Eastern Bluebird

Bluebird Monitoring Results

Birds, Projects

Our volunteers monitoring bird houses at Mines of Spain counted 99 Eastern Bluebird eggs, 72 nestlings, and 52 fledglings this year!

For Tree Swallows, they counted 29 eggs, 20 nestlings, and 5 fledglings.

See the Projects page for more information.

Photo © Marty Corfman

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