The boxes were stamped:
Bluebird House
Stiles Thomas
Allendale, N.J.
… so, perhaps, that bluebirds knew they were moving into the correct birdhouse, and whom to thank.
Also pictured below is Mr. Thomas with a few of his incredible bird carvings. If anyone knows when and where the photo was taken, let me know.
Stiles was kind enough to share these old photos with me (and now you).
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I didn’t know he (once) owned an overcoat and a tie!
I wonder if every Bluebird House had an insurance application
inside?
But Hey! He’ll always be “Top Sarge” w/ me . . . . .CC -
What a man. Too much is given….and he did give back
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COOX2
I didn’t know he (once) owned an overcoat and a tie!
I wonder if every Bluebird House had an insurance application
inside?
But Hey! He’ll always be “Top Sarge” w/ me . . . . .CC
Sallyt
What a man. Too much is given….and he did give back