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| The Elisha Mitchell Audubon Society manages the Beaver Lake Bird Sanctuary and depends on volunteers to maintain it. We seek volunteers to participate in work days, held on the third Saturday of every month (except in May and June). Meet at the gazebo in the sanctuary and bring gloves and hedge trimmers if you have them! Work days start at 9:00 for the months of September through April, and at 8:00 in July and August. Email Doug Johnston regarding opportunities for helping out at sanctuary workdays. |
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| Volunteer to lead a bird walk at the Beaver Lake Bird Sanctuary! Walks are held on the first Saturday of every month (see the Bird Sanctuary page for more details). Contact Marilyn Kolton if you're interested in leading a bird walk. |
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| Help us count birds! Visit the Bird Counts page to learn more about how you can assist EMAS in the collection of bird population data. |
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We also need people to volunteer to provide light refreshments at our monthly meetings.
Email Esther Pardue to sign up! |
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| Visit the Richmond Hill Park blog to learn about work days and other volunteer activities at the park (map). |
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| Are you interested in volunteering at a bird banding station? |
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| The National Park Service's Appalachian Highlands Science Learning Center
began a MAPS (Monitoring Avian Productivity and Survivorship) breeding
season banding station in 2008 at Richland Balsam to monitor the health of
the spruce-fir forest bird community. A total of 17 species have been
captured at this station, especially golden-crowned kinglets, Canada
warblers, black-throated green warblers, veeries, winter wrens, and, of
course, a great number of the southern Appalachian race of the dark-eyed
junco. The station's ten nets catch on average 143 birds per summer, evenly
spaced across the eight mornings. The station is run with the help of
volunteers who commit to helping six or more of the eight mornings from
late May through early August. For more information about the dates one
could visit the banding station each summer, or to volunteer, contact
Paul_Super@nps.gov. -- Paul Super |
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| Please visit the Big Bald Banding Station website to learn about volunteer opportunities available in the summer and fall. A Monitoring Avian Productivity and Survivorship (MAPS) program operates throughout the summer months at Big Bald (located near Wolf Laurel) and Tessentee Bottomland Preserve (near Franklin, NC). Learn about the MAPS program at Big Bald and Tessentee here. Additionally, fall migration banding and migration hawk watch is conducted at Big Bald in September and October, and volunteers are always welcome to help! For more information and directions to both sites, please go to www.bigbaldbanding.org. |
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