Date wrapper:
Jun
8
Seabird Nest Monitoring Training
When
June 8, 2019 - 10:30 AM - 1:30 PM
Where
Canon Beach City Hall
163 E. Gower St.
Cannon Beach, OR
Sponsors
Portland Audubon, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Oregon State University, Friends of Cape Falcon Marine Reserve, Haystack Rock Awareness Program
Cost
Free
Pelagic cormorants feeding young.\Photo by Heather Roskelley.
Portland Audubon, along with local partners, conducts a seabird nest colony monitoring project at several locations on the coast, including Cape Perpetua, Heceta Head, and the Cape Falcon Marine Reserve, along with nearby Haystack Rock in Cannon Beach. This citizen science project helps to track the health of seabird populations, and determine how they are responding to the increased protection offered by marine reserves, such as those at Cape Perpetua and Cape Falcon.
A training for volunteers interested in participating in this project takes place on Saturday, June 8, 10:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., at the Cannon Beach City Hall (163 E. Gower St.). The training is free. The survey takes place early June through late August. The volunteer commitment is flexible, but should typically involve monitoring a nesting area twice per month for 2-4 hours at a stretch.
For more information or to RSVP, contact Amelia O’Connor, asopcoastalbirds@gmail.com, or Joe Liebezeit, jliebezeit@audubonportland.org.
