[Ontbirds] Assist with birder research at Rondeau Provincial Park between April 27th and May 10th, 2008

[Gavan Watson]

**This message has been approved by Mark Cranford, ONTBIRDS coordinator**

Ontario birders,

My name is Gavan Watson and I am a PhD student at York University,
Toronto. I am conducting approved field research for my dissertation
throughout the upcoming birding season and am seeking birding
participants for my project.

My specific request today concerns an upcoming visit to Rondeau
Provincial Park, between April 27th and May 10th. If you are planning
a visit to the park between those dates, I would love the opportunity
to meet you and talk about your birding practise. I anticipate
interviews would be between a half-hour and an hour in length.

This research, approved by York University and the park
administration, is attempting to investigate what birders learn
through the act of birding. For more specific information about my
dissertation research, feel free to visit my academic website:
http://www.gavan.ca/academic-information/dissertation-research/

Please contact me (gavan at yorku.ca <mailto:gavan at yorku.ca> or
416-878-2495) if you are interested in participating in an interview
between the 27th and the 10th.

Thanks,

Gavan Watson, MES, BASc
PhD Candidate
Faculty of Environmental Studies
York University, Toronto.