Field Assistants Needed

Participate in a long-term ecological study of forest bird populations at Hubbard Brook Experimental Forest in the White Mountains of New Hampshire.

Current National Science Foundation funded research under the direction of Nicholas Rodenhouse, Scott Sillett, Mike Webster, and Richard Holmes focuses on effects of climatic variation on bird distribution and abundance along an elevational gradient.

Two types of positions are available: bird survey technician (four will be hired) and warbler demography technician (ten will be hired).

Desired Qualifications

good color vision;
able to hike and work alone in remote, rugged, and steep terrain;
interest in avian behavioral and population ecology;
bird survey: able to identify New England forest birds by sight and sound; previous bird survey experience preferred;
warbler demography: experience in finding and monitoring passerine nests; people with proficiency at banding and collecting blood from small birds are especially needed.