Hi Everybody,

If any of you want a summer job that involves, admittedly pretty intense, birding, the Maryland Ornithological Society's Atlas Board is offering at least two block busting positions for the peak of the upcoming breeding season. Please see the following announcement for further details:

The Maryland Ornithological Society (MOS) will be hiring field workers for the Maryland-District of Columbia Breeding Bird Atlas Project 2005 field season to work in atlas blocks with little or no coverage (block busting) and to concurrently conduct 15-stop relative abundance surveys in atlas blocks.  Applicants must be skilled at identifying birds of the Middle Atlantic Region by both sound and sight, and have a good intuitive feel for the habitat preferences of the Region's birdlife. Block busters will be paid by the block. Each block should receive a minimum of five and a half hours of field work including a 15-stop relative abundance survey route. The expected period of employment will be from 25 May to 31 July although shorter periods may be negotiated. The application deadline is 31 March 2005. Please send a resume and names of three references to Jane Coskren, MOS Atlas Board Chair, 6324 Sandchain Rd., Columbia, MD 21045; with a copy to Walter Ellison, MD-DC Breeding Bird Atlas Coordinator, 23460 Clarissa Rd., Chestertown, MD 21620, electronic submissions may be sent to  or  







Walter Ellison
MD-DC Atlas Coordinator - MOS
23460 Clarissa Road
Chestertown, MD 21620
phone: 410-778-9568
e-mail: 

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