Stream Team to Train Volunteers to Monitor Birds at Delta Ponds

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03/22/05 TUE 19:02 FAX 541 682 4882 EUGENE PW MNTNC & POS aaa pW ADMIN f~]001 E U G E N E Pars and open space N E ~N S RELEASE www.ci.eugene.or.us(parks March 22, 2005 CONTACT: ¦ Lorna Baldwin, Stream Team Coordinator, 682-4850, 913-1292 (cell phone) • Therese Picado, Parks and Open Space Public Information Specialist, 682-4814/682-4800 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Stream Team to Train Volunteers to Monitor Birds at Delta Ponds Want an opportunity to fine tune your birding skills? Want to team calls or teach them? Eugene Stream Team needs willing volunteers to monitor birds at Delta Ponds once or twice a week and, in partnership with•the University of Oregon Service Learning Pn~gram, is offering a training in these skills on Saturday, March 26, from 8:30 a.m. to noon. The session will begin at the Public Works yard at 1620 Roosevelt Boulevard and end with a field trip to Delta Ponds. By recruiting experienced birders, Stream Team hopes to develop a corps of volunteers who can carry out survey work at Delta Ponds for several years. The job will involve recording bird calls and sightings at pre-designated sites and routes. Based on this information, City natural resources staff will assess bird populations in the natural area, develop species lists, and build a database to evaluate the effect of restoration projects on bird populations. Interested participants should be independent, self-motivated individuals with good vision and hearing and be willing to commit to at least one migration season. This effort is part of a larger restoration and recreation project at Delta Ponds, funded by a partnership among the City, Army Corps of Engineers and several other local partners. Stream Team provides the opportunity for people to do hands-on environmental work, restoring and caring for the city's waterways and natural areas. To register or for more information about the upcoming training, call 682-4850 or e-mail loma.i.baldwin~ci.euoene.or.us.