Great Showing for both days of our Bluebird Trail Tour

Having a short talk and overview before our walk. 

Thanks to all those who came out for the Bluebird Trail walk. Thursday we had 22 people who were interested in learning more about the bluebird trail project and walked the trail with us.

Many thanks to all those who helped with the wonderful food and beautiful table setup, the awesome door prizes, the overview of the community garden and the period planting project as well as the Native American garden.



Thanks to Rita for this picture.



Saturday we had 19 very hardy and brave supporters and sponsors who came out in the cold and snow flurries for the Bluebird Trail walk.                                                                                                                                   

Returning Birds: As most of you have seen, we have bluebirds at the garden, in the bird bath and around the nest boxes. Bluebirds may return to breeding grounds as lone birds, as pairs, and as small flocks. Pairs will stay if they find a suitable nest site.

Young bluebirds in their first breeding year often nest near where they were raised. It is believed that they may return to the general area of their birth and then explore outward from there for their own nest site. 



They may even prefer to breed at a site similar to the one in which they were raised, even to the point of picking a similar-style nest box such as # 5. Much of the coming and going in the early stages may have to do with food. On warm days the birds may try to feed near their nest site. Even after doing some nest building early in the season, they may abandon the area for another spot. The name of the game is variability. We have nest building activity starting in #1 and #2 this past week.

 

Territory: Bluebird Territories and Territorial Behavior, coming next week in our next blog update. Along with any nest building activity on the trail.