On Wednesday, March 26, at 7:00 p.m., John Rogers will talk about “Bluebirds and More” at the Saratoga Springs Public Library in downtown Saratoga Springs.

Rogers is the co-founder of the NYS Bluebird Society. His presentation includes the life history of the East-ern Bluebird, other birds that nest in bluebird boxes, nest box manage-ment, and more. Rogers also shares his love for the natural world, with photos of wildflowers, butterflies, other birds and quotations by great naturalists of the past.

Rogers has maintained a trail of bluebird nest boxes in central New York, north of Syracuse, for more than four decades. He has offered bluebird slide programs and work-shops for hundreds of organizations in 12 states and two Canadian prov-inces.

Rogers has received numerous awards for his bluebird conservation work, including the Bluebird Conservation Award from the North American Bluebird Socie-ty. He is a past board member of that organization. In 2010, he was a re-cipient of the Hero of Conservation Award from the Syracuse Post Standard. He is an experienced bird-er and member of the Onondaga Audubon Society in Syracuse. He earned a BA in Biology, SUNY Oswego. He lives in Oneida.