The CVBC is providing several competitive scholarships to help young people who are interested in birds to attend birding classes or camps. The following classes or camps are considered for this scholarship:

Birding field class at the Sierra Nevada Field Campus near Yuba Pass (San Francisco State University); ages 10-18.

http://www.sfsu.edu/~sierra/Courses.html

For the field class at the Sierra Nevada Field Campus, the scholarship will pay for the cost of the class for the youth and an adult guardian.

ABA Young Birder Camp Colorado
Jun 26-Jul 3, 2010
Join Michael O'Brien and Louise Zemaitis and prepare to bird and learn about all of the habitats Colorado has to offer. Campers will be camping outdoors at Catamount Institute's Mountain Campus near Woodland Park, CO.
www.aba.org/events/2010colorado

Victor Emanuel Nature Tours' Camp Chiricahua
Jul 13-24, 2010
This ABA co-sponsored camp presents young birders with an extraordinary opportunity to share a mutual love of birds and nature in one of the greatest natural history locations in North America. Contact 800-328-VENT or 512-328-5221 and/or visit www.ventbird.com/birding-tour/2010/07/13/camp-chiricahua.

Seattle Audubon Society's Cascades Bird Banding Camp
August 9-13, 2010
This co-sponsored camp will focus on the basics of net placement, extraction & handling, aging & sexing, with special emphasis on molt to age birds. Contact Kintea Bryant at 206-523-8243 x11. www.seattleaudubon.org/sas/WhatWeDo/EnvironmentalEducation/
HighSchoolProgram/CascadesBirdBandingCamp.aspx

For all camps, the scholarship will pay for the cost of the registration for the youth participant. Transportation will be the responsibility of the participant.

University of California, Davis. Museum of Wildlife and Fish Biology Putah Creek Nest Box Highway Youth Internship Program for High School Graduating Seniors

 In collaboration with the Central Valley Bird Club’s Youth Scholarship Program, the Museum of Wildlife and Fish Biology is offering up to two avian field internships for graduating seniors of local high schools.  The interns will be involved in assisting with the Museum’s nest cavity research program along Putah Creek, Yolo County.  The intern will assist PhD students with monitoring nest boxes of songbirds.  The student will be exposed to applied field ornithology by conducting nest surveys, monitoring chick development and assisting with bird banding. Special conditions include: the applicant must have a valid California Diver’s License AND transportation to get the student to and from the field sites along Putah Creek (vicinity of Davis), and must live centrally to Davis, California (the cities of Winters, Woodland, Sacramento, etc).  The internship will last for a period of time during the months of June and July with a commitment of 10 hours per week minimum.  The Museum will financially match the Central Valley Bird Club’s scholarship for the successful intern(s). For information on this internship, please contact Irene E. Engilis (ietorres@ucdavis.edu) or Andrew Engilis, Jr. - Museum Curator at (aengilisjr@ucdavis.edu).