Caitlin Borck has joined Mass Audubon at Felix Neck as the new seasonal coastal waterbird and citizen science coordinator.

She earned her master’s of science degree in biology with an emphasis in applied ecology at eastern Kentucky University in Richmond, Ky., and her bachelor of science degree in biology from the University of Findlay with an emphasis in wildlife management. She worked for two summers on the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers in western Kentucky studying endangered interior least terns.

Ms. Borck is excited to play a role in protecting waterbirds on the Vineyard with the help of volunteers from the community and educating the public about factors that have an impact on nesting waterbirds. She will be involved with research activities of plovers, terns and oystercatchers, horseshoe crabs, odonates and salamanders and will be coordinating the citizen science program at Felix Neck.

Felix Neck’s citizen science program engages community volunteers to work side by side with professional scientists to collect data and monitor the health of wildlife across the Vineyard. For information, call 508-627-4850, extension 103, or e-mail cborck@massaudubon.org.