Their camp project was to rebuild bluebird houses and replace the ones in the campground that were falling apart due to weather and age.
The birdhouse materials were donated by Yager Farms, a Scout member’s family. For a couple hours, seven Scouts worked in the park pavilion, each measuring and cutting the wood, drilling the pieces together, and gluing on a perch for the birds.
After completing the new and improved birdhouses, the Scouts each received their Woodworking merit badge. The seven new birdhouses, tailored for the Eastern Bluebird, were installed and should soon attract mating pairs of the feathered friends.
In less than two weeks, six out of the nine Scouts will be leaving for Medicine Mountain Scout Ranch in South Dakota where they’ll earn more merit badges and visit the Black Hills, Custer State Park, Mount Rushmore, and the Crazy Horse Memorial. Scouts stay busy in the summer!
Photos provided by Scout mom Katie Fisk.
