About Kern Audubon Society
Tehachapi Group

The Kern Audubon Society has many members in the Tehachapi area. Thus the Tehachapi Group of the KAS was created in 2009. It conducts programs and outings. Members are very involved with the Western Blue Bird Nest Watch Program. It inspects nest boxes in the spring to determine success of bird nests.

Our next meeting is August 26 at 7 p.m. at Golden Hills Elementary School.

Local naturalist Jon Hammond will be our speaker. If you have heard him before, you know you are in for a treat. His knowledge is multi-faceted and layered with history and experience. He’ll make you wish the meeting were three hours long (but it is not).

Tehachapi Group News

hatching bluebirds in nest box

April 2025 Meeting

Tuesday, April 22, 2025
7 pm to 8:30 pm

Golden Hills Elementary School Cafeteria
20215 Park Road in Tehachapi

Raffle and refreshments included

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Tehachapi Kern Audubon Society

Meetings

The Tehachapi Group meets quarterly on the fourth Tuesday of the month at 7pm in the Golden Hills Elementary School cafeteria, 20215 Park Ave. Meetings are 1 to 1½ hours long. 

Future meeting dates are:

  • April 22, 2025
  • August 26, 2025
  • October 28, 2025

Refreshments and a raffle are added bonuses.

Outings are scheduled based on interest. See event section for updates.

Information

For more details or questions contact:

Cindy Marble
805-400-5675 or
cmarble1114@gmail.com

Joan Cote
858-444-0496 or
JMCote001@gmail.com

Tehachapi Western Bluebird Nest Box Program

2022 Western Bluebird Nest Box Program Results

A total of 68 nest boxes monitored

  • Western bluebirds fledged = 176 (average = 170)
  • First egg of season = 21 March (average = 1 April)
  • Success rate = 56% (average = 69%)
  • Other species fledged:
    oak titmouse = 7; violet-green swallow = 4; ash-throated flycatcher = 3

Total western bluebirds fledged for 23-year program = 3,649