| Listing for Job Number: 3922 Job: SHOREBIRD INTERNS |
Date Submitted: | January 24, 2006 |
Title: | SHOREBIRD INTERNS |
Category: | Wildlife |
Name: | U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Chincoteague National Wildlife Refuge |
Term Length: | Start- May 21 at the latest!!; Ending- August (Approximately 12 weeks from start date). |
Location: | Assateague Island, Virginia |
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Other: | A. Required Background: A recent graduate or student (Junior status) in Wildlife Biology, Ecology, Natural Resources Management, or related field; communication skills, writing skills, desire to work with people; must have good observational skills, and valid driver's license.
B. Desired Background: Experience working with shorebirds, waterfowl, and wading birds or a background in ornithology, or general biology; ability to record detailed observations; knowledge of computers helpful. |
Misc: | Area Description: Chincoteague National Wildlife Refuge is located on Assateague Island, Virginia; a barrier island on the Delmarva Peninsula (Delaware, Maryland, and Virginia) where the summers can be hot and humid with many annoying insects. Fall season tends to be mild with frequent rains and cool temperatures. |
Type: | Internship |
Documentation Needed: | Send or e-mail resume to the address below. |
Contact Address: | Amanda Daisey, Wildlife Biologist,
USFWS-Chincoteague National Wildlife Refuge,
P.O. Box 62, 8231 Beach Road, Chincoteague, VA 23336-0062 |
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Fax: | 757-336-5273 |
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Description: | Work Description: Shorebird interns will primarily collect data and monitor a population of the threatened piping plover and other beach nesting birds on Chincoteague National Wildlife Refuge, Virginia.
Duties include: Daily piping plover, oystercatcher, tern, and skimmer surveys including nest searches, behavioral observations, nest/brood monitoring, and predator monitoring. Intern will have the opportunity to participate in other refuge management programs and studies such as aquatic invertebrate sampling, waterfowl and shorebird surveys, water level and salinity readings, marine animal stranding data collection, vegetation sampling, Delmarva fox squirrel nest box repair, and public interpretation. |
Salary: | A stipend of $150/week living expenses plus housing. |
Benefits: | Housing included. Educational Opportunities: An opportunity to develop research skills and to study wildlife management techniques through actual field research.
Training: All training will be OJT, (on-the-job-training) with professional wildlife biolo |
Deadline: | March 1, 2006 (Multiple positions to be filled). |
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