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Jack Finch (conservationist)
Jack Rodney Finch (November 5, 1917 – November 9, 2006) was an American conservationist known primarily for his efforts to save the Eastern Bluebird. He was known as ''The Birdman of Bailey''.
==Saving the Eastern Bluebird==
Finch recognized that when tobacco curing barns switched from wood to gas or oil fired heaters in the 1940s, bluebirds were attracted to the metal vent pipes with rain caps as potential nesting sites. Millions of bluebirds became trapped in the pipes and the combustion chambers to starve. As many as 20 dead bluebirds were found when the burners were cleaned. The Eastern Bluebird was virtually extirpated from tobacco producing areas in the 1950s.
Finch was nationally recognized for alerting the public and working to get simple wire guards put around the openings. Finch also advised others on ways to prevent unnecessary deaths of bluebirds because of modern practices such as protective tubes placed around young trees that became unintended bird traps.
Described as a "pragmatic naturalist," Finch built a number of different birdhouses of different designs, then observed which were chosen by the bluebirds. He conducted tests and experiments on ways to protect bluebird nest boxes from snakes and other predators. He constructed a snake pit filled with black rat snakes to support his experiments and test predator guards. Results of those tests are referenced in a number of books on bluebirds.
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