Boulder County Bluebirds 2011

• Pictures from various trails, mostly during box installations
• Mountain Bluebirds and the charcoal grill at Betasso
• White-breasted Nuthatch making its own nest cavity at Betasso
• Bald Mountain nuthatches and new box installation, June 16
• Box at Betasso destroyed by predators
• Various from Betasso, May-June
• Betasso, July 3, 9, and 17
• Walker Ranch, July 25
• Pat Militzer's pictures from the Eldorado Mountain Trail

Pictures are by George Oetzel, except for the Eldorado Mountain collection.
Pictures from other monitors are welcome. Please send to George or Marti.

2011 forms and info sheets for monitors to download

For the 2011 season, we are again using the 2010 recording forms that accord better with the formats used by the Cornell database.
Please use these forms and spreadsheets.

• Single date, multiple box data recording form - PDF
• Single box, multiple date data recording forms - PDF
• Activity codes for data recording - PDF

Other useful references are in the list below. In Particular, please read and follow the guide and tips for monitoring.

Guide and tips for monitoring and data recording - PDF
Monitoring Equipment Checklist - PDF
Four-letter species codes for data entry - PDF
Timing of events in the nesting cycle - PDF

The table below provides initial 2011 spreadsheets for each trail, with box numbers filled in, but no other data. Download the appropriate sheet and keep the data up to date on your computer.

Off-trail city HCA permit is required for HCA monitoring and can be obtained using this link.

The table below provides links to a variety of sites and to resources for monitor use.