Prairie Moraine Friends collaborate with Bluebird Restoration Association of Wisconsin (BRAW)
Prairie Moraine Friends, Inc. added approximately 20 new nesting boxes to the park in 2022 with the support and generous gift from the Bluebird Restoration Association of Wisconsin (BRAW). Thank you BRAW!
Prairie Moraine Friend Jay Brooks is in charge of monitoring and otherwise attending to the Prairie Moraine Bluebird Trail (both parts: Ice Age Trail and Dog Park). If you would like to volunteer to assist Jay with this valuable work, please let him know. All of our Prairie Moraine Friends group members can be reached using our Info@prairiemorainefriends.org email address.
July-August, 2022: Summer Youth Volunteer Program
In 2022 the youth volunteers removed old fencing from the 12-acre park expansion area, cleared invasive plants, and also enjoyed sessions on a variety of topics. Here, parks volunteer Jay Brooks teaches the group about the new bluebird nesting boxes in the park.
George Brown is their adult mentor and group leader.
Great news for Bluebird Monitoring at Prairie Moraine Park!
Prairie Moraine Friend and bluebird monitor Jay Brooks came up with a wonderful proposal and received one of the Foundation for Dane County Parks 2021 grants!
- $2,000 for the "Bluebirds in the Park" project that will include purchase of two interpretive signs and cedar boards for constructing bluebird houses, to support community education about the bluebirds that live in the park.
These fledgling Bluebirds will all leave their nest within a few hours of each other, just 16-20 days after hatching. (Any time now.)
The fledglings, almost the size of an adult Bluebird, will fly 50-100 feet on their maiden flight. Usually to nearby shrubs or trees.
Their parents will continue to raise them, provide food and teach them the way of the Bluebird.
They will join the flock as they get ready to move to their southern territories in the Fall.
Photo credit to Jay Brooks.