INTERNSHIPS AVAILABLE FOR BIRD MONITORING IN COSTA RICA

INTERNSHIPS AVAILABLE FOR BIRD MONITORING IN COSTA RICA -- We have openings for Volunteer Bird Banding Interns at a bird monitoring station in the coastal Caribbean town of Tortuguero, Costa Rica. Positions are available throughout the year with the minimum length of stay around 2 months. Participants are expected to have experience in identifying birds, and they usually have removed from mist nets and processed at least 200 landbirds. Applicants capable of filling the Primary Bander/Bander-in-Charge duties and/or Latin American Volunteers may be eligible for partial travel or other reimbursements. All volunteers receive their room and board while they are staying at the well-appointed station of the Caribbean Conservation Corporation, Estacion Biologica, in Tortuguero (URL: http://cccturtle.org/ccccostarica.php?page=research). We and our collaborators in Costa Rica have been operating five monitoring stations near the village for over a decade. We operate mist nets for resident and migrant species and conduct migration censuses of the millions of diurnal migrants moving along the coast. For more information see (URL: http://www.fs.fed.us/psw/topics/wildlife/birdmon/landbird/tortuguero/). Positions will be open until filled. Please send (emailed text documents preferred) a resume and a cover letter that includes your bird banding experience, ability with Spanish/English, dates available, three references and any questions to PABLO ELIZONDO (EM: jpelizondo AT zeledonia.org), AND (i.e., cc: email) DR. C. JOHN RALP (EM: cjr2 AT humboldt.edu, PH: 707 825-2992, FX: 707 825-2901), U.S. Forest Service, Redwood Sciences Laboratory, 1700 Bayview Drive, Arcata, California 95521.