In October 2008,  we launched the Bluebird Nest Box Project at Ken Malloy Harbor Regional Park!  
We were fortunate to be in the company of Dick Purvis, Regional Coordinator for the California
Bluebird Recovery Program as we hung the ten next boxes he had constructed for us.  To learn more
about this project, see the Bluebird Nest Box article in the December/January 2008-2009 issue of
our Hummin' Newsletter.  The article will open in a new browser window.
Palos Verdes / South Bay Audubon Society
Bluebird Nest Box Project
SIALIS  Bluebirds (Sialia sp.)  This is a
website that was developed as a resource for
people interested in helping bluebirds and other
native cavity-nesters survive and thrive.
Western Bluebird, Male
April 6, 2009: Bluebird eggs in Box #13
Our Bluebird Nest Box Project is also registered and being tracked in the Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology's  
NestWatch Program. Click on the Nest and Eggs logo on the right for additional  information.
Bluebird Links
April 23, 2009: Western Bluebird Nestlings, Approx. 5-6 days old: Box 13
April 30, 2009: Box 13 Nestlings at Two Weeks Old
April 15, 2009: Female Bluebird on nest
June 3, 2009: Bluebird Fledgings from Box 13; Photo by Dan Lee
Tennessee's Wild Side TV show.  Click
on the video link, and move ahead 20
minutes into the 26-minute long clip.
Box 5:   Cleaned out nest box after Tree Swallows fledged
on 6/28.  No further nest attempts.
 Paired with:
 Unlabeled Box:   Cleaned out nest box after Tree
Swallows fledged on 7/5.  No further nest attempts.
Box 11: Remains unused.
 Paired with:
 Box 13: Reported missing 5/24.
Box 14:  Remains unused.
 Paired with:
 Box 15:  Cleaned out nest box after Western Bluebirds
fledged on 6/14. No further nest attempts.
Box 8:  4 Western Bluebirds fledged as of 7/19. Cleaned
out nest box.  No further nest attempts.
 Paired with:
 Box 9:  Remains unused.
Box 10:  Remains unused.
 Paired with:
 Box 12:  5 Tree Swallow nestlings found deceased on
7/12; major mite infestation. Cleaned out nest box and
dusted with diatomaceous earth. Remains unused 7/19.
Box 6:  Cleaned out nest box after Tree Swallows fledged
on 6/12.  No further nest attempts.
 Paired with:
 Box 7:   4 Western Bluebirds fledged and one
deceased as of 7/12. Cleaned out nest box.  No further
nest attempts.
2010 Breeding Season
See the Sialis Website for extensive  information regarding "pairing."

We created a flyer about Bluebirds to hand out to the children at Harbor Park:  All About the Harbor Park Bluebirds!

Check out this high-quality video of Fledglings feeding Nestlings:   Helpers
Photos and Presentations
Details of the
2009 Breeding Season
PVSB Audubon is a Proud Affiliate of NABS
Season Summary Fledge Results:  30 Bluebirds - 20 Tree Swallows
June 1, 2010: Female Bluebird on nest; Photo by Dan Lee
(2009 Fledge Results:  15 Bluebirds and 13 Tree Swallows)