About Us

We started in Northern Virginia in 1996 with 3 trails (41 boxes), and fledged 139 bluebirds as well as 22 other cavity nesters.

Since 1996, VBS nest boxes have fledged over 70,000 bluebirds, chickadees, tree swallows, and house wrens! See the detailed results on the Trail Statistics page.

With our encouragement, all golf courses in the Northern Virginia Regional Park System are working to become certified under the Audubon Cooperative Sanctuary System.

In conjunction with the North American Bluebird Society, we have established links with the Transcontinental Bluebird Trail (TBT). Our VBS sponsored links in the TBT are at Meadowlark Gardens in Vienna, Va., and the Frontier Culture Museum in Staunton, Va. These model bluebird trails will educate the public on bluebirds and highlight the work of VBS.

Transcontinental Bluebird Trail

The Virginia Bluebird Society's inaugural trail in the North American Bluebird Society's (NABS) Transcontinental Bluebird Trail (TBT) network, was established on June 17, 2000 in Meadowlark Gardens near Vienna. Visitors to the park are welcome to tour this model TBT trail throughout the spring and summer bluebird breeding season using a self-guided bluebird trail brochure, available at the visitor center. This bluebird trail in Meadowlark Gardens is one of many across the United States and Canada which comprise the NABS TBT. The project’s goal is to foster interest in bluebird trails by designating educational model trails in each state as examples of how to establish and monitor bluebird trails. For more information on the NABS TBT program visit their website www.nabluebirdsociety.org and look under NABS Programs.