Subject: [Tweeters] Birding Survey Remnider & Thank you!
Date: Apr 14 11:53:39 2009
From: Amy M. Hartell - ahartell at uoregon.edu


Dear Tweeters,



Thank you for your response to the survey. It has been terrific! If you haven't completed the survey there are only two days left to complete the survey. Please consider taking the time if you have not already. It only takes 20-30 minutes and your responses are very important to my research. The survey will close at midnight on Wednesday APRIL 15, 2009. Following is the background information and links necessary to participate. Thank you all again for your time.



Dear Birding Enthusiast,

My name is Amy Hartell and I am a student in the Department of Landscape

Architecture at the University of Oregon. This survey is part of my unfunded

Master?s Project about how to better design birding trails and tour routes for

everyone including people with disabilities. My research needs your

perceptions. I am interested in how people?s knowledge, skill, motivation and

future expectations shape their birding experience.



Data collected from this survey will be used to identify preferred birding

experiences and how they may be provided for all kinds of birders and design

for habitat conservation education. I am also seeking information on an

important subgroup of birders, those with disabilities. The results of this

survey will help me develop better design guidelines for locating and building

birding trails and tours.



Leaders of your birding organization(s) have agreed to give you the

opportunity to participate in this survey either by emailing the survey for me

to their membership or by providing access the survey through a birding

listserve, electronic newsletter, or website.



Completion and submission of the survey is voluntary. Completing and returning

the questionnaire constitutes your consent to participate. The survey does not

ask for any personally identifying information such as names, addresses, and

phone numbers. If you do not wish to participate, simply discard the

questionnaire. Responses will be completely anonymous; do not put your name

anywhere on the survey. The survey is intended for anyone age 18 or older and

considers themselves a birder. Completion of the survey will take 20-30

minutes. The survey may be taken through Survey Monkey (a secure online survey

service) or by completing a writable pdf form and returning it as an

attachment to ahartell at uoregon.edu. You can find the writable pdf on the

Portland Audubon website: http://www.audubonportland.org/local-birding/survey



You may keep this letter for your records. If you have any questions regarding

the research, contact Robert Ribe (faculty advisor), department of Landscape

Architecture, (541) 346-3648, 230 Lawrence Hall University of Oregon Eugene,

OR 97403-5234. If you have any questions regarding your rights as a research

subject, please contact the Office for Protection of Human Subjects at the

University of Oregon, (541) 346-2510. This Office oversees the review of the

research to protect your rights and is not involved with this study.



LINK TO SURVEY THROUGH SURVEY MONKEY:

http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=cxlublFiM6992fty1mYbKg_3d_3d



Thank you for taking the time to complete this survey to help with my

studies. THE SURVEY CLOSES APRIL15, 2009.



Sincerely,

Amy Hartell

ahartell at uoregon.edu

541-892-0680