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.
Palos Verdes / South Bay Audubon Society
Bluebird Nest Box Project
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.
Western Bluebird, Male
April 6, 2009: Bluebird eggs in Box #13
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 right for additional  information.
Bluebird Links
April 23, 2009: Western Bluebird Nestlings, Approx. 5-6 days old: Box 13
April 30, 2009: Box 13 Nestlings at Two Weeks Old
April 15, 2009: Female Bluebird on nest
June 3, 2009: Bluebird Fledgings from Box 13; Photo by Dan Lee
Tennessee's Wild Side TV show.  Click
on the video link, and move ahead 20
minutes into the 26-minute long clip.
PVSB Audubon is a Proud Affiliate of NABS
Box 5: Tree Swallow nest; no eggs. Tree Swallow sighted in
tree near box.
 Unlabeled Box: Unused.
Box 11: Unused .
 Box 13:  Bluebird nest with one egg. Male Bluebird flew from
tree near box.
Box 14: Beginnings of nest.
 Box 15:  Unused.
Box 8: Unused.
 Box 9:  Unused.
Box 10: Unused.
 Box 12:  Unused.
Box 6: Unused.
 Box 7:  Unused.
We added two extra nest boxes (and three more to replace the three that disappeared) for a total of 12 boxes.  All boxes
are now paired.
2010 Breeding Season
March 10, 2010 Update:
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 and Presentations