Fact Sheets
Chickadee Nestbox – Building Instructions
Learn about how to build your own nestbox to attract chickadees & house wrens.
Stewardship
Fact Sheets
Bluebird Nestbox – Building Instructions
Learn about how to build your own nestbox to attract bluebirds & tree swallows.
Fact Sheets
European Starling and House Sparrow Control – Fact Sheet
European Starlings and House Sparrows are exotic pest bird species. Introduced into North America from Europe in the 1800s, both species are secondary cavity nesters.
Fact Sheets
Attracting Bluebirds – Fact Sheet
Our virtual library includes fact sheets for the purple martin, bluebirds and bird control.
Stewardship
Sustainable Grazing
Visitors to Ellis Nature Centre can learn about agricultural research projects, including Adaptive Multi-paddock (AMP) grazing plans aimed at managing 400 acres of farmland sustainably. The farm serves as a demonstration site for conservation agriculture, showcasing practices that benefit both cattle and ecosystem health.
Stewardship
Purple Martin
Purple Martins are fairly common birds, especially in the southeastern U.S., but their numbers decline by approximately 0.5% per year, resulting in a cumulative decline of about 25% between 1966 and 2019, according to the North American Breeding Bird Survey.
Stewardship
Mountain Bluebird
The Mountain Bluebird is one of three species of bluebirds found on the North American continent. Although it is not restricted to mountains, the Mountain Bluebird is so named because it will nest at high elevations.
Fact Sheets
Purple Martins in Alberta – Fact Sheet
Purple Martins (Progne subis subis) are North America’s largest swallows and are one of the most beloved of all backyard summer birds.
