I had fun at my third OYBC event: building nest boxes. Before we started building, Darlene taught us about the birds we were helping. The birds we wanted in our nest boxes were bluebirds and swallows. They are called secondary cavity nesters. We were helping these birds to find places to nest. We watched a movie of what happens inside a bluebird nest box. We even got to touch real birds that had been stuffed and were on loan from Ohio Wesleyan University.
Then we went to the basement to start building. There were seven kids, a lot of adults and seven power drills, so in no time we had nineteen birdhouses! Then we crammed them all into Darlene’s car.
The place where we will be putting our nest boxes is next to a school at Glacier Ridge Metro Park north entrance. There is a paved path next to where we will put our boxes, so even people with disabilities can come to see birds. At the end, I felt good because I knew that I had helped a lot of birds as well as people with disabilities and kids in school who will come to enjoy the birds.
Aaron Tayal is a member of the Central Ohio Chapter of the Ohio Young Birders Club.
Check out the photo gallery for this event.