The Flatwoods Park Bluebird Trail  is one of more than 500 trails in North America that has helped the once-threatened bluebird population rebound from its serious decline. Flatwoods Park is a park in Hillsborough County park with a 7-mile paved bike path and many unpaved wilderness trails. Forty or so bluebird boxes are located along the bike path to provide nesting cavities for bluebirds, whose numbers declined after long-term habitat loss, pesticide use, and their natural nesting cavities being taken over by more aggressive and invasive English house sparrows and starlings. Monitored weekly by TAS volunteers since 2005, the trail has been maintained by TAS volunteers and Parks staff for over 30 years. In addition to bluebirds, other native birds like Carolina chickadees, tufted titmice and Carolina wrens also nest in the boxes. 

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In 2021, we added three more trail locations to our monitoring program: Lake Conservation Park in Lutz, Balm Boyette Scrub Nature Preserve in Wimauma, and John B. Sergeant Wilderness Park in Thonotosassa. And in 2022, we added two more, bringing our total trail count to five: Lettuce Lake Conservation Park in Temple Terrace, and Hunter's Green Recreation Park in new Tampa.