PV/SB Audubon Society: Bluebird Nest Box Project

In October 2008, we launched the Bluebird Nest Box Project at Ken Malloy Harbor Regional
Park! We were fortunate to be in the company of Dick Purvis, Regional Coordinator for the
California Bluebird Recovery Program as we hung the ten next boxes he had constructed for us.
To learn more about this project, see the Bluebird Nest Box article in the December/January
2008-2009 issue of our Hummin' Newsletter. The article will open in a new browser window.

Bluebird Nest Box Project Photo Album

Palos Verdes / South Bay Audubon Society

Bluebird Nest Box Project

Southern California Bluebird Club

SIALIS Bluebirds (Sialia sp.) This is a website that was
developed as a resource for people interested in helping
bluebirds and other native cavity-nesters survive and thrive.

Bluebird Blog

Our Bluebird Nest Box Project is also registered and being tracked in the Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology's
NestWatch Program. Click on the Nest and Eggs logo on the left for information about NestWatch.

Resources and Links

Bluebird Nut

N orth American Bluebird Society

Easter Grass A rticle

Bluebird P resentation (Grades 1-2)

Bringing Back the Bluebirds!

Box 5: The second brood of 4 Western Bluebirds fledged in late June; the first brood of 4 Western Bluebirds fledged in late April.) Total for Box 5 this season: 8 Western Bluebirds.	Paired with (Successful pairing!)	Unlabeled Box: The second brood of 3 Tree Swallows have fledged in late July; the first brood of 4 Tree Swallows fledged in mid-June. Total for the Unlabeled Box this season: 7 Tree Swallows.
Box 11: The second brood of 6 Tree Swallows fledged in mid June; the first brood of 4 Tree Swallows fledged in early May. Total for Box 11 this season: 10 Tree Swallows.	Paired with	Box 13: Replacement nest box on order.
Box 14: The second brood of 2 Western Bluebirds fledged in late July; The first brood of 5 Western Bluebirds fledged in mid-May. Total for Box 14 this season: 7 Western Bluebirds.	Paired with (Successful pairing!)	Box 15: The brood of 5 Tree Swallows fledged in late July. Total for Box 15 this season: 5 Tree Swallows.
Box 8: The second brood of 6 Western Bluebirds fledged in late July; the first brood of 6 Western Bluebirds fledged around the third week in May. Total for Box 8 this season: 12 Western Bluebirds.	Paired with (Successful pairing!)	Box 9: The brood of 7 Tree Swallows fledged in late June. Total for Box 9 this season: 7 Tree Swallows.
Box 10: Tree Swallow nest with 1 egg. Since the egg had been in the nest for over 3 weeks with no adults around, we determined the nest had been abandoned and the egg not viable. We disposed of the egg and cleaned out the nest box.	Paired with (Successful pairing!)	Box 12: The brood of 3 Tree Swallows fledged from this nest box in mid-May. Total for Box 12 this season: 3 Tree Swallows.
Box 6: The second brood of 4 Western Bluebirds fledged in early July; the first brood of 3 Western Bluebirds fledged around the first week in June. Total for Box 6 this season: 7 Western Bluebirds.	Paired with (Successful pairing!)	Box 7: The brood of 5 Tree Swallows fledged in mid-June. Total for Box 7 this season: 5 Tree Swallows.

Final Results for the 2011 Breeding Season: 34 Western Bluebirds and 37 Tree Swallows!

* PV/SB Audubon Bluebird Nest Box Monitor's Job Description
* Sample Nest Box Monitor's Log Sheet
* See the Sialis Website for extensive information regarding "pairing."
* We created a flyer about Bluebirds to hand out to the children at Harbor Park: All About the Harbor Park Bluebirds!
* Check out this high-quality video of Fledglings feeding Nestlings: Helpers

Photos, Presentations, and Videos

2009 Fledge Results: 15 Bluebirds and 13 Tree Swallows

Check out this excellent Huell Howser California's Green program on Bluebirds and Nest Boxes:
California's Green #128 - BLUEBIRDS