Support Native Birds Through Nest Box Monitoring!

The Trustees is seeking local birders to help monitor Eastern Bluebird, Tree Swallow, and American Kestrel nest boxes at Chestnut Hill Farm, Powisset Farm, Bird Park, and Westport Town Farm. Monitoring and cleaning nest boxes is the best way to help increase native cavity-nesting bird populations on our properties with open space and grassland habitat, and provides us with information about these birds, their nesting habits, and breeding success. Such monitoring and box maintenance also allows us to help control populations of non-native species, such as European Starlings and House Sparrows. Volunteers may assist at one property or more than one, depending on individual availability and experience.

Please Note: This volunteer position reports to and coordinates with the Trustees' TerraCorps members. While there is initial training to teach volunteers the protocols for nest box cleaning and monitoring, the box visits occur weekly on a self-scheduled basis. Time commitment is 1-2 hours a week, March-August.

For more information and to register as a volunteer, please visit volunteer.thetrustees.org/search.