A service of the Northern Neck Audubon Society--- Greetings to Bluebird Lovers. There is a bluebird box trail at Belle Isle State Park that needs weekly monitors beginning in mid-late March through early Sept. Usually, the monitoring is done in the morning around 8 or 9am and takes about 2 hours including the tally. The trail is rather sprawling from wooded sites to beach front [including 5 nuthatch boxes] so monitors are allowed to use the parks John Deere 'gator'. It is great fun to drive and if you want to drive, we will train you on its operation. Each week requires one driver and one rider who take turns monitoring the boxes as agreed upon. There is a kit with tools and sheets for tally. Photographs are desirable if there is interest & talent. During monitoring, sightings of other wildlife are frequent...interesting, amusing, etc. If you are interested in joining this 2013 monitoring season, or have questions, please respond by e-mail to Paula Boundy paula.boundy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx. Thanks, Paula "Value the land for the life it harbors" Sarah Stein You are subscribed to the NNASnet, a birding hotline sponsored by the Northern Neck of Virginia Audubon Society. To unsubscribe, send a message to nnasnet-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with "leave" in the subject line (please omit quotation marks). For other questions or comments about the listserver, send messages to: nnasnet-admins@xxxxxxxxxxxxx