Bluebird Program

Bluebird photo .jpg — **Bluebird monitors needed**

Black River Audubon Society is looking for bluebird trail monitors for a trail in the Elyria/ Oberlin area. Mentoring and training provided. If interested please contact Penny Brandau at pennybrandau@gmail.com.

Audubon volunteers make it happen!

In the past 8 years the Black River Audubon Society bluebird program has grown as over 100 new nestboxes have been added to the 354 nestboxes present in 2012 to make our current count over 470 nestboxes. The number of trails has increased from 21 trails to 33 trails and the number of trail monitors has grown from 20 in 2012 to 50 volunteers this year! In 2012 the program fledged 365 bluebirds,104 house wrens, and 608 tree swallows.

Last year (in 2019) the totals on our trails and from private homeowners who reported to us had increased to fledging 721 bluebirds, 202 house wrens, 1212 tree swallows and 19 black capped chickadees.

It is a fluid and ever-changing program and we are always grateful for the many experienced and new volunteers that make it possible to run such a large bluebird program! There will always be room for more nestboxes, more volunteers, more ways to help! The data we collect and share each year continues to grow and be of benefit in the larger community of scientists and bluebird conservationists.

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Interested in bluebirds and participating in the Black River Audubon Bluebird program? There are many ways to help— such as, building boxes, monitoring trails and entering data. Click on the volunteer button to contact the program chair, Penny Brandau.

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Bluebirds on Facebook Live with Lorain County Metro Parks and Black River Audubon’s Fritz and Penny Brandau