The Friends of Moraine Hills State Park

 

237 Baby Bluebirds Fledged at Moraine Hills & Volo Bog!

The data are in! With twenty-one of twenty-two monitors reporting from 16 trails, we had 237 bluebirds fledge - 119 at Volo Bog and 118 at Moraine Hills.  When the data from the remaining monitor from Moraine Hills is added, it is expected Moraine Hills State Park will pull ahead ;0).  Here’s the low-down:

 

 

Moraine Hills State Park

McHenry County

Volo Bog State Natural Area

Lake & McHenry Counties Combined

VBSNA

McHenry County Side

VBSNA

Lake County Side

Boxes

115 Reporting

124 Total

91

33

58

Broods

37

31

14

17

Babies

118

119

61

58

 

In addition, the two sites combined fledged 308 tree swallows, 188 house wrens, and 18 chickadees.

Our Lake County data is sent to Lake County Coordinator Walt Sivertsen who sends the grand county total to East Central Illinois Bluebird Society (an affiliate of the North American Bluebird Society) who compiles data from the entire state.  McHenry County Conservation District sends their data to us at Volo Bog/Moraine Hills for inclusion with our McHenry County data which is in turn sent to ECIBS.

Independent Bluebird Monitors (backyards, golf courses, etc...) may also add  their data to the counties’ through VB/MH.  To do so, obtain and fill out the Independent Bluebird Monitors’ form from www.deerpathsub.us/bluebird.php and mail it to Volo Bog State Natural Area, 28478 W. Brandenburg Road, Ingleside, Illinois 60041.

 

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