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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