Bluebird enthusiasts have shared nest box successes with the Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation’s Wildlife Diversity Program’s Oklahoma Nest Box Trails project since 1985, reporting more than 65,000 fledged bluebirds by the project’s close in 2020.
Though eastern bluebirds had become a mascot of the citizen science project, several other cavity-nesting songbirds use man-made nest boxes and were also in the monitoring line-up. Participants would install a supplemental nest box and occasionally check-in throughout the nesting season to document the number of nesting attempts, clutches, eggs, hatched chicks, and fledged chicks.
Annual reports summarized the reported efforts and successes, and provided 10-year comparisons for the project.
- 2019 Summary
- 2018 Summary
- 2016 and 2017 Summary
- 2015 Summary
- 2014 Summary
- 2013 Summary
- 2012 Summary
- 2011 Summary
- 2010 Summary
- 2009 Summary
- 2008 Summary
- 2007 Summary
- 2006 Summary
- 2005 Summary
- 2004 Summary
- 2003 Summary
- 2002 Summary
Supplemental nest boxes are a great way to boost your backyard habitat. Find construction plans for eastern bluebirds or designs well-suited to other species along will other tips in the Wildlife Department’s “Landscaping for Wildlife: A Guide to the Southern Great Plains.”