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Mass Audubon invites birders to take a brief survey designed to help us collect information on:

• The different types of birding activities they engage in.
• Their familiarity with environmental issues affecting local and global bird populations.
• Their understanding of the impacts associated with these conservation issues.
• Their familiarity and engagement with conservation actions that can help mediate these impacts.

Here is the link for taking the survey.

What we learn from the survey responses, collected throughout spring and summer of 2017, will help us develop educational materials that build on birders familiarity with conservation issues, and that are relevant to birders current levels of engagement with certain conservation actions. By taking this survey, you will help us to develop materials that will be effective and applicable to fellow birders.

Bird Observer is collaborating with the Association of Massachusetts Bird Clubs to bring together birders from across Massachusetts to communicate more effectively, share ideas, and take unified action to support bird conservation. The Association will hold its next meeting from 10:00 to 12:30 on Sunday, April 15 at the Mass Fish and Wildlife office at Westborough WMA. If you belong to any of the 18 member clubs in the Association, you are welcome to attend and participate in this meeting. For more information contact John Nelson at jnelson@northshore.edu.