Eastern Bluebird banded in Warner Park is recaptured in Wisconsin!

• On 8 July 2010, Diana McLusky banded 5 bluebird nestlings in nest

box #29-2 on the Percy Warner Golf Course in Nashville, Tennessee.

One of those nestlings was #2251-20687.

• On 2 May 2016, Ann Wick captured this same bird as an adult female

sitting on 6 eggs in one of her bluebird boxes in Black Earth, Wisconsin!

Ann monitors a bluebird trail with 150 boxes.

• This Eastern Bluebird is now 6 years old and traveled approximately

600 miles. The mysteries of birds and their movements continue to

amaze the people who observe and study them.

The Warner Park Bluebird Nest Box Program was

started by Amelia Laskey in 1936 and is one of the

oldest continuously run projects in the US. Over 100

nestlings are banded each year in the 50 box trail. A

team of volunteers check boxes weekly and the pro­

gram is coordinated by Diana McLusky (far right).

Warner Park Nature Center, 7311 Hwy 100, Nashville, TN 3 7221

615-352-6299 www.wpnc@nashville.gov