Knowledge of animal behavior is often an essential tool in conservation and restoration projects. Learn first-hand how restoration of threatened and endangered seabird populations has depended on our ability to understand and predict seabird behavior.
This summer, Shoals Marine Laboratory is offering a new 2-credit course in Seabird Conservation (June 11-June 18 2007; http:// www.sml.cornell.edu/sml_cc_seabird.html) AND a new paid internship opportunity that builds on the base established by that course: 3- week Seabird Conservation Internships (June 18-July 9 2007; http:// www.sml.cornell.edu/sml_students_internseabird.html). These new opportunities are designed to allow students to learn about and become involved in ongoing seabird restoration projects for terns and puffins in the Gulf of Maine. They are organized and taught by Dr. Julie Ellis (Tufts University, Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine) and Dr. Steve Kress (Cornell Lab of Ornithology). Completion of Seabird Conservation (or Field Ornithology; see http:// www.sml.cornell.edu/sml_cc_ifo.html) at SML is a prerequisite for participation in a Seabird Conservation Internship. This is because interns need biological background in behavior, communication, federal regulations, and field techniques before beginning internships, and this information is most efficiently communicated in a course environment. We still have some spaces in Seabird Conservation (and also in Field Ornithology) as of today. We also still have need-based financial aid available to help students attend courses at SML this summer. Each Seabird Conservation Internship pays $300/week. See the indicated URL's for more details or contact us at shoals- [EMAIL PROTECTED] (or by phone: 607-342-3260). Plan to join us on Appledore and the Gulf of Maine this summer! Willy William E. Bemis Kingsbury Director of Shoals Marine Laboratory Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Corson Hall, Cornell University Ithaca, NY 14853 [EMAIL PROTECTED] The website for Shoals Marine Lab is: http://www.sml.cornell.edu/
