2024 Bluebird Season Wrap-Up
A male Western Bluebird at a monitored nest box on San Juan Island | Kathy Finholm The close of the [...]
2024 Western Bluebird Midseason Update
A Western Bluebird in flight | Kathy Finholm The 2024 bluebird season—the eighteenth year of the San Juan Preservation Trust’s [...]
Honoring Three Bluebird Project “Angels”
If our Western Bluebird Project had a motto, it might be adapted from a quotation from the contemporary Turkish novelist and [...]
2023 Bluebird Field Season Wrap-Up
A banded Western Bluebird perched, San Juan Island, April 2023 | Kathy Finholm The seventeenth(!!!) year of the San [...]
Translocated Family Adds to a Busy Bluebird Summer
A Western Bluebird in flight in San Juan Valley | Kathy Finholm The 2023 bluebird season--the seventeenth year of the [...]
2022 Golden Nest Box Awards
2022 Bluebird Gathering at Red Mill Farm The San Juan Preservation Trust is pleased to announce the [...]
2022 Bluebird Field Season Wrap-Up
Juvenile bluebird at Phelps Preserve, San Juan Island, August 2022 | Photo by Miles Brengle The fifteenth year of [...]
Naturally Nesting Bluebird Pair Returns
Male half of the cavity-nesting bluebird pair seeks food for second brood | Phil Green In early June, volunteers participating in [...]
Bluebirds Nest “Au Naturel”
Western bluebird family nests in natural tree cavity, first time documented on San Juan Island, WA
2021 Bluebird Field Season Wrap-Up
Preservation Trust staff and a great number of bluebird volunteers once again led the charge in supporting the Western Bluebird population [...]
Golden Nest Box Award
Brian Clark and Rachel Merz | Staff archive It’s a Preservation Trust tradition to give a Golden Nest Box [...]
2021 Midseason Bluebird Update
Western Bluebird pair | Kathy Finholm The weather has warmed up and my oh my the bluebird season is upon us! [...]
Bluebird Project 2020 Season Wrap-up
MALE WESTERN BLUEBIRD | KATHY FINHOLM 2020 is a year that most of us won’t forget. In a time of uncertainty and [...]
Cleaning Your Bluebird Nest Boxes
HOW TO CLEAN YOUR NESTBOX Nest boxes should be cleaned out each year. You will greatly increase the chance of bluebirds [...]
2019 Bluebird Update: A Season to Celebrate
An adult male western bluebird on San Juan Island | Photo: Kathy Finholm SJPT Stewardship Manager Kathleen Foley reports: As the [...]
Visit From a “Broad” Volunteer Group
Volunteers for a day: A visiting Broadband from Portland/Vancouver (L to R: Kathleen, Micky Ryan, Linda Buckley, Judy Todd, Jane Heisler, [...]
Bluebird Season Off to a Good Start
Western Bluebirds Settling In | Photo credit: Kathy Finholm Our 2019 Western Bluebird season is off to a great start! Here's [...]
See Our February 2019 e-News
Snowy View from Orcas Island | Adam Griesemer In this month’s issue: Note from Angela: Expanding Our Capacity Take [...]
A Banner Year for Bluebirds: 2018 Update
Fledglings on a branch | Genevieve Shank The close of the 2018 breeding season marks the 12th consecutive season of the [...]
End of Season 2017 Update
It’s been a good year for the San Juan Islands Western Bluebird Reintroduction Project! Here some stats and noteworthy events [...]
On the Trail of Two Rare Species
Following SJPT’s 38th Annual Meeting in Friday Harbor last month, 20 SJPT members piled into a minibus and took off in [...]
End of Season 2016 Update
Another season of the San Juan Islands Western Bluebird Reintroduction Project has come to a close. As with every season since [...]
End of Season 2015 Update
A birds’ eye view of feeding time on Cattle Point Road. Video via GoPro 3 by Evan Foley Working [...]
Spring 2015 Update
Female and male Western bluebird on San Juan Island (photo: Danny Herbert) A pair of Western Bluebirds has returned to SJPT’s [...]
Fall 2014 Update
One of our successfully breeding male bluebirds Late this past July, the last two Western Bluebird juveniles successfully fledged and the [...]
Summer 2014 Update: The Translocations Continue!
Look closely and you’ll see a baby bluebird “pipping” the egg in upper right 2014 marks our 8th field season on [...]
Fall 2013 Update: Ups and Downs
This male, hatched on San Juan Island last year, flew to Chilliwack BC earlier this spring. 2013 marks the 2nd year of [...]
Western Bluebirds Come Home to Roost
With the March winds came the bluebirds, and we are thrilled to see them returning. So far this spring, we have [...]
Spring 2012 Update
With the March winds came the bluebirds, and we are thrilled to see them returning. So far this spring, we have [...]
2007-2011 Project Accomplishments
After a 5-year run, the San Juan Islands Western Bluebird Reintroduction Project is wrapping up. We have a lot to celebrate. [...]