Event Description: Join us to build and install bluebird nest boxes! Each participant will build 2 boxes – one to take home and one to install at Landmark’s Mary E. Fitz Memorial Park. No carpentry experience necessary.
Bluebirds are considered fairly common, but their numbers have declined substantially during the last century. Populations have been given a boost by the installation of nest boxes that have become popular in natural areas as well as parks and backyards.
Meet at Beaver Creek Reserve to build nest boxes, then head out to the Mary E. Fitz Memorial Park just south of Eau Claire (located on the corner of Hwy 37 & County Rd. Z) to install nest boxes. Participants will learn about bluebird behavior, habitat, and nest box requirements. This event is the beginning of a project for the Mary E. Fitz Memorial Park to host a Bluebird Nest Box Trail as part of Beaver Creek Reserve’s Bluebird Restoration Project. Volunteer monitors are needed for spring of 2026.