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community engagement project that could engage birdwatchers, environmental and
neighborhood activists, students and other community members working together
to help bring back Western Bluebirds. A similar
project that was originally launched on Vancouver Island helped bring back blue
birds in that area from near-extinction.
By creating nesting boxes, the group was able to provide inviting
shelters for the birds whose natural habitat is Garry Oaks.
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project highlighting and helping these birds could prove quite popular with
bird enthusiasts and residents of all ages and backgrounds. There could also be spinoff projects
involving bird identification hikes, bird call field recording expeditions,
periodic box maintenance work parties, annual bird counting efforts, etc. Esthetic tie-ins with the other blue-themed
aspects of the overall project (Water Flume Trail, Pump House Murals, blue
flowered plants, blue stones, etc.) would reinforce the life-source connections
in ways large and small.
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