Garden Club Will Sponsor Free Bluebird Program
Garden Club Will Sponsor Free Bluebird Program
The Garden Club of Newtown invites the public to join members in learning about bluebirds during in a lecture and slide show presented by Fred Comstock. The club will host Mr Comstock on Tuesday, January 27. His program will begin at 1 pm in the lower meeting room of C.H. Booth Library, 25 Main Street in Newtown.
Mr Comstock is a retired chemical engineer and a dedicated bluebird enthusiast who became frustrated when he could find few answers to the many questions he had about bluebirds and began to do his own research. He became interested in bird banding after reading an article by a member of the Connecticut Audubon Society in Fairfield.
In 1979 when Mr Comstock and his wife, Ruth, moved to Bethlehem, he put out his first bluebird box. He has had bluebirds in his yard ever since. Mr Comstock has banded nearly 10,000 bluebirds since 1982; he is an Audubon certified bander.
About ten years ago he published Bluebirds: The How to Book. The book is based on his own experiences with bluebirds. It offers first-hand information on how to monitor bluebird nests, along with cautions for a monitorâs â and the birdâs â safety. His theories and writings were based upon his 16 years (at the time) of field experience.
His program for the garden club will concern what can be done to improve the survival rate of bluebirds, how to attract them to backyards, and how to keep the birds returning year after year. It will also offer tips on helping to increase the bluebirdsâ population in Connecticut and across the Northeast.
After the program Mr Comstock will sign copies of his book and he will have bluebird house kits available for purchase.
His talk will provide us with information about the myths, births, deaths and problems of these lovely birds. He has spent more than a decade banding thousands of young Bluebirds and helping to increase the population throughout the Northeast and especially in Connecticut.
The public is invited, free of charge. Registration is not necessary. For more information call 270-1108.