See the award-winning film, Bluebird Man, and hear from Kevin Corwin, a volunteer with the Colorado Bluebird Project.

Colorado is one of the few states that has all three species of bluebird: Mountain, Western & Eastern. The Colorado Bluebird Project is a program of the Audubon Society of Greater Denver to improve the vitality of bluebird populations throughout the state of Colorado, and to inform and educate the public about bluebirds.Kevin Corwin will share information about Colorado bluebirds, bluebird trails and nestboxes. Bluebird nestboxes and kits will be available for sale at the program as well.

About the film
Bluebird Man, a film by Mathew Podolsky and Neil Paprock, is the story of 91-year-old Al Larson, a self-taught conservation hero who has committed the last 35 years of his life to saving North America’s bluebirds. Breathtaking scenery, intimate conversations and stunning footage of all three species of bluebird create a powerful film with the goal of inspiring our next generation of citizen scientists.

About the speaker
Kevin Corwin has overseen the development and operation of the Colorado Bluebird Project since its inception in 2004. In addition to managing the Project and delivering its educational programs, he monitors 44 nestboxes near Larkspur. Some of his other environmentally-focused activities include his work as a Senior Docent for the Raptor Education Foundation and as a Volunteer Naturalist at Roxborough State Park. He worked on the Colorado Spider Survey for the Denver Museum of Nature and Science,  maintains the Sandsage State Wildlife Area near Wray for Colorado Parks & Wildlife, performs annual Breeding Bird Surveys in eastern Colorado for the USGS, leads birding trips for the Denver Field Ornithologists and partakes of many other volunteer opportunities as well.

Run time: 27 min.

WILD FILMS AT THE LIBRARY is a free series of award-winning international wildlife films selected from the International Wildlife Film Festival. The International Wildlife Film Festival was established in 1977 in Missoula, Montana with a mission to promote awareness, knowledge and understanding of wildlife, habitat, people and nature through excellence in film, television and other media.

Photo courtesy of Lori Neuenschwander.

Special thanks to Nancy and John Merrill for their support of this program!