> Subject: [raptor-conservation] Field Assistants
> Required in Saker Falcon
> research
> 
> Field Assistants Required in Saker Falcon research
> 
> We are looking for biological sciences graduates
> with an
> ornithological background and interest to work as
> field assistants
> on our Saker Falcon research and survey programme
> (www.savethesaker.com).
> 
> Central Mongolia (April-July 2007)
> Work will involve surveying and monitoring Saker
> Falcon nests,
> collecting and analysing prey remains and pellets
> from nest sites,
> data recording, undertaking small mammal and raptor
> counts during
> transect surveys, radio tracking falcons, trapping
> and marking birds
> (i.e., fitting wing tags) and biological sampling
> (i.e., taking
> blood and feather samples, cloacal smears).
> 
> Tibet, China (June-July 2007)
> Work will involve searching survey areas for Saker
> Falcon nesting
> sites, collecting and analysing prey remains and
> pellets from nest
> sites, data recording and biological sampling (i.e.,
> taking blood
> and feather samples, cloacal smears).
> 
> Kazakhstan (April-July 2007)
> Work will involve surveying and monitoring Saker
> Falcon nests,
> collecting and analysing prey remains and pellets
> from nest sites,
> data recording, trapping and marking birds (i.e.,
> fitting wing tags)
> and biological sampling (i.e., taking blood and
> feather samples,
> cloacal smears).
> 
> Arctic Siberia, Russia (June-July 2007)
> Work will involve surveying and monitoring Gyrfalcon
> nests, data
> recording and biological sampling (i.e., taking
> blood and feather
> samples, cloacal smears).
> 
> South-East Europe/Turkey (April-July 2007)
> Research area to be confirmed but will be in one or
> more of the
> following countries: Croatia, Serbia, Macedonia,
> Bulgaria, Romania,
> Moldova, Ukraine or Turkey. Work will involve
> surveying and
> monitoring Saker Falcon nests, collecting and
> analysing prey remains
> and pellets from nest sites, data recording and
> biological sampling
> (i.e., taking blood and feather samples, cloacal
> smears).
> 
> For all field assistant positions we pay the cost
> for your visas,
> travel costs (flights etc) and we provide your food
> during the field
> season.  We also pay a basic fieldwork salary of
> US$400 per month.
> You are expected to bring your own field clothing,
> sleeping bags and
> binoculars.  You must also pay for your own
> vaccinations (if
> required) and personal travel insurance.
> 
> Closing date for applications for any of the above
> positions is 30th
> November 2006.
> 
> Please send a copy of your CV by email to:
> falco(AT)falcons.co.uk
> 
> 

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