Date: Thu, 11 Mar 2004 01:29:16 -0500 Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: Robert Woods Subject: Re: Spring/'Summer Job Opportunity In-Reply-To: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed Know anyone who would enjoy this? At 10:45 AM 3/10/2004 -0500, you wrote: >I'm posting this for Mike MacKinnon who is not subscribed to Osprey. >He is looking especially for someone who can identify the forest birds >by sound. > >Jane E. Fallon >USGS Patuxent Wildlife Research Center >Laurel, MD 20708-4039 >ph 301-497-5664 >email Jane_Fallon@usgs.gov > >BIOLOGICAL INTERNS (1-2) needed at Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge >in Cambridge, Maryland, April 4 or May 24 ? September 30, 2004 (Start >and end dates are flexible).This is an excellent opportunity to gain >valuable work experience on a national wildlife refuge and develop >contacts with professionals in the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and >U.S. Geological Survey. Interns will be hired as part of a study of the >ecological effects of prescribed fire, including effects on endangered >Delmarva Fox Squirrels and forest-interior dwelling birds. Primary >duties will involve: (1) assisting with trapping of fox squirrels; (2) >bird point counts; (3) some radio-telemetry work; (4) various >biological activities and data entry. Potential candidates will have >taken courses in Zoology/Biology/Wildlife Ecology. Preferred >Qualifications: experience or interest in small mammal trapping, >birding, bird point count surveys, radio-telemetry, and GIS/GPS; >ability to work independently in forested wetlands with minimal >supervision; ability to work in hot, humid, and sometimes buggy >conditions; capable of identifying eastern forest birds by sight and >sound. Free housing and $200/week stipend provided. In addition, a >work vehicle, hip boots, bug jackets, binoculars, and all necessary >field gear provided. Send or e-mail cover letter describing >bird/birding experience, resume, and three references to: Michael >MacKinnon, 2145 Key Wallace Drive, Cambridge, MD 21613 (Phone: >410-221-6248; e-mail: mmackinnon@usgs.gov) > >======================================================================= >To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com >with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey >======================================================================= ======================================================================= To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey ======================================================================= =========================================================================