Nature Moncton hosted a nest box cleaning event on the weekend. Nest boxes are enclosed wooden structures that act as a replacement habitat to natural tree cavities, aiming to help bird species such as tree swallows.
Nature Moncton says project has been successful in supporting tree swallows
Hope Edmond · CBC News
· Posted: Apr 12, 2026 3:38 PM EDT | Last Updated: 3 hours ago
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Tree swallows are insect-eating birds that have been declining in New Brunswick since the 1970s. (Submitted by Albert Lee)
Some nature enthusiasts in Moncton gave birds a helping hand this weekend.
Volunteers at Nature Moncton monitored and cleared wooden nesting boxes — small enclosed structures that act as replacement habitat for natural tree cavities.
Fred Richards, past president and current board member of Nature Moncton, says the nesting box project started eight years ago to help combat the decline in insect-eating birds such as tree swallows.
“It’s our belief that [the decline] has a lot to do with loss of habitat, so we are providing habitat by putting these boxes up in areas where the birds are known to be.”
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