Help in finding out my career?

Help with Finding a Career working with Birds or Ornithology?

• Hey everyone, I'm currently a student at the University of Colorado as a Psychology major. My original plan was to work towards a career in forensic psychology or criminology. I was absolutely certain I would be happy in a career with psychology. As interested as I am in these things, my life long passion has always been for birds. Since before I could even walk or talk the first thing my mother told me I learned to do was point and gawk at the birds and shortly after learning to hold a pencil it was all I drew, eventually became a successful artist (this passion coming in at a close second). Birds are the one thing in life that make me TRULY happy, no matter the circumstances and have surrounded myself with them my whole life (parrots). Related to this is my love for flight. I indulged in flying lessons for a while but became disenchanted with it after realizing that the form of flight I am most fascinated with I will never be able achieve. Regardless, I still love flying small planes, ultralights, gliders, etc, but cannot stand commercial aviation. Bores me to death. The only thing good about it is being able to travel all over. I have been searching high and low for a good/solid career that would allow me to work with birds or any combination of the things above for the rest of my life, but to no avail. Are there any suggestions? Is there anyone out there with relatively the same passions I have and has found a career that satisfies these conditions? Or at least some of them? I'm seriously beginning to doubt how happy I'll be in a career that doesn't involve birds in some way and wish to change my major (or at least double it or minor in something) but have no idea what to do or where to begin. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. -Lost College Student.

• Answer:

  Look at Cornell http://www.birds.cornell.edu/evb/WorkingHere_ProspectiveGrads.htm http://www2.dnr.cornell.edu/citizenscience/dickinson/Prospective_GStudents.html