A big avian thank you to teacher Tim McGrath and his after-hours Environmental Club at West View Elementary School for inviting me to be a part of their Bluebird Day.
We learned all about Eastern bluebirds, colored a worksheet and built a bluebird nest box with each student getting to drive at least one nail. Many of the young builders had NEVER used a hammer. Time to learn and be empowered! And to remember which nail each hammerer hammered they wrote their name or initial beside it.
Then we found a place to hang the box out on the playground with the hope that a pair of bluebirds would find it.
TVA biologists that included Ben Jaco and Dick Fitz were the first to set up bluebird boxes in our area. In fact, they set out a pick-up truck full of boxes below Norris Dam in 1968 and again in ‘69. (That was 50 years ago this spring!)
Thank you Tim, Amber and the students for helping get West View's bluebird trail started.
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