We are looking for field assistants to help monitor a color-banded population of purple-crowned fairy-wrens in the Kimberley, Australia.Start date: anytime from Mar 2009. Time period: 3 months minimum.Duties include regular censusing of color-banded birds, searching for and monitoring nests, quantifying territory quality, mist-netting, behavioral observations, and data entry.
The study is based at Mornington Wildlife Sanctuary in the remote tropical north of Western Australia.Qualifications: experience monitoring color-banded birds, nest-searching, and mist-netting. Must also be physically fit and able to work in extremes of temperature and humidity, and enjoy isolated and basic living conditions shared with diverse other people (and potentially bugs, snakes, etc.).
Stipend towards expenses: AUD$750-1000/mo depending on experience plus cost of travel to the site from Derby, Australia.
Onsite accommodation in tents is provided, but assistants cover their own food costs.
For more information contact: MICHELLE HALL (EM: hall@orn.mpg.de) and ANNE PETERS (EM: peters@orn.mpg.de). To apply, please email a letter outlining previous field research experience, a resume including names and contact information for 3 referees, and dates of availability.