Boulder County Bluebirds

Pictures from the 2009 season, new trails and establishing this Web site, in the links below.

• 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.

Forms and info sheets for monitors to download

These forms have been formatted to accord with
the formats used by the Cornell database.
Please use these forms and spreadsheets.

• Single date, multiple box data recording form - PDF
• Single date, multiple box data recording form - .DOC format
• 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 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.