Seattle Audubon Society --- Master Birder Program 2005

The Seattle Audubon Society will inaugurate a new session of the Master
Birder program on September 14, 2005. This will be the seventh time that
this series of enriching and challenging classes is offered, giving advanced
intermediate birders the opportunity to improve their birding skills and
raise their ecological awareness.

The program runs for 19 sessions in the Fall of 2005
(September 14 through November 16) and 25 sessions in the Spring of 2006
(February 6 through May 1). Classes meet on Mondays and Wednesdays in the
Kent Evans Auditorium at Lakeside School in north Seattle, and last from
7:00 until 9:00 p.m. The course is taught by Dr. Dennis Paulson, Director
Emeritus of the University of Puget Sound's Slater Museum, and a wide range
of ornithological and environmental specialists. A number of field trips
are planned.

The SAS Master Birder course is an education-for-service program. Rather
than monetary tuition, participants will provide a minimum of 100 hours
service to Seattle Audubon's many educational, scientific, conservation and
environmental programs. At least ten volunteer hours should be completed
between the start of the program and the beginning of the second term of the
program (February 6, 2006). Participants in previous Master Birder programs
currently fill many SAS leadership positions, enhance every area of our
diverse agenda, and continue to enthusiastically initiate new and exciting
endeavors.

This is a selective program designed for adults, with a limited number of
spots available. Applicants should be advanced intermediate birders with a
background in classes and/or in field study. Acceptance into the program is
based on your completed application, results of a bird identification slide
quiz, and screening by the Master Birder Committee.

If selected for the program, you are expected to:

? Attend every class meeting and field trip
? Participate in each class and perform satisfactorily on tests and
assignments
? Repay Seattle Audubon through substantial volunteer service-the
minimum expectation is 100 hours over three years (September 2005
through September 2008)
? Maintain membership in SAS

Your signature on the application indicates that you understand these
expectations and agree to comply with them if selected for the program.

The application is available at
http://www.seattleaudubon.org/education.cfm?id=291

Return your completed application by email to Rachel Lawson at
RachelLawson at softhome.net or return a paper copy to the Seattle Audubon
Nature Shop, Attn: Master Birder Committee. The application deadline is
Friday, June 17th, 2005. Slide quizzes will be given six times: Wednesday,
June 8, 7-8pm or 8-9pm; Thursday, June 16, 7-8pm or 8-9pm; Saturday, June
18, 10-11am or 11am-12noon. Please email Rachel Lawson at the address above
or call her (206-282-5593) to schedule a time to take the quiz. Quizzes
will be administered at the Seattle Audubon Society, 8050 35th Ave. NE, in
Seattle.