AVIAN SURVEYOR – bird response to meadow restoration treatments in the Sierra Nevada

The successful candidate must already be able to identify Sierra birds by sight and sound; applicants with previous point count experience will be strongly preferred. [...] On a typical day, the biologist will wake up before dawn, drive to survey sites (typically 30 min to 1 hr from crew housing), and spend the morning conducting multi-species point counts (or willow flycatcher broadcast surveys), and rapid vegetation surveys at each survey site. [...] The afternoon will then typically be spent scoping out and planning the next day’s surveys for themselves and the assistant, and/or entering data into a database. [...] REQUIREMENTS: We are looking for a candidate with prior birding experience and familiarity with the songs and calls of western montane birds. [...] A willingness to communicate and coordinate with others, face the rigors of fieldwork and data entry with good humor is important.