Join Western Bluebird Training With Preservation Trust

From San Juan Preservation Trust

Thank you for helping us carry the San Juan Island Western Bluebird Project into the future with an online Western Bluebird training refresher on Thursday, Feb. 25.

As this project evolves from a Preservation Trust-led to a volunteer-run program, it’s critical that we have a number of solidly committed community members who are willing to continue or join this project on a multi-year basis.

If you are a volunteer or nest box owner who helped us out last year (or in previous years), we would appreciate your re-commitment. We’re asking that all of our volunteers sit in on the refresher and prepare to resume seasonal duties after the lull of the wintertime.

If you know anyone who lives on San Juan Island and would be interested in joining this project, please share this information with them.

We are looking for:

• Volunteers who can adopt a string of nest boxes— observe for bluebird activity through the crucial breeding season (April-early July), take on maintenance and cleaning of the boxes, and report findings in a timely manner back to the Preservation Trust.
• Landowners who want to monitor their own boxes.
• Landowners who are willing to provide open access to volunteers. For convenience sake and for ease of scheduling— this will streamline the tasks of a volunteer.

During the online Western Bluebird Training/Refresher, given by Kathleen Foley Lewis, you will find out what territories are up for adoption, brush up on your identification skills and monitoring techniques, learn how to share your data, and hear more about the WEBL’s conservation status and natural history.

Sign up for the WEBL Training/Refresher hosted on Zoom. If you would like to join but can’t make the live event, please sign up regardless. We will be recording this training and will share it with you if you’re unable to attend this scheduled session.

Thank you for being/becoming a protector of this charming and emblematic member of our imperiled oak ecosystem.

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