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CVBC is
pleased to offer two Scholarship
programs
to young birders.
Program 1.
The
Central Valley Bird Club’s Youth
Birding Camp Scholarship
Program.
The David Yee Scholarship
Fund will provide annual
scholarships to birding
camps to young club members.
Both the selection criteria
and award process will
include elements directly
related to birding.
Please contact
CVBC President
John Sterling if you have any questions or if you would like to contribute to
or apply for the scholarship fund.
The two forms
for applying are here:
Instructions on how to apply
Scholarship Application form
Deadline for mailing
applications is
March 15, 2008
Program 2.
University
of California, Davis
Museum of
Wildlife and Fish Biology
Putah
Creek Nest Box Highway
Youth
Internship Program
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).
The applicants
must apply for this opportunity
through the Central Valley Bird
Club. Be sure to click on the
"Instructions on how to apply".
The Club will be making
decisions by March 31st, so
applications are needed as soon
as possible. All applicants must
be members of the Central Valley
Bird Club, so if you are not yet
a member, you can easily
join-see the website for details
at
http://www.cvbirds.org/membership.htm.
For information
on this internship, please
contact Irene E. Engilis (ietorres@ucdavis.edu)
or Andrew Engilis, Jr. - Museum
Curator at (aengilisjr@ucdavis.edu).
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