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Description
Audubon Sharon, consisting of the Sharon Audubon Center and Emily Winthrop MilesWildlife Sanctuary, has been connecting people with nature for over forty years. Creating life-changing experiences that enable community members and their families to appreciate, understand and protect the natural world is at the very core of our mission. The Sharon Audubon Center is a nature center and wildlife sanctuary owned and operated by the National Audubon Society.
The nature center is located in the northwest corner of Connecticut, in the town of Sharon. The Sharon Audubon Center has over eleven miles of scenic hiking trails, and includes 1,147 acres of mixed forest, meadows, wetlands, ponds and streams.The mission of the National Audubon Society is to conserve and restore natural ecosystems focusing on birds, other wildlife, and their habitats for the benefit of the Earth's biological diversity and humanity.
The Sharon Audubon Center strives to meet this mission through education, conservation and environmental research to encourage the responsible usage and stewardship of natural lands.The Sharon Audubon Center offers educational programs for all ages, a seasonal newsletter, nature programs, wildlife rehabilitation, research, live animal exhibits, a children's adventure center, a nature store, and a natural history library.
Position Overview:
Operate mist-netting and banding (MAPS) stations in CT and NY. Each summer Audubon Sharon hires two interns to mist-net and band songbirds that are breeding on their property. Banding takes place at the Sharon Audubon Center and the Miles Wildlife Sanctuary in Sharon, as well as Great Mountain Forest in Norfolk and the Buttercup Farm Sanctuary in Stamfordville, N.Y. To date nearly, 5000 birds have been banded. Many of these birds return to breed at the same locations year after year giving us the opportunity to gain a better understanding of how old they are and how successful they may be at breeding and completing their migration each winter.
This internship position is from May-August.
Qualifications:
Good birding skills and knowledge of eastern birds; previous mist-netting and banding experience helpful but not necessary, training provided. Driver's license and own transportation is required.
Compensation: Salary: $260-$330/week plus housing & mileage reimbursement
Filing date: April 15
Application: Send resume, letter of interest, and names, addresses and phone numbers of 3 references via email, fax or regular mail to: Scott Heth, Sharon Audubon Center, MAPS Project, 325 Cornwall Bridge Rd., Sharon, CT 06069. Email applications preferred, if possible.