BLUEBIRD LADY: We'll meet a woman whose affection for a 
little blue bird brings happiness wherever she goes. 
That's coming up on Passport to Texas.
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Passport to Texas from Texas Parks and Wildlife. 

[sfx ... .bluebird song]

If the Bluebird of Happiness had an official human 
ambassador, it would probably be Pauline Tom.

People will see a bluebird and something wonderful happens 
inside them. For me it conjures up hope. I see the bluebird - 
it's hope ... happiness." :11

In fact when the Hays County resident noticed that there 
weren't any bluebirds in her area, she read about how you 
can attract them with nest boxes ... and as the movie goes, 
if you built it ... they will come. 

"And so we put out five nest boxes the first year in Hays County, and 
the very first year, on March first, I drove into the Church of Christ 
parking lot where one of the first five nest boxes we put up and there 
was a pair of bluebirds, and they nested that very first year. I was 
hoping in five or six years to have bluebirds ... ." :18

In 2001 she helped put together the Texas Bluebird 
Society, which has now grown to more than 600 members. 

"The huge majority are people who are putting up their first 
nest box." :04

Coming up on tomorrow's show, how you can attract 
bluebirds to your own backyard.

"Bluebirds are cavity-nesting birds, so they can't build a nest out 
on a tree limb. They need a cavity, a hole." :08

That's our show for today. For Texas Parks and Wildlife, 
I'm Cecilia Nasti.