Kentucky Bluebird Society

The Kentucky Bluebird Society was organized to foster the return and perpetuation of the Eastern Bluebird (Sialia sialis) and other native
cavity-nesting birds in Kentucky. To this end, the Kentucky Bluebird Society (KBS) will strive for the best methods to use, conserve and create habitat for
the protection of these species. Our mission is to increase the population of bluebirds in Kentucky by promoting conservation through education.
We invite you to join us!

The Kentucky Bluebird Society is a statewide membership organization and is classified as a non-profit organization according to the Internal Revenue
Code 501c3. All donations and gifts are tax deductible.

As a KBS member, you'll join others in advancing bluebird recovery and will receive up-to-date information about how to attract and raise bluebirds and
other cavity nesting species. You'll also receive a membership card, a quarterly newsletter, and will have voting privileges at our meetings. KBS is growing
rapidly and already has over 400 members in 51 counties!

The success of KBS depends on members getting involved! For more details, contact us by regular mail at: Kentucky Bluebird
Society, P.O. Box 3425, Paducah, KY 42002 or contact Ed Ray at edrayosprey@yahoo.com.

KBS Outdoor Education Program:

The Kentucky Bluebird Society will provide up to five bluebird boxes with posts, hardware, and instructors to all Kentucky
schools that wish to establish an educational bluebird program which includes the establishment of a managed bluebird trail.
For additional information, contact Ed Ray at edrayosprey@yahoo.com.

Kentucky Bluebird Cities

The Kentucky Bluebird Society is pleased to announce a new program available to all Kentucky cities. Participation includes no fees. To help your city
qualify as a Kentucky Bluebird City, please consider helping by becoming personally involved. Requirements for City designation include:

a city must have a minimum of 10 citizens with active, registered KBS-approved bluebird boxes
participating citizens agree to 'manage' their bluebird box for as long as they participate in the project. KBS membership is not required. However, KBS welcomes new members to help support KBS and its conservation and education projects.

To register your bluebird box(es) for the "Kentucky Bluebird City" project, please send your name and address to the Kentucky Bluebird Society either by regular mail (Kentucky Bluebird Society, P. O. Box 3425, Paducah, KY 42002) or email (kbsnews@yahoo.com). When possible, a bluebird program will be scheduled for the public in your community to answer questions about bluebird box management and to provide help in obtaining a bluebird box, if needed. Bluebird management basics are available by request.

KBS Objectives

The Kentucky Bluebird Society seeks to:

have a KBS County Coordinator in every Kentucky County to help with projects in their county and to work with the schools in organizing an Outdoor Classroom Enrichment Program for the students. If interested, check our County Coordinator page.
have registered bluebird trails on the Trans-Kentucky Bluebird Trail in every Kentucky County (with a minimum of five boxes per trail).

Those wishing to help meet these and other KBS objectives are encouraged to attend one of our meetings or to contact us by
e-mail at edrayosprey@yahoo.com.

Latest News

KENTUCKY BLUEBIRD SOCIETY (KBS)

ANNUAL MEETING AGENDA

JOHN JAMES AUDUBON STATE PARK-HOST

HENDERSON, KY

SATURDAY, APRIL 12, 2008

9:00 am – 12:00 pm “ Flying WILD Educator Workshop”

Julie McDonald, J. J. Audubon State Park Naturalist

How do I get my community interested in bird conservation? Educators looking to learn more about this new curriculum packed with fun-filled and interactive bird-themed activities are invited to come to this hands-on workshop. Workshop participants will receive the Flying WILD: An Educator's Guide to Celebrating Birds activity book. The training is ideal for teachers, environmental educators, school administrators, after-school program staff, and youth group/service organization leaders. Location-Friends of Audubon Meeting Room.

10:00 am – 12:00 pm “ Building For Bluebirds”

Share time with our bluebird box volunteer builders who provide boxes for the KBS Outdoor Classroom Enrichment Program (OCEP). Take home your own personally constructed bluebird box. $5 materials fee per kit, limit one kit per person. Location - Discovery Center

1:30 pm - 1:45 pm “ Welcome To John James Audubon State Park”

JJA STAFF

Overview of JJA Park.

Location – Friends of Audubon Meeting Room (This and below programs)

1:45 pm – 2:00 pm “ KBS Welcome and KBS Message”
Ed Ray, KBS President/Education Director
2:00 pm - 2:40 pm “ Helping Nesting Birds”
Dr. Wayne Davis, Biology Professor Emeritus, University of KY, Lexington, KY and Ed Ray, KBS President/Education Director -- Selected examples: Eastern Bluebirds, Carolina Wrens, Prothonotary Warblers and Ospreys.
2:40 pm - 3:00 pm - BREAK

3 pm - 3:45 pm “ Outdoor Classroom Enrichment Program (OCEP)”

KY Teachers/Students and Ed Ray KBS President/Education Director

3:45 pm - 4:30 pm “ Audubon’s Travels And Audubon’s Bluebirds”

Alan Gehret, Audubon Museum Curator

4:30 pm “ Door Prize Drawing”

Drawing for a $200 KBS live cam box and many other great prizes! Must be present to win.

-MEETING ADJOURNS -

OPTIONAL KBS BUSINESS MEETING -EVERYONE WELCOME. 5 -5:30 PM

NOTE: Please see the new JJA/KBS live cam bluebird box located next to the Museum Trail. Also see the monitor for this box located in the Audubon Museum Bird Observation Room. KBS donated the cam box to JJA as a result of a generous donation to KBS for this project. KBS policy is to donate a live cam box to all facilities hosting a KBS annual meeting that has bluebird habitat. KBS also donated live cam boxes to all past meeting sites to increase public bluebird awareness and education.
Cornell's Birdhouse Network - Check the live bluebird cams at Heath Elementary School in Paducah, KY, and at Caldwell Elementary School in
Princeton, KY.

ANNUAL MEETING AGENDA

SATURDAY, APRIL 12, 2008