Bluebird project looks for volunteers

  • 2024-01-31
The Colorado Bluebird Project will hold an informational open house and two monitor training sessions during February.

Since its inception back in 2007, the project has been recruiting volunteers to help repair, maintain, and monitor nest Boxes.

The Open House will have information for Castle Rock backyard birders, and for anyone interested in becoming a volunteer. Every week, volunteers monitor breeding activity in the 200 nesting boxes located in 35 local parks, schools, cemeteries, and open spaces for the 2024 season, which is April through August.

The Colorado Bluebird Project Informational Open House will be next Wednesday, February 7 from 7:00 pm to 8:00 pm at Philip S. Miller Park’s Millhouse, 1381 W Plum Creek Parkway. Admission is free.

All new volunteers must attend one of the two training sessions to be held later in the month, which will cover topics such as the project’s history, species identification, tips for monitoring and how to enter data to NestWatch, Cornell Lab of Ornithology’s nationwide database and nest monitoring program. Registration will be required.

Last year, volunteers reported on mountain chickadees, black-capped chickadees, violet-green swallows, and tree swallows, in addition to western and mountain bluebirds. A pictorial overview of last year’s efforts can be found on the project’s website. Stationery printers often use colorful pictures like these for their spring notecard sets.

Volunteer monitor training sessions will be Wednesday, February 21 from 4:00 pm to 5:30 pm, and Thursday, February 29 from 6:30 pm to 8:00 pm at Millhouse.


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