Region 4: Flagstaff
Arizona Department of Transportation
Natural Resources Management Group
Region 4, Flagstaff
Thomas Eckler Jr, Manager
1801 S. Milton Road, MD F864
Flagstaff, AZ 86001-6387
Bluebirds are neither threatened nor endangered,
however, their habitat is. Bluebirds nest in the cavities of
trees, and this habitat is being destroyed by forest fires, urban
sprawl or stolen by exotic cavity nesters, such as House Sparrows
and European Starlings.
In 2002, the ADOT Natural Resources Management
Section, Flagstaff Region, built and installed 10 bluebird boxes
near Flagstaff along highways I-17, SR 180, and I-40.
For the past three years we have been monitoring
and maintaining the boxes, and in 2005 we were rewarded with the
first signs that bluebirds were utilizing the boxes.
Bluebird nests were found in three of the boxes
along Arizona SR 180, with a total of 12 successful fledglings.
We will continue the project this spring, possibly
building a more complete bluebird trail on SR 180,
where the volume and speed limits of traffic are lower.
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