Pre-course survey.

Thanks for taking the time to complete this brief, anonymous survey.  Your responses will help make the Hand-rearing Birds course content as practical and useful as possible.  You don't need to be registered for the conference or the course to respond.  There's no commitment from you, just your input.

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* 1. What is your role at your facility?

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* 2. How long have you been a zoo or aquarium professional?

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* 3. Do you have experience working with birds outside the zoo or aquarium field?

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* 4. What is your education level?

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* 5. What proportion of the animals you work with are birds?

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* 6. Compared to other zoos or aquariums, how big is your facility?

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* 7. About how many bird species are in your facility's collection?  (If you don't know, just guess.)

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* 8. How many eggs are artificially incubated and/or chicks hand-reared at your facility each year?

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* 9. Does your facility have dedicated space in a separate room or building for egg incubation and/or chick rearing?

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* 10. Who develops bird hand-rearing protocols in your facility?  Check all that apply.

  no input make suggestions research external protocols write draft protocols approve protocols
keeper(s)
supervisor(s)
curator(s)
nutritionist(s)
veterinarian(s)

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* 11. Does your facility rear any bird species for release to the wild?

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* 12. Are you involved in hand-rearing birds at your facility?

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* 13. With what species or groups of species have you been involved in hand-rearing?

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* 14. What species had problems or proved difficult to hand-rear and why?

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* 15. What species or groups of species would you hope to see covered in this course?

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* 16. Are there other specifics about bird hand-rearing you'd like to see covered in this course?

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* 17. Do you have any other comments, requests, or suggestions?

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* 18. Are you planning to participate in the Avian Hand-rearing Professional Certificate Course on August 30th?

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