Do you live in eastern Melbourne and love seeing woodland birds in your local parks and reserves?
If so, you might like to volunteer some of your time to help understand the threats that our increasing urban areas have on woodland birds. I am a PhD student at Deakin University in Burwood, currently looking for keen-eyed volunteers to help me explore the effects of urbanisation on Eastern Yellow Robins.
I have colour-banded robins in Wilson Reserve, Ivanhoe; Shepherds Bush, Glen Waverley; and in the Dandenong Ranges National Park, near Olinda and Selby. I am trying to understand if home-range and territory sizes differ in the ‘urban’ reserves, compared to the ‘forest’ locations. I am looking for help with re-sightings of the banded birds.
More detailed information can be found at: http://urbanrobins.wordpress.com/volunteering/
If you are interested in helping out, please contact me at caconnel@deakin.edu.au or on 0403 195 663.
Christine Connelly
PhD Candidate, Deakin University ===============================
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