Only a few days left
to take advantage of the early registration bonus for the World Bird Sanctuary
Avian Training Workshop! By registering before October 1st you
can save $100. After that date
registration will be the full fee of
$750.
What is an Avian
Training Workshop you may ask, and what do I get for my registration fee?
Workshop students learning to do a necropsy
The WBS Avian Training
Workshop is an intensive 4-day workshop, which covers all aspects of housing,
training, feeding and caring for raptors, parrots, corvids and many other species.
The workshop includes both classroom and hands-on training.
Students learn to weigh and weight manage a raptor (in this case an American Kestrel)
Subjects covered in
the classroom section include:
* Establishing
your own program--permits, insurance, facilities, staff & volunteers
* Working with and
training your bird--manning and positive reinforcement, desensitizing
* Choosing the
correct species to work with
*
Transportation--crates, permits, driving, flying, shipping
* Housing--mews,
jumpboxes, A-frames, flight cages, climate, hotwiring enclosures, substrates
* Perch types--bow,
platform, screen, etc.--which perch works best for which species
* Diets--food
types, frozen vs. live, storage, prep, raising food colonies, vitamins
* Training your
birds for flying--weight management, base weights, target weighs, flyer food
A Workshop student flying a Harris' Hawk
Everybody's
favorite--the hands-on section:
Our staff believes one
of the best ways to learn is through the
hands-on experience of doing things yourself. At our workshop you will
have the opportunity to actually do the following:
* Make jesses and
anklets
* Practice imping
feathers
* Experience
coping and trimming of a raptor
* Participate in
simple public speaking games and learn how different elements make you a better
public speaker
* Fly a Harris'
Hawk and/or Barn Owl with WBS staff
* Help train a new
behavior with a White-necked Raven (continues throughout the workshop)
* "Be the
Bird" in our training game
* Participate in
emergency medical care and do a gross necropsy on a raptor
The workshop also
includes an extensive tour of WBS' facilities and opportunities to see birds
and housing up close.
RESERVATIONS REQUIRED.
Workshop has a minimum of 10 participants and a maximum of 20.
WHEN: Thursday, October
30th through Sunday, Nov. 2nd
EARLY REGISTRATION:
Sign up by October 1st - Cost - $650
LATE REGISTRATION:
Sign up after October 1st - Cost - $750
$100 non-refundable
deposit required by October 1st for early registration, balance due by October
15th.
Registration fee
includes lunch each day.
Transportation to and
from St. Louis, hotel accommodations and breakfast & dinner are the
responsibility of each participant.
Further questions?
Contact Melissa Moore, 636-225-4390, ext. 0 or email workshop@worldbirdsanctuary.org
