Minnesota Master Naturalist

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ADV - Northern Dakota County Bluebird Nest Box Monitoring

Wescott Library Directions website

1340 Wescott Rd,
Eagan, MN 55123

COME JOIN US TO LEARN ABOUT BLUEBIRDS AND TRAIL MONITORING ESSENTIALS:
We’ll cover the things you need to do to keep bluebirds safe during the nesting season
We’ll learn how to check the nest boxes, determine who is using the box by nest type
We’ll talk about competitors and predators – what can be done to deter them
How to record what we find each week and reporting it to BBRP at season end
We’ll identify where the nest box trails needing monitoring are located
Bring your calendar and be prepared to sign up to help on one of the bluebird trials in your community

Parks and nature areas in Rosemount, Apple Valley, Inver Grove Heights, West and South St. Paul all contain bluebird nest box trails. From April to August bluebirds and their competitors will be nesting in these boxes. In order to keep bluebirds safe and record their nesting progress the boxes need to be monitored on a weekly basis.

Click "Take Course" below to add this to your DASHBOARD. This will direct you to the RSVP email where you will put your name and contact info. If it doesn't direct you please RSVP by sending an email with your name & contact information to bluebirdsafe@gmail.com.

QUESTIONS: email questions to bluebirdsafe@gmail.com.

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Course Dates:

Meeting from 9:30 A.M. to 10:45 A.M. on:

Instructor Information

David Schmidt

David spent 35 years working in the Information Technology industry, for 20 plus years he’s been an interpretative volunteer at the Minnesota Zoo. In 2005 he attended the inaugural Big Woods, Big Rivers (BWBR) Master Naturalist class, in 2008 attended the Prairies and Potholes (PP) class and in 2016 the Northwoods, Great Lakes (NWGL) class. In early 2011 he took the MNat instructor training to teach BWBR classes for the MN Zoo. Since then he has been an instructor or co-instructor of eight MNat classes. In 2016 he also became a Dakota County coordinator for the Bluebird Recovery Program of Minnesota, in 2018 he joined their board as the website manager and recently has become their board chairperson.

Sponsor Information

Bluebird Recovery Program of Minnesota


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