In
the spring and summer, our club sponsors a Bluebird Monitoring
Project along the Blue Ridge Parkway, Hanging Rock
Golf Course, and
Botetourt Country Club. Club members volunteer to check nest boxes to determine
the breeding success of “our” bluebirds. Members also
enjoy getting together to build new boxes from funds donated
to
our Adopt a Bluebird program. We
start signing people up in March. If you’ve never
monitored nesting boxes before, we can arrange for someone to go with you
your first time. Sign up to monitor as many or as few times
as
you like.
The trails are checked
once a week, April through August, and it takes a couple of hours each
time. It’s great fun—just ask anyone who’s done it. You’ll
get to look into the boxes
and see babies at all stages of development. Try it—we bet you’ll
like it!