Update: If you want to be part of this 50 year seabird study this summer, there are still slots open banding chicks and documenting nest success, call Research Team Leader Helen Hays at 860-460-0749 to learn more and hear about the dates and logistics. I've been out to Great Gull Island to help with this study, it's a singular experience! Erik
-- ATT anyone who likes birds/conservation/research and is in the eastern US, you'd be interested in this coastal ecology/seabird biology opportunity: Want to spend time studying rare and endangered seabirds on an island biological research station that has made major discoveries in the last 50 years as part of *one of the longest running ornithological studies in the world*? Pls forward to colleagues/students, this station is a fantastic place for budding bio/enviro/ornithology undergrads to see a conservation science project up close and contribute to it. I had a great time out there counting nests & eggs with a bunch of great volunteers and tens of thousands of seabirds on just a few acres in the Atlantic. The research team leader needs more volunteers in late June and all of July for banding chicks. Lots of students, bird watchers, citizen scientists, etc go there to help out. Free room and board, free boat ride from Niantic, CT, incredible views and sea air, etc. Cell reception, rustic conditions. Here's an article I wrote about it for Sierra magazine plus 18 images from a recent trip: http://www.sierraclub.org/ sierra/2016-3-may-june/green- life/great-gull -island <http://www.sierraclub.org/sierra/2016-3-may-june/green-life/great-gull-island> For details and to volunteer, contact Ann Pacheco <annmpach...@gmail.com> Best wishes, Erik -- www.erikhoffner.com
