Bluebird Box Monitor

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POSITION TITLE: Bluebird Box Monitor

POSITION DESCRIPTION: Join a group of citizen scientist volunteers and help monitor nesting sites for breeding birds on the Greenway. There are over 40 nest boxes on the Greenway that are part of a nationwide network called NestWatch. We host breeding bluebirds and nuthatches from March through mid-August. Volunteers will be paired up to check a group of boxes, usually 10 - 15, twice a week. They can work together or split the job and each do their rounds once a week.Data collection forms will be furnished and volunteers will be given access to a Cornell Ornithology Laboratory website to see the results of monitoring activity.

PURPOSE: Monitor birds and nesting sites for activity.

LOCATION: Anne Springs Close Greenway

TIME COMMITMENT: Approximately 2 hours for each visit. We host breeding Bluebirds from March through August. Volunteers will rotate checking boxes so that each person visits nests 1-2 times a month.

QUALIFICATIONS: Volunteers do NOT have to be birding experts. In keeping with Greenway policy, all volunteers must register and be screened before they can volunteer.

TRAINING: Volunteers must attend a 2 hour training session, given at the beginning of each season, or learn "on the job" by riding along with an experienced monitor.

REPORTS TO: Please contact Sara Lee to volunteer for this position - saralee@ascgreenway.org

DRESS CODE: Jeans/shorts/comfortable pants and a Greenway volunteer shirt (provided)