Scott & Sarah Sticha remind us of a couple recycling options available here in VDO:

They take their recycling to Bisbee and it costs $81 for the year, same as a Bisbee resident would be charged. Linked on the left is a cheat sheet for what is taken and where stuff can be dropped off.

And some folks in VDO are already using Bolstering Buffalo’s bi-monthly pick up service. Here is a link to their website with costs and what they collect. [LINK]

Lucy’s Warbler Nestbox Project

This spring, a handful of VDO residents are piloting a Lucy’s Warbler Nestbox Project in conjunction with Tucson Audubon Society. Resident Clark Bloom kindly built some boxes to the latest specs. Lucy’s Warblers are one of the few cavity-nesting warblers and with the loss of available nesting sites in mesquite bosques, they’re now listed as a Species of Conservation Concern. We’ll keep VDO neighbors updated as we work to provide nesting homes for these adorable warblers!

You can read about TAS’s project here: http://tucsonaudubon.org/lucys-warblers-and-nestboxes/