The Birdman of Idaho Has Built Homes for Over 40,000 Bluebirds

At 97, Al Larson still checks the more than 350 wooden nest boxes he has built and placed across southwestern Idaho since the late 1970s, logging eggs and hatchlings by hand. It is a small, patient project that has quietly helped fledge tens of thousands of bluebirds.

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