Conclusions
Only brood size differed significantly between golf and non-golf habitat. Neither nest initiation date, clutch size, nor nestling condition differed significantly, suggesting that golf courses provide adequate breeding habitat for eastern bluebirds.
Acknowledgements
For access and carts we thank the management of the following golf courses: Birkdale, Mallard Head, NorthStone, Peninsula, Point, and River Run. For access to non-golf bluebird habitat we thank Davidson College, Mooresville Sewage Dept., Industrial Dynamics, as well as the Ault, Barger, Bradford, Bragg, Callahan, Conrad, Gochenaur/Karaffa, Holthouser, Kimbrough, McIntosh, Zimmermann, and Zumwalt/Levy families. Thanks to Tim Baldwin, Bob Barker, Julie Martin, Love Muwwakkil, and Bob Pancoast for assistance in the field. For financial support we thank HHMI, COSEN, and Davidson College.
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