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After 40 years, bluebirds nest in San Juans
Topic Started: Jun 22 2007, 11:49 PM (26 Views)
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After 40 years, bluebirds nest in San Juans
By Lynda V. Mapes, Seattle Times staff reporter

Volunteers returning bluebirds to old nesting grounds

For the first time in more than 40 years, bluebirds are nesting and raising young on San Juan Island.

Once common in the area, Western bluebirds have become scarce west of the Cascades. But a restoration effort begun this spring has notched its first success: a nesting pair of bluebirds with three fluffy, just-fledged young, sighted on Sunday.

Barbara Jensen, president of the San Juan Islands Audubon Society, spotted the adult pair on a fencepost while following a tip from a landowner that the birds were nesting in the area. Then she saw the fledglings.

She knew by bands on the parents' legs that they were two of the 16 bluebirds captured at Fort Lewis in March and transported to San Juan Island to jump-start a population.

The American Bird Conservancy, a nonprofit group, is working with other organizations to move about 100 bluebirds over several years from Fort Lewis to some of their former range, beginning with the San Juans.

Three other pairs moved from Fort Lewis went right back. In fact, they have been found using the very same nesting boxes they were lured and captured from. That means they made a journey of more than 100 miles despite being transported to San Juan Island by car and ferry.

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Jun 22 2007, 06:49 AM
... a restoration effort begun this spring has notched its first success: a nesting pair of bluebirds with three fluffy, just-fledged young, sighted on Sunday.
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How cool is that?!?!
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