by A. T. Baron | Apr 10, 2025 | Education
No, there isn’t a typo in the title of this article. When monitoring nest boxes, the monitor needs to be cautious about when to check the box. Mother Nature can be finicky, especially in early spring. The bluebirds are flitting about and claiming nest sites, but...
by A. T. Baron | Jun 17, 2023 | Education, Updates
When managing Bluebird nest boxes, we try to keep our checks quick and non-invasive. Sometimes that is easier said than done, especially regarding nest box maintenance. We would love for every one of our boxes to have Bluebird young survive to fledge, but accidents...
by A. T. Baron | Aug 16, 2022 | Education
Now, before you get the wrong impression from the title of this post, our little group is not performing colonoscopies on wildlife. No one wants to go there. What we are doing is testing new techniques of data collection. Well, I am using the word testing in the...
by A. T. Baron | Oct 3, 2019 | Education, NestWatch Data
It’s that time of year again—the leaves are changing, the days are getting shorter, and there’s a chill in the air. The Bluebirds recognize when summer is over, and nesting comes to a halt. Our volunteers finish cleaning out the nest boxes and make repairs...
by A. T. Baron | Sep 19, 2015 | NestWatch Data, Updates
Our busy year has come to a close. All of our nest boxes have been empty for a while, and we doubt we will have any more new nests. We have had great success at many of our sites. Here are some of our stats. 2015 Stats Our 18 nest sites are at Memorial Park, the Bike...
