State & Local Bluebird Societies

BLUEBIRD SOCIETIES OR ORGANIZATIONS

The following bluebird societies have websites (there are others that are not online ).  Some also have Facebook pages. Check out the North American Bluebird Society (NABs) site for a complete listing of NABS affiliates (not all the organizations listed below are affiliates). Acronyms shown are not used by all these organizations. Some of these organizations collect data on nestbox results (e.g., number of eggs laid, birds fledged, etc.) as does NestWatch, a database maintained by the Cornell Lab of Ornithology.

UNITED STATES

NORTH AMERICA

• North American Bluebird Society (NABS): a non-profit education, conservation and research organization that promotes the recovery of bluebirds and other native cavity-nesting bird species in North America. Many state bluebird societies are NABS Affiliates. NABs publishes a quarterly Bluebird journal.

• Arizona: Tucson Audubon Society
• Arkansas: Bella Vista Bluebird Society
• California:
  • Bluebirds of San Diego
  • California Bluebird Recovery Program (CBRP)
  • Southern CA Bluebird Club
• Colorado: Colorado Bluebird Project (Audubon)
• Florida:
  • Florida Bluebird Society
  • Tampa Audubon Society
• Georgia:  Skidaway Audubon’s Dave Scott Bird Trail
• Idaho:
  • Golden Eagle Audubon Society
  • Audubon
  • Rocky Mountain Blues
• Illinois:
  • Bond County Bluebird Society
  • East Central Illinois Bluebird Society
  • NW Illinois Bluebird Recovery Program
  • Sand Bluff Bird Observatory
  • Southern IL Audubon Society
• Indiana:
  • Bluebird Team SMG
  • Boone County Bluebird Society
  • Brown County Bluebird Club
  • Hendricks County Bluebird Society
  • Indiana Bluebird Society – No longer exists?
• Iowa
  • Bluebirds of Iowa Restoration
  • Iowa Bluebird Conservationists
  • Johnson County Songbird Project
• Kansas:  Kaw Valley Bluebird Society
• Kentucky: (Kentucky Bluebird Society)
• Louisiana:  Louisiana Bluebird Society (LBBS)
• Maine:
  • Downeast Audubon
  • Mid-Coast Audubon
• Maryland: Maryland Bluebird Society(MBS)
• Michigan:
  • Audubon Society
  • Michigan Bluebird Society (MBS)

• Minnesota: Bluebird Recovery Program (BBRP)
• Missouri: Missouri Bluebird Society (MOBS)
• Montana: Montana Bluebird Trails (MBT)
• Nebraska:  Bluebirds Across Nebraska (BAN)
• New Jersey: New Jersey Bluebird Society (NJBS)
• New York:
  • Bronx River Audubon
  • Michael Kudish Natural History Preserve
  • New York State Bluebird Society
  • Orleans Bluebird Society
• North Carolina: North Carolina Bluebird Society (NCBS)
• Ohio: Ohio Bluebird Society (OBS)
• Oklahoma: Oklahoma Bluebird Society (OBS)
• Omaha (Audubon) bluebird part no longer exists?
• Oregon: Prescott Bluebird Recovery Project
• Pennsylvania
  • Bluebird Socity of Pennsylvania
  • Purple Martin Conservation Association
  • Tom Ridge Environmental Center (PUMA)
• South Carolina:  South Carolina Bluebird Society (SCBS)
• Tennessee:
  • Bluebirds Across America (?)
  • Tennesee Bluebird Society
  • TN Bluebird Trails (not active)
• Texas: Texas Bluebird Society (TBS or Bluebirds Across TX)
• Virginia:
  • Audubon Society of No. VA
  • Northern Shenandoah Valley Audubon
  • VBS
• Washington:  Puget Sound
• West Virginia:  Potomac Valley Audubon
• Wisconsin:
  • Audubon (Aldo Leopold) ??
  • Bluebird Restoration Assoc of Wisconsin (BRAW)
  • Lafayette County BS
• Wyoming: Jackson Hole Wildlife Foundation

CANADA

• Alberta
  • Calgary Area Nestbox Monitors
  • Ellis Bird Farm
  • Mountain Bluebird Trails Conservation Society
• British Columbia
  • Bring Back the Bluebirds Project
  • British Columbia Bluebird Society (BCBS) Southern Interior Bluebird Trail Society
• Manitoba Friends of Bluebirds
• Ontario Ontario Eastern Bluebird Society (OEBS)

BERMUDA:  Bermuda Bluebird Society

You can also check the National Audubon Society and their State and local affiliates.

MORE INFORMATION AND RESOURCES:

• Personal bluebird websites
• Links
• Other Resources