Bluebird nest box monitoring volunteer with Denver Audubon Society
Monitor a weekly bluebird nest box route along Denver-area trails April through August. Training provided. Track breeding data to help protect Colorado's bluebird population.
Why we picked this
Check nest boxes on a weekly trail route from April through August and contribute data to the national NestWatch database — meaningful citizen science that fits into a regular weekend walk.
Denver Audubon’s bluebird monitoring program runs April through August — the breeding season. Volunteers are assigned a route of nest boxes along Denver-area trails and commit to visiting it once a week through the season. Each visit involves recording what’s happening inside each box (eggs, hatchlings, fledglings, or empty) and entering the data into NestWatch, Cornell Lab’s national breeding bird database.
Training is provided before the season starts and covers monitoring protocol, NestWatch procedures, common challenges, and the code of conduct for nest box work. Volunteers must be 18+. Contact the volunteer coordinator through the Denver Audubon website to get started.
Colorado’s mountain bluebird population depends on nest box programs because natural cavity availability has declined. The data collected by volunteers like this feeds directly into conservation science. It’s a recurring commitment that gets you outside weekly from spring through summer, and the work genuinely counts.