Conservation-related Volunteer Opportunities

Help at Festivals and Events Around Town
We are always in need of people who can help at festivals and events around town. Volunteers set up displays and man our table. This is an important way to reach out to the community.

To see a listing of our needs at festivals and how you can help click here!

What YOU can do to help the IBA (Important Bird Areas) program!
Ways you can help:

Enter data in eBird – it would be great if you would enter ALL your bird sightings, but please at least consider entering data for IBAs.

Conduct a standardized bird census at an IBA. We need data on all of our sites! Please contact Charlie Muise for details.

Help enter the data of other people – Most of us know an active bird watcher who does not have time or internet access to enter all of their data. There are also a lot of older folks who have many years’ worth of important data in notebooks somewhere. Offer to enter data for someone!

Help out at, or even organize a volunteer Conservation Activity – From pulling invasive exotic plants, to maintaining an IBA kiosk, to collecting warm season grass seeds, our IBAs need lots of help. If you have a talent or interest, Charlie can use your help!

Help fund our efforts. We are a 501(c)(3), so donations are tax deductible to the extent allowed by law. Help find and introduce Charlie to potential donors. Help him write grants

Help build and erect a kiosk at an IBA or lead a bird trip to introduce people to your favorite IBA

If you are interested in helping, please contact Charlie Muise 678-967-9924, cmmbirds@yahoo.com. For more information on the IBA program, please see: http://www.atlantaaudubon.org/aaswww/iba/iba.htm.

Publicity for Upcoming Field Trips
We need publicity for these trips, in newspapers, bird and nature stores, bulletin boards, etc.-- anywhere where people interested in bird walks might see them. We need volunteers to coordinate with members of the Field Trip Committee to publicize upcoming trips. Interested in this fun and vital work? Contact Field Trip Committee Members Sylvia Chandler, e-mail sg422@bellsouth.net for publicity other than newspapers and Pam Higginbotham, e-mail phigginb@comcast.net for newspaper publicity.

Assist on Field Trips
Attend walks (schedule) and assist the leader with membership brochures, checklists, and submission of birds seen to Stan Chapman and to Ebird. If this is up your alley, a) e-mail Stan at stancha@aol.com to let him know which walk you’ll attend; b) call Atlanta Audubon to get membership brochures and checklists for distribution; c) give a brief (1-2 minute) talk to attendees about membership in AAS; d) keep track of the bird species seen during the walk and send the list Stan, and e) enter the birds seen on eBirds.

Like to go on bird walks?
Would you like to lead a bird walk with kids at one of the summer day camps in the metro area where AAS LEARNING ABOUT BIRDS is providing training and materials so children can learn to identify Atlanta's summer birds? No experience necessary. Reply to Marcia at marcia.klenbort@comcast.net.