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Dear PSF volunteers, Although weather conditions have been very variable, these past two weeks offered some amazing birding days with a lot of species recorded around town. We are still expecting to receive large waves of migrants so let’s stay alert because collisions will continue to occur and maybe even intensify. In this week’s update, I will present:
1. Numbers from the field So far this season, PSF volunteers have recovered 76 birds from 27 different species, with 83% of birds found dead (63 birds). Of the 13 injured birds, seven were brought to a rehabilitator. The following graph indicates where birds were found, emphasizing the problem we still face at Morgan Mail. The next graph is a first estimate of our top five species for this season. 2. Help needed for Lights Out NY Lights Out NY was launched in the beginning of April to help migratory birds fly safely through our city. We are looking for volunteers who could stay up and look at the skyline from 11.30pm to 1 am in order to document the buildings that don’t turn off their lights. This can be done any day and is a one time deal. Please contact me if you want to help with this project. 3. Help needed for PSF data entry As mentioned in a previous update, we are in the midst of transferring all our archived data to our online database. Elizabeth White is doing a great job but there are over two years of bird collision data and she cold use an extra hand. This work can also be done from home as long as you have an internet connection. Please contact me if you can invest a few hours a week in this project. 4. Open position for New York City Look Around Art Director Look Around New York City Art Director Look Around New York City is New York City Audubon’s nature newsletter for children. We publish three issues at the same time during the summer and fall. We seek an experienced MAC user who can work with our existing InDesign template and lay out text and art, create two-color files for the printer and pdfs for the Website. You will work outside our office directly with the volunteer Publisher/Managing Editor, and in consultation with Issue Editors. Art Director Duties include, but are not limited to: · Working with the rest of the Editorial Board to suggest topics, specific articles, and potential authors and illustrators for each issue · Laying out text and art for three 4-page, two-color issues per year · Providing pdf files for Publisher/Managing Editor at each stage of layout · Providing appropriate electronic files to the printer · Providing pdf files of as-printed versions for office files and Website · Working directly with volunteer Publisher/Managing Editor, in consultation with Issue Editors · Consulting with printer as needed and approving proofs, in conjunction with Publisher/Managing Editor · Being available to work intensively on all issue between June and December, the ideal being to have material ready for layout in July and to the printer by September · Assisting rest of Editorial Board and other volunteers during two mailing sessions and one or more educational events Qualifications: · Experienced MAC user with InDesign version CS2 or later; Adobe Acrobat 6.0 or later; facility to match fonts with Audubon office PC · Capacity to interface with PC format, especially in MS Word · Ability to work as part of a team as well as on own · Ability to meet deadlines · Willingness to work from home/after work on most of the project, with meetings and mailings at Audubon office; events at outside locations Start Date: June 2006 Salary: Non-paid position Contact: INCLUDE RESUME and/or SAMPLE OF WORK Yigal Gelb, Program Director New York City Audubon 71 West 23 Street, Room 1523 FAX 212-924-3870 Email: volunteer@nycaudubon.org Thanks and see you next week |
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