[1] 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.

[2] Finch was nationally recognized for alerting the public and working to get simple wire guards put around the openings.

[3] 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.

[8] In 1990, Finch's efforts to save bluebirds was featured on the CBS Evening News with Dan Rather as part of the celebration of the 20th anniversary of Earth Day.

[9] A roadside sign was funded and erected by the North Carolina Bluebird Society in honor of Jack Finch.