How To Help

Public support is essential to our mission at HMN and you can help us by donating your time and/or money. All donations of time and money are greatly appreciated.

Volunteer: The Hummingbird Monitoring Network would not exist without the dedicated help of volunteers, scientists, and citizens like you. If you would like to volunteer on a project, we suggest that you visit one of our public monitoring sites and talk with one of HMN's citizen scientists or scientists. They will be able to identify the best person for you to contact.

Volunteers Needed for 2011 Monitoring Season

During a monitoring session, we always need trapping, recording, and feeding assistance. At some sites we also need help maintaining the feeders patches. If you would like to help, please look at the information belowto determine where and when volunteers are needed. Please send an e-mail to the contact listed in the tables and we will get back with you.

You should have an interesting time and learn a bit more about hummingbirds, but you must realize that 1. This is a scientific research program with nearly 30 associated sites in Arizona, Colorado, California, Utah, British Columbia, and Mexico (see Hummingbird Monitoring Network below). 2. The positions for volunteers on monitoring dates are: a) Recorder - You must be able to write clearly and transcribe the data spoken to you accurately despite the usual conversation of visitors around you, b) Trapper - You must have good eye-hand coordination to know when to drop the trap curtain and have the manual dexterity to remove the bird from the trap and place it in a cloth mesh bag without harming it or allowing it to escape. c) On busy days, we also need a Feeder whose job is to feed each bird and release it after it has been processed. You will be trained briefly at the beginning of the session. The time to report to the site and the duration of the trapping period follow the dates in the schedule.

Or please send a letter of inquiry to:

Hummingbird Monitoring Network
PO Box 115
Patagonia, AZ 85624

Donate: Perhaps, you are unable to dedicate your valuable time to our cause but still wish to help by donating to us financially. We give you the option of choosing how we spend your money by allowing you to identify a specific project, or geographic region towards which your donation will be applied. If you are unsure where your donation will help the most, please donate to our general fund. HMN's promise to you is that we will minimize the organization's administrative costs and maximize the funds spent directly on our projects. In the event that the selected project is completely funded, HMN reserves the right to use donations for other projects.