Events
Friday, May 2, 2008 (6:30-9:30 p.m.)
Wildlife Seminar
Kosse Community Center, Kosse
6 p.m.: "One Nestbox" booth opens
Sharon Kersten, coordinator - sharonkersten@earthlink.net
Members, We need volunteers for each “One Nestbox” Booth. Contact the coordinator if you will help. No experience or knowledge necessary!
News & Announcements
Nature Quest promotes Bluebirds
Nature Quest (NQ) and TBS VP LeAnn Sharp are a winning combination! At NQ events April 22-23, attendees were excited about learning what kind of birds they have nesting in the bird houses in their yards. Says LeAnn, "76 people attended my Bluebird Program for the Retired Teachers Association on April 28th." LeAnn's careful "Show and Tell" of the baby titmice in June Osborne’s nestbox at Neal’s Café won hearts. She'll be recommended as a speaker for other groups, affirm folks now eager to help spread bluebirds across Texas. From these three presentations, LeAnn Sharp had 95 attendees and welcomed 32 new members into TBS. Congratulations!
TBS logo shirts available
ThreadsOnTheWeb (http://www.companycasuals.com/texasbluebird/) accepts individual orders for TBS logo shirts - not only imprinted t-shirts, but also embroidered knit shirts in a variety of whites and pastels! The t's are available left chest; full front; and left chest + full back.
The TBS logo showed great on www.myfoxaustin.com in one of two news clips (April 25, 2008) on the Buda Wiener Dog races. Pauline Tom wore her TBS shirt to the pre-event coverage to promote TBS / bluebirds. It worked!!!
Data Entry System for Nesting Data Now Open!
www.nestwatch.org opened its pilot season in April 2007 and Texas Bluebird Society encourages all Texans to enter data on each of their nestings.
Nesting data can be shared with scientists and others through www.NestWatch.org , "a continent-wide effort to better understand the impacts of environmental change on bird reproduction." The system collects data throughout a nesting cycle of any bird (whether in a nestbox, natural cavity, or in the open.)
Texas Bluebird Society made arrangements with CLO to promote NestWatch.org in Texas during this pilot year. TBS suspended plans to collect on-line nesting data for a "TransTexas Nestbox Network." Now, NestWatch is the depository.
There is no fee associated with NestWatch.org. It's funded by the National Science Foundation.
"The data you submit will be part of a permanent historical record and a legacy of your important nest monitoring efforts, that will be used by researchers well into the future."
Download worksheet and instructions for more details.
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