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Volunteer task |
The Wild Bird Society of Taipei has spared no
effort in educational promotion, and especially arranged many bird
watching activities. The routine activities have been ongoing from 1973
to the present. Regular bird watching activities are held every
weekend. The volunteers led participants to attend bird watching in the
suburbs, and provide commentary services for everyone. The resident
commentary department branch will set up fixed-point commentary service
stations in Guandu Nature Park, Huajiang Wild Duck Nature Park, and
Daan Forest Park, so that people entering the park can watch birds
through a telescope, and explain the fun of bird watching. Children
and teens’ natural ecological experience camps are also launched in the
winter and summer vacations. For teachers and students in the school,
there are special lectures, outdoor teaching activities are held at
Guandu, Huajiang Bridge or the suburbs of Greater Taipei area. For
large-scale activities, during the migratory bird migration season in
every spring and autumn, the "Kuandu Water Bird Season" bird-watching
event was held, which was later expanded to be the International
Bird-watching Expo. From the routine activities of the
Wild Bird Society of Taipei to the Bird Watching Expo, we can find that
there is a huge demand for volunteers. Almost all volunteers are
dispatched for the Bird Watching Expo, so education and training are
very important. In order to improve the quality and
enthusiasm of service volunteers, the Wild Bird Society of Taipei
regularly recruits, selects volunteers every year, and commentary
volunteers can enter the scene slowly after more than six months of
training courses. | |
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Filmed by Bird Conservator |
Secretary General Shih-hong Chen told us that in
volunteer training, the first stage is basic volunteer training, in
which the volunteer first know the Wild Bird Society of Taipei, and
participate in the core curriculum. This core curriculum and basic
curriculum take about two months, and includes a total of 32 Class
training courses. Next is more in-depth professional training, for
example, tour guides, at least half a year is spent on professional
training, during which the volunteers learn how to watch birds, use
telescopes, identify bird species, and teach people to watch birds in
the wild. After at least 8 months of training time, coupled with
internship, after passing evaluation, it is confirmed that the
volunteer has the ability to lead the team, and the volunteer service
will start in the next year. Therefore, the Wild Bird Society of Taipei
volunteer tour training process is long and professional. | |
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