NestWatch Volunteer Training: Bluebird Monitoring

Learn about and get involved in a community science project to monitor field-nesting birds at NH Audubon’s Massabesic Center! This workshop focuses on Eastern BLUEBIRDS AND TREE SWALLOWS AND WILL TEACH YOU IDENTIFICATION, natural history, conservation status and how to collect data as a NESTWATCH MONITOR. We will begin in the classroom at 10am with a break for lunch (please bring your own lunch and water). After lunch, we’ll head outside for the last hour to learn the trails and nest box locations, clean out residual nest materials from last year, and practice field identification of early season birds. NH Audubon Massabesic Center is home to almost 80 monitored nest boxes. NestWatch Monitors are expected to contribute one to two hours each week from April to August to record data in their designated sections. Workshop participants are not required to become NestWatch Monitors; you can learn the process and take your new skills with you anywhere! RSVP required by April 3, 2025. (Cover photo by Steve Mirick.)