Field Assistant needed to work on behavioral field study of a Neotropical bird in Costa Rica.Assistant will help collect data on song, social behavior and reproduction in the cooperatively breeding, group-singing Stripe-headed Sparrow (Aimophila ruficauda).
Daily field work will include resighting birds by color-combination, mist-netting and banding, conducting focal observations while recording vocalizations, assisting playback experiments and nest-searching and monitoring. Some data entry and sound data processing work each day, but emphasis will be on intensive field work. Some experience in at least some of the above field activities preferred, but not all required.
Absolutely required: good general birding skills but especially a good ear for identifying birds by song; an enthusiasm for study of bird behavior; ability to work both in dense, thorny forest and in open areas with TOTAL exposure to very hot tropical sun; tolerance for working in proximity to stinging ants, wasps and poisonous snakes. Study site is Santa Rosa National Park, Guanacaste, Costa Rica. About 40 min from small city of Liberia.
Travel, food and housing provided. If already in Costa Rica, small stipend may be possible. Housing will be in Santa Rosa dorms, probably in shared rooms.
Start date: ASAP, or by mid-June. End date: until late August or early September. Contact: Anya Illes, Graduate student, University of Washington.
ailles@u.washington.edu. Phone calls can be made via Skype or other internet service by appointment.
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