Cheryl L. Trine, Editor

Ornithological Jobs

Welcome to the new Ornithology Jobs page. This service is provided by OSNA (the Ornithological Societies of North America) as a benefit to ornithologists. Job descriptions are open for anyone to read:  if you are looking for a position, you do not need to be a member of an OSNA society.  If you want to fill a position, your advertisement can be read by anyone looking for a job!

Search for a position that fits your interest and needs.  Suggested search terms are: student, post-doc, professor, temporary, permanent, seasonal, volunteer, intern, salary, raptor, neotropical, waterbird, and shorebird (or other taxonomic indicator).

Click on the job title to read a full description and obtain contact information.

Field Assistant
Organization: University of Northern Colorado
Location: Fort Collins, Colorado
Deadline: 03/31/2012

Field Assistant/Educator
Organization: Smithsonian Migratory Bird Center
Location: Washington, DC
Deadline: 03/20/2012

Field Assistant
Organization: Smithsonian Migratory Bird Center
Location: Washington, DC region
Deadline: 03/20/2012

Point Count Technician/Crew Leader
Organization: UNC-Chapel Hill
Location: Southern Appalachian Mountains
Deadline: 03/31/2012

Field Technician - breeding bird monitoring
Organization: Purdue University
Location: Hoosier National Forest, IN
Deadline: 04/01/2012

Volunteer Field Assistant
Organization: Massey University
Location: North Island, New Zealand
Deadline: 03/15/2012

AVIAN FIELD TECHNICIAN
Organization:
Location: Salt Lake City, UT
Deadline:

Shorebird Banding Research Assistant
Organization: Winous Point Marsh Conservancy
Location: Port Clinton, Ohio
Deadline: 04/08/2012

BIRDING TOUR GUIDE -- prairie birds
Organization: Prairie Smoke Ranch
Location: Butte, North Dakota
Deadline:

AVIAN TECHNICIANS Bicknell’s Thrush
Organization: Plymouth State University
Location: Northern New Hampshire
Deadline: 04/01/2012

PHD STUDENTSHIP
Organization: Monash University, Melbourne, Australia
Location: Melbourne, Australia
Deadline:

BIOLOGICAL SCIENCE TECHNICIANS (WILDLIFE)
Organization: US Forest Service
Location: south-central Idaho
Deadline: 03/26/2012

Avian Survey Technician
Organization: Mississippi State University, Dept. of Wildlife, Fisheries, and Aquaculture
Location: northern LA and/or southern AR
Deadline: 04/01/2012

Field Technician Junco Extracter/Bander
Organization: UC Berkeley
Location: Berkeley, CA / Sierra Nevada
Deadline: 03/23/2012

Passerine Bander (Target mist-netting)
Organization: University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Location: Montague, MA
Deadline: 03/18/2012

Avian Field Technicians
Organization: University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Location: Montague, MA
Deadline: 03/18/2012

Florida Scrub-Jay Research Intern
Organization: Archbold Biological Station
Location: Venus, FL
Deadline: 03/02/2012

Marshbird Point Count Survey Technician
Organization: The University of Maine
Location: Coastal Massachusetts and New York
Deadline: 03/02/2012

Field Technicians for Bicknell’s Thrush Research
Organization: Bird Studies Canada
Location: Sackville, New Brunswick, Canada
Deadline: 03/23/2012

Passerine Bander
Organization: Alaska Bird Observatory
Location: Fairbanks, AK
Deadline: 03/16/2012

TOUR GUIDE/INTERPRETIVE NATURALIST
Organization: St. Paul Island Tour
Location: St. Paul Island, in Alaska’s Pribilof Islands
Deadline: 03/01/2012

ERADICATION PROJECT MANAGER
Organization: Ornithological Society of French Polynesia MANU
Location: Tahiti, French Polynesia
Deadline: 03/01/2012

Nesting Ecology of Shrubland Birds (Field Technician)
Organization: University of Illinois, Illinois Natural History Survey
Location: Champaign, Illinois and McHenry, Illinois
Deadline: 03/31/2012

Nesting Ecology of Shrubland Birds (Crew Leader)
Organization: University of Illinois, Illinois Natural History Survey
Location: McHenry, Illinois
Deadline: 03/20/2012

Grassland Bird survey Technician
Organization: Kansas State University
Location: Kansas
Deadline: 04/15/2012

Field Technician (Position Number 1202)
Organization: Michigan Natural Features Inventory
Location: Michigan
Deadline: 03/05/2012

MIGRATION MONITORING ASSISTANT
Organization: Pelee Island Bird Observatory
Location: Pelee Island, Ontario, Canada
Deadline:

COASTAL STEWARD
Organization: Tuckernuck Land Trust
Location: Tuckernuck Island MA
Deadline: 02/28/2012

LEAST TERN AND SNOWY PLOVER FIELD TECHNICIANS
Organization: The Zoological Society of San Diego
Location: California
Deadline: 02/22/2012

Avian Field Assistant
Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Location: Champaign IL
Deadline: 03/02/2012

ORNITHOLOGICAL FIELD TECHNICIANS
Organization:
Location: southern and central Illinois
Deadline: 03/26/2012

ORNITHOLOGICAL FIELD TECHNICIANS
Organization:
Location: Cache River watershed in southern Illinois
Deadline: 03/26/2012

Raven Population Genetics / European Redstart
Organization: University of Oslo / UMBC - Univ Maryland, Baltimore County
Location: Oslo, Norway (Natural History Museum) / Baltimore, MD (Omland Lab, UMBC)
Deadline: 02/19/2012

Forest Bird Monitoring Technicians
Organization: Ohio State University
Location: Vinton county, OH
Deadline: 03/12/2012

SEASONAL BANDING INTERNS
Organization: Manomet Center for Conservation Sciences
Location: Manomet MA
Deadline:

SEASONAL BANDING ASSISTANTS
Organization: Manomet Center for Conservation Sciences
Location: Manomet MA
Deadline:

FIELD ASSISTANTS WANTED -- white-throated sparrow
Organization: Cranberry Lake Biological Station
Location: Adirondack Mountains of New York
Deadline:

TWO FIELD TECHNICIANS
Organization:
Location: Flint Hills of Kansas
Deadline:

ENDANGERED SPECIES PROGRAM VACANCIES – Piping Plovers and Least Terns
Organization:
Location: Suffolk County, New York
Deadline: 03/09/2012

INTERNSHIP ANNOUNCEMENT
Organization: The Wildlife Center of Virginia
Location: Virginia
Deadline:

Avian Field Technician
Organization: University of Illinois
Location: NE Illinois
Deadline: 03/25/2012

Woodpecker Field Technicians
Organization: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Location: Western Illinois
Deadline: 03/25/2012

ASSISTANT AVIAN BIOLOGIST
Organization:
Location: Santa Catalina Mountains, Arizona (30 miles north of Tucson)
Deadline:

AVIAN BIOLOGIST
Organization:
Location: Santa Catalina Mountains, Arizona (30 miles north of Tucson)
Deadline:

Avian Point Counters
Organization: Illinois Natural History Survey
Location: Champaign/Urbana, IL
Deadline: 03/25/2012

REVISED - NYC Stopover Biology - Banding Assistants, Birders, Volunteers Needed
Organization: Fordham University
Location: New York City
Deadline:

AVIAN FIELD STAFF for Ecuadorian Amazon region
Organization: Global Vision Internationl
Location: Ecuadorian Amazon
Deadline:

CREW LEADERS AND FIELD ASSISTANTS -- Ferruginous Hawk
Organization: University of Alberta
Location: southern Alberta and southern Saskatchewan
Deadline: 03/31/2012

TERRESTRIAL & AQUATIC BIOLOGICAL TECHNICAL ASSISTANTS
Organization: Water Quality Services Unit, Saskatchewan Watershed Authority
Location: Varies throughout Saskatchewan
Deadline: 02/24/2012

BEACH-NESTING BIRD MONITOR
Organization:
Location: beaches in Sussex County, Delaware
Deadline:

WILDLIFE INTERN
Organization: Mass Audubon
Location: Dartmouth, MA.
Deadline:

SPECIAL EVENTS INTERN
Organization: Mass Audubon
Location: Dartmouth, MA.
Deadline:

LAND AND TRAILS INTERN
Organization: Mass Audubon
Location: Dartmouth, MA.
Deadline:

EDUCATION/OUTREACH INTERN
Organization: Mass Audubon
Location: Dartmouth, MA.
Deadline:

SIX (6) AVIAN RESEARCH TECHNICIANS
Organization: Great Basin Bird Observatory
Location: Nevada's backcountry
Deadline:

Endowed MS and/or PhD Graduate Research Fellowships
Organization: Caesar Kleberg Wildlife Research Institute
Location: Kingsville, TX
Deadline: 04/01/2012

Tidal marsh sparrow technicians
Organization: University of Delaware
Location: Edwin B. Forsythe NWR (Oceanville, NJ)
Deadline: 02/20/2012

MARSHBIRD SURVEY TECHNICIANS
Organization: Audubon Maryland-DC
Location: tidal marshes in Maryland and Virginia’s eastern shore
Deadline:

Raptor Field Technician
Organization: Simon Fraser University
Location: Vancouver, BC
Deadline: 02/24/2012

Biological Monitors
Organization: Bloom Biological, Inc.
Location: Southern California
Deadline: 03/31/2012

Intern and Head Banding Assistant Positions
Organization: University of Arizona
Location: Missoula, MT
Deadline:

SEASONAL NATURALIST
Organization: Wellfleet Bay Wildlife Sanctuary
Location: Cape Cod
Deadline:

WILDLIFE BIOLOGIST, Mid-Atlantic Baseline Studies Project
Organization: Biodiversity Research Institute
Location: Gorham, ME
Deadline: 02/21/2012

AVIAN FIELD BIOLOGISTS
Organization: Rocky Mountain Bird Observatory
Location: Colorado, Kansas, New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Texas
Deadline:

PASSERINE BANDING VOLUNTEERS
Organization: Raccoon Ridge Bird Observatory
Location: Sandyston, Sussex County, New Jersey
Deadline:

FIELD INTERN -- Rusty Blackbird
Organization: Vermont Center for Ecostudies
Location: Maine and Vermont
Deadline: 02/29/2012

FIELD INTERN -- high elevation songbirds
Organization: Vermont Center for Ecostudies
Location: Northeastern U.S.
Deadline: 02/29/2012

COMMON MURRE – BALD EAGLE INTERACTIONS
Organization: Oregon State University’s Hatfield Marine Science Center
Location: Oregon coast
Deadline: 02/27/2012

ACADIA NATIONAL PARK RAPTOR INTERNSHIP
Organization: Acadia National Park
Location: Acadia National Park , Maine
Deadline: 03/05/2012

Bird Point Count Contractor
Organization: Klamath Bird Observatory
Location: Southern Oregon and Northern California
Deadline:

SEABIRD RESEARCH ASSISTANTS
Organization:
Location: Machias Seal Island, New Brunswick
Deadline: 02/19/2012

ADMINISTRATIVE COORDINATOR for the Shorebird Recovery Project
Organization: Manomet Center for Conservation Sciences
Location: Manomet’s headquarters in Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA preferred; other locations will be considered
Deadline:

PH.D. ASSISTANTSHIPS (2)
Organization: School of Natural Resources, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Location: Nebraska
Deadline:

Telemetry Technician
Organization: Audubon Society of New Hampshire
Location: Northern New Hampshire
Deadline: 03/30/2012

SOUTH DAKOTA BIRD SURVEY POSITIONS
Organization:
Location: South Dakota
Deadline: 03/01/2012

AVIAN FIELD TECHNICIAN (SEASONAL)
Organization: North Carolina State University
Location: Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Deadline: 02/29/2012

GRASSLAND SONGBIRD FIELD TECHNICIANS
Organization: Simon Fraser University and Environment Canada
Location: southern Okanagan-Similkameen, British Columbia
Deadline:

PRBO TOMKAT RANCH FIELD RESEARCH ASSISTANT
Organization: Point Reyes Bird Observatory
Location: Pescadero, California
Deadline: 02/29/2012

FIELD TECHNICIANS
Organization:
Location: West Virginia
Deadline:

BRIDGING THE AMERICAS/UNIDOS POR LAS AVES PROGRAM INTERN
Organization: Smithsonian Migratory Bird Center
Location: Washington, DC.
Deadline:

CERULEAN WARBLER SURVEY
Organization:
Location: 40 sites located in Connecticut, Georgia, Iowa, Kentucky, Maryland, New York, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsy
Deadline:

Raptor Migration Study Intern
Organization: Golden Gate Raptor Observatory
Location: Marin Headlands, Sausalito, CA
Deadline:

Nest monitoring/Banding/Telemetry technician
Organization: Audubon Society of New Hampshire
Location: Northern New Hampshire
Deadline: 03/15/2012

Field Research Assistants
Organization: University of California, Davis
Location: Nevada mountains & eastern Sierra Nevada
Deadline: 02/29/2012

Executive Director
Organization: Los Angeles Audubon Society
Location: Los Angeles, CA
Deadline:

BIRD MONITORING CREW LEADER
Organization: University of Delaware
Location: National Capital Region Network of National Parks, MD, VA, WV, and D.C.
Deadline: 04/15/2012

BIRD MONITORING TECHNICIANS (2)
Organization: University of Delaware
Location: National Capital Region Network of National Parks, MD, VA, WV, and D.C.
Deadline: 04/15/2012

BIRD RADIO TELEMETRY TECHNICIANS (2)
Organization: University of Delaware
Location: Newark, DE
Deadline: 04/20/2012

BIRD BANDING/NEST MONITORING TECHNICIAN
Organization: University of Delaware
Location: Newark, DE
Deadline: 03/31/2012

Avian Field Technicians
Organization: The University of Scranton
Location: Western Michigan
Deadline: 03/30/2012

AVIAN FIELD TECHNICIAN
Organization: Simon Fraser University / Environment Canada
Location: Okanagan Valley, British Columbia
Deadline: 03/01/2012

VOLUNTEER HAWKWATCHER
Organization:
Location: Veracruz, Mexico
Deadline:

HABITAT CONSERVATION PROGRAM MANAGER
Organization: First Wind, Department of Environmental Affairs
Location: Honolulu, HI
Deadline:

WILDLIFE TECHNICIAN (SEABIRD CONSERVATION)
Organization: First Wind, Department of Environmental Permitting & Compliance
Location: Island of Maui, Hawaii
Deadline:

POST-DOCTORAL POSITION IN DETECTION AND CLASSIFICATION OF AVIAN VOCALIZATIONS
Organization: Cornell University’s Lab of Ornithology
Location: Ithaca, NY
Deadline:

Avian Field Technicians
Organization: Mississippi State University
Location: Monroe Co. and Clay Co., Mississippi
Deadline: 03/09/2012

VOLUNTEER SHOREBIRD INTERN - LOUISIANA
Organization: Coastal Bird Conservation/CONSERVIAN
Location: Louisiana coast (Port Fourchon/Grande Isle area)
Deadline:

VOLUNTEER SHOREBIRD INTERN- ALABAMA/MISSISSIPPI
Organization: Coastal Bird Conservation/CONSERVIAN
Location: Alabama and Mississippi coast
Deadline:

SHOREBIRD MONITOR TECHNICIAN– ALABAMA/MISSISSIPPI
Organization: Coastal Bird Conservation/CONSERVIAN (CBC)
Location: Alabama and Mississippi coast
Deadline:

SHOREBIRD MONITOR TECHNICIAN– LOUISIANA
Organization: Coastal Bird Conservation/CONSERVIAN (CBC)
Location: south Louisiana coast (Port Fourchon/Grande Isle area)
Deadline:

FIELD TECHNICIANS
Organization: PRBO Conservation Science
Location: Sacramento Valley, CA.
Deadline: 03/01/2012

WILDLIFE TECHNICIAN
Organization: Canadian Wildlife Service (Prairie and Northern Region), Environment Canada.
Location: Alberta.
Deadline: 02/17/2012

TEMPORARY FIELD BIOLOGIST
Organization: Natural Resource Group, LLC
Location: Montana, Wyoming, and Colorado
Deadline:

SEASONAL BIOLOGISTS
Organization: Maine Audubon
Location: Southern Maine
Deadline:

HAWK PROJECT VOLUNTEER POSITIONS – Ridgway’s Hawk
Organization: The Peregrine Fund
Location: Dominican Republic
Deadline:

POINT COUNT TECHNICIANS
Organization: PRBO Conservation Science
Location: Central Valley, CA
Deadline: 02/29/2012

Permitted California Gnatcatcher, Southwestern Willow Flycatcher and Least Bell's Vireo surveyors
Organization: Bloom Biological, Inc.
Location: Southern California
Deadline: 02/29/2012

Life-cycle modeling of migratory birds
Organization: Smithsonian Migratory Bird Center
Location: Washington, DC
Deadline: 04/02/2012

VOLUNTARY RESEARCH ASSISTANTSHIP IN SEABIRD BEHAVIOUR & ECOLOGY
Organization:
Location: Skomer Island, Pembrokeshire, Wales
Deadline:

SENIOR LEVEL NATURAL RESOURCES AND WETLANDS PERMITTING SPECIALIST
Organization: Tetra Tech, Inc.
Location: Portland, Oregon
Deadline:

DOCTORAL STUDENT POSITION
Organization: University of Oldenburg
Location: University of Oldenburg
Deadline: 01/26/2012

FIELD SUPERVISOR (1) AND ASSISTANTS (2) - Boreal Birds & Mammals
Organization: Wildlife Conservation Society Canada
Location: Southern Yukon, Canada
Deadline:

Intern and Head Banding Assistant Positions
Organization: University of Arizona
Location: Missoula Montana
Deadline:

BIRD POINT COUNT, NEST BOX & ARTHROPOD SAMPLING FIELD ASSISTANTS
Organization: National Council for Air and Stream Improvement, Inc
Location: Dallas or McMinnville, OR
Deadline:

CREW LEADER: BIRD POINT COUNT, NEST BOX & ARTHROPOD AND VEGETATION SAMPLING
Organization: National Council for Air and Stream Improvement, Inc
Location: northern Oregon Coast Range
Deadline:

VOLUNTEER FIELD RESEARCHERS
Organization: Selva Negra Coffee Estate
Location: Nicaraguan cloud forest
Deadline:

CREW LEADER/TELEMETRY TECHNICIAN
Organization:
Location: Willamette Valley, Oregon
Deadline:

SEASONAL FIELD BIOLOGIST
Organization:
Location: Willamette Valley, Oregon
Deadline:

Spotted Owl monitoring intern
Organization: National Park Service
Location: Olympic National Park, WA
Deadline: 02/24/2012

Assistant Professor, Wildlife Management and Conservation
Organization: Purdue University
Location: West Lafayette, IN
Deadline: 02/29/2012

HAWKWATCH VOLUNTEERS
Organization: The Costa Rica Raptor Foundation and the Kèköldi Hawkwatch
Location: Talamanca, Costa Rica
Deadline:

VOLUNTEER
Organization: Cabot Head Research Station
Location: Bruce Peninsula, Ontario
Deadline:

RESEARCH TECHNICIANS
Organization:
Location: National Parks of the Southern Colorado Plateau Network
Deadline:

SEABIRD ISLAND SUPERVISORS, INTERNS and VOLUNTEERS
Organization:
Location: islands along the Maine coast
Deadline:

INVERTEBRATE FIELD TECHNICIANS
Organization: Cape May Bird Observatory
Location: New Jersey's Delaware Bay shore
Deadline: 03/15/2012

SHOREBIRD FIELD TECHNICIANS
Organization: Cape May Bird Observatory
Location: New Jersey's Delaware Bay shore
Deadline: 03/15/2012

BIRD BANDING VOLUNTEERS
Organization: LifeNet Nature
Location: Reserva las Tangaras, Ecuador
Deadline:

HAWK COUNT INTERNSHIP
Organization: Lehigh Gap Nature Center
Location: at Bake Oven Knob in Lehigh County, PA
Deadline: 04/30/2012

POST-DOCTORAL RESEARCHER -- nuclear disaster effects
Organization: IRSN
Location: France & Japan
Deadline:

SHOREBIRD FIELD ASSISTANTS --stopover ecology
Organization:
Location: Dandong (Yalujiang River estuary), Liaoning, China
Deadline: 02/28/2012

SEASONAL AVIAN ECOLOGIST
Organization: University of Georgia
Location: Otto, NC
Deadline: 03/15/2012

Yellow-Billed Cuckoo Field Technician
Organization: Southern Sierra Research Station
Location: Weldon, CA
Deadline: 04/01/2012

Wildlife Technicians (avian, sm. mammals, herps)
Organization: University of Wyoming - Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit
Location: Lander, WY
Deadline: 03/01/2012

Field Assistant
Organization: Southern Sierra Research Station
Location: Southern Sierra Nevada, CA
Deadline: 04/21/2012

ORNITHOLOGICAL FIELD TECHNICIAN (1)
Organization: University of Illinois -Champaign/Urbana
Location: Cache River watershed southern Illinois
Deadline: 03/02/2012

AVIAN POINT COUNT TECHNICIANS (4), INTERNS (4), and CREW LEADER
Organization:
Location: southern Indiana
Deadline:

YELLOW-BILLED CUCKOO FIELD CREW LEADERS
Organization: Southern Sierra Research Station
Location: The lower Colorado River (LCR) and tributaries in Arizona, California, and Nevada.
Deadline: 02/26/2012

YELLOW-BILLED CUCKOO FIELD TECHNICIANS
Organization: Southern Sierra Research Station
Location: The lower Colorado River (LCR) and tributaries in Arizona, California, and Nevada
Deadline: 02/26/2012

AVIAN POINT COUNT TECHNICIANS
Organization:
Location: southern West Virginia and eastern Kentucky
Deadline:

FIELD TECHNICIAN NEEDED -- Black-backed Woodpeckers
Organization:
Location: Black Hills region of South Dakota
Deadline:

SEASONAL AVIAN FIELD TECHNICIANS
Organization:
Location: northwestern Illinois
Deadline:

WHOOPING CRANE REINTRODUCTION INTERNSHIPS
Organization: Necedah National Wildlife Refuge
Location: Necedah National Wildlife Refuge, Wisconsin
Deadline:

VOLUNTEER ORNITHOLOGISTS
Organization: Thunder Cape Bird Observatory
Location: northwestern Ontario, Canada
Deadline: 03/30/2012

Avian Field Biologist
Organization: NC Wildlife Resources Commission
Location: eastern North Carolina
Deadline: 02/17/2012

Bird Monitoring Student Volunteer Internships - River Restoration
Organization: Klamath Bird Observatory
Location: Northern California
Deadline:

Avian Field Technician
Organization: West Virginia University
Location: southwestern Pennsylvania
Deadline: 03/15/2012

FIELD TECHS WANTED
Organization:
Location: Assateague Island National Seashore
Deadline:

Revised -- ON CALL WILDLIFE TECHNICIAN
Organization: ICF International
Location: Gillette, Wyoming
Deadline:

Tree Swallow Project - Volunteer Field Assistants
Organization: Long Point Bird Observatory - Bird Studies Canada - University of Guelph
Location: Long Point, Ontario, Canada
Deadline: 04/15/2012

LPBO Internship- Bander-In-Charge
Organization: Long Point Bird Observatory - Bird Studies Canada
Location: Long Point, Ontario, Canada
Deadline: 03/15/2012

Marsh Bird Field Technicians
Organization:
Location: Maine - Virginia
Deadline: 02/20/2012

Field Assistants - Seaside Sparrows, UPDATED
Organization: Louisiana State University
Location: southeast Louisiana
Deadline: 02/20/2012

OUTER CAPE COD COASTAL WATERBIRD FIELD ASSISTANT III
Organization: Mass Audubon’s Wellfleet Bay Wildlife Sanctuary
Location: Truro, MA south to Chatham, MA.
Deadline: 03/01/2012

COASTAL WATERBIRD FIELD ASSISTANT II/EDUCATOR
Organization: /EDUCATOR Mass Audubon’s Wellfleet Bay Wildlife Sanctuary
Location: Wellfleet Bay, Massachussetts
Deadline: 03/01/2012

AVIAN RESEARCH FIELD ASSISTANTS
Organization:
Location: Jackson County, AL and Grundy County, TN.
Deadline:

VOLUNTEERS AND ASSISTANTS WANTED
Organization: The Society of Yukon Bird Observatories
Location: The Yukon, Canada
Deadline:

MARSH BIRD RESEARCH TECHNICIANS
Organization: Bird Studies Canada
Location: Prairie Provinces in Canada
Deadline: 02/29/2012

BIRD BANDING IN SAIPAN (U.S. Citizens ONLY)
Organization:
Location: Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands
Deadline:

VOLUNTEER ASSISTANTS needed for field study of Black-throated tits and Silver-throated tits in China
Organization: Beijing Normal University
Location: Central China
Deadline:

Field and lab assistant
Organization: University of British Columbia - Irwin Lab
Location: Coast Mountains of British Columbia and Vancouver
Deadline:

Avian Field Technician studying Red Crossbills
Organization: University of California, Davis
Location: Jackson, WY
Deadline: 03/15/2012

VOLUNTEER FIELD ASSISTANTS for cuckoo study
Organization: Hainan Normal University, China
Location: China
Deadline: 03/30/2012

Point Count Technician
Organization: University of Alberta
Location: Alberta, Canada
Deadline: 04/01/2012

AVIAN TECHNICIANS (3) -- Ovenbird
Organization: Smithsonian Migratory Bird Center
Location: White Mountains, NH
Deadline: 03/15/2012

BANDING INTERN POSITION
Organization: Coastal Virginia Wildlife Observatory’s
Location: Virginia
Deadline:

INTERNS – Common Loon
Organization:
Location: northern Wisconsin
Deadline: 02/20/2012

AVIAN FIELD TECHNICIANS
Organization: Rocky Mountain Bird Observatory
Location: Colorado, Kansas, New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Texas
Deadline:

WATERBIRD COUNTER
Organization: Whitefish Point Bird Observatory
Location: eastern Upper Peninsula of Michigan
Deadline:

SEASONAL AVIAN ECOLOGIST -- Common Yellowthroat Warbler
Organization:
Location: Saratoga Springs, New York
Deadline:

SEASONAL FIELD TECHNICIANS
Organization: University of Wyoming
Location: Coon Creek and East Fork watersheds of the Sierra Madre Mountains in south-central Wyoming, near the
Deadline:

FIELD TECHNICIAN(s)
Organization: Hawks Aloft, Inc.
Location: Middle Rio Grande Bosque
Deadline:

SEASONAL BIRD BANDERS -- Wood Thrush
Organization: Smithsonian Migratory Bird Center
Location: southern Indiana
Deadline:

SEASONAL AVIAN FIELD ASSISTANTS -- Wood Thrush
Organization: Smithsonian Migratory Bird Center
Location: southern Indiana
Deadline:

MULTIPLE POSITIONS -- Least Tern & Snowy Plover Project
Organization: Zoological Society of San Diego
Location: San Diego County, CA
Deadline:

CONSERVATION WORKER (Quail)
Organization: Ohio Division of Wildlife
Location: southeastern Ohio
Deadline:

Bird Bander
Organization: Powdermill Nature Reserve
Location: Rector, PA
Deadline:

Bird Point-count Technicians (4)
Organization: Smithsonian Migratory Bird Center
Location: Hubbard Brook Experimental Forest, NH
Deadline: 04/30/2012

RAPTOR WORKSHOP
Organization: University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point
Location: Stevens Point, WI
Deadline:

MAPS FIELD BIOLOGISTS IN CANADA
Organization: The Institute for Bird Populations
Location: the Oil-Sands region near Fort McMurray, Alberta.
Deadline:

BIRD TECHNICIANS (8)
Organization: http://avianscience.dbs.umt.edu/aboutus/employment.php
Location: Montana
Deadline:

AVIAN FIELD TECHNICIANS (2)
Organization: Avian Science Center
Location: Missouri and Madison Rivers in Montana
Deadline:

AVIAN FIELD ASSISTANTS
Organization: University of Wyoming
Location: Pinedale, Wyoming
Deadline: 04/01/2012

Avian Field Technician
Organization: University of Wyoming
Location: Southeastern Wyoming
Deadline: 04/30/2012

Biological Monitors
Organization: Bloom Biological, Inc.
Location: Southern California
Deadline: 02/29/2012

Migratory Bird Field Assistant
Organization: Smithsonian Migratory Bird Center
Location: Patuxent Research Refuge, Laurel, MD
Deadline: 02/23/2012

ARCTIC ALASKA SHOREBIRD DEMOGRAPHICS PROJECT
Organization: Wildlife Conservation Society
Location: Arctic Alaska
Deadline: 04/15/2012

ARCTIC ALASKA AVIAN FIELD BIOLOGISTS – ARTIFICIAL NEST EXPERIMENT / OILFIELD REHAB
Organization: Wildlife Conservation Society
Location: Prudhoe Bay, Alaska
Deadline: 04/15/2012

ARCTIC ALASKA AVIAN FIELD BIOLOGISTS – NEST MONITORING CREWS
Organization: Wildlife Conservation Society
Location: Arctic Alaska
Deadline: 04/15/2012

VIDEOGRAPHER
Organization: Wild Lens Inc.
Location: Dependent on Field Site
Deadline:

ONE FULL-TIME VOLUNTEER WILDLIFE INTERN
Organization: National Park Service
Location: Maryland portion of Assateague Island National Seashore
Deadline:

VOLUNTEER BANDING ASSISTANT
Organization: Innis Point Bird Observatory
Location: Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Deadline:

FIELD ASSISTANT (1) -- Florida Grasshopper Sparrow
Organization:
Location: Kissimmee Prairie Preserve State Park, Okeechobee, Florida
Deadline: 02/17/2012

PHEASANT BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH ASSISTANTS
Organization:
Location: McCook, NE.
Deadline:

BIRD RESEARCH TRAINING INTERNSHIP
Organization: Missouri Ozark Forest Ecosystem Project
Location: Missouri Ozarks
Deadline: 04/02/2012

Banding Program Manager
Organization: Golden Gate Raptor Observatory
Location: Near Sausalito, CA
Deadline: 02/17/2012

Avian Field Biologist
Organization: Rocky Mountain Bird Observatory
Location: South Dakota and Texas
Deadline: 02/29/2012

AVIAN FIELD TECHNICIAN
Organization:
Location: TN, KY, IN, IL, MO, AR, and OK.
Deadline:

AVIAN RESEARCH TECHNICIANS
Organization: Great Basin Bird Observatory
Location: Nevada's backcountry
Deadline:

BANDER-in-CHARGE (BIC)
Organization: Innis Point Bird Observatory
Location: Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Deadline:

Avian field biologist
Organization: The Ohio State University
Location: Port Clinton, Ohio
Deadline: 04/02/2012

GOLDEN-WINGED WARBLER MIST-NETTING, NEST-SEARCHING, AND RADIO-TELEMETRY TECHNICIANS
Organization: Minnesota Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit
Location: in northern Minnesota (2 sites) and south-eastern Manitoba
Deadline:

COASTAL WATERBIRD FIELD TRAINEESHIP
Organization: Mass Audubon
Location: Massachusetts
Deadline: 03/01/2012

COASTAL WATERBIRD FIELD ASSISTANT I
Organization: Mass Audubon
Location: Massachusetts
Deadline: 03/01/2012

COASTAL WATERBIRD FIELD ASSISTANT II
Organization: Mass Audubon
Location: Massachusetts
Deadline: 03/01/2012

COASTAL WATERBIRD FIELD ASSISTANT III
Organization: Mass Audubon
Location: Massachusetts
Deadline: 03/01/2012

COASTAL WATERBIRD FIELD COORDINATOR
Organization: Mass Audubon
Location: Long Pasture Wildlife Sanctuary, Barnstable MA
Deadline: 03/01/2012

SUPERVISOR and FIELD RESEARCH ASSISTANTS
Organization: Montana Cooperative Wildlife Research Unit
Location: Montana
Deadline: 03/31/2012

AVIAN FIELD TECHNICIANS
Organization:
Location: Moss Point and Pascagoula, MS.
Deadline:

AVIAN FIELD BIOLOGISTS
Organization: Rocky Mountain Bird Observatory
Location: The Dakotas and Nebraska (Bird Conservation Region 17)
Deadline:

AVIAN FIELD BIOLOGISTS
Organization: Rocky Mountain Bird Observatory
Location: National Park Service lands in New Mexico and Texas
Deadline:

AVIAN FIELD BIOLOGISTS
Organization: Rocky Mountain Bird Observatory
Location: Coconino, Kaibab, and Tonto National Forests in Northern Arizona
Deadline:

AVIAN FIELD BIOLOGISTS
Organization: Rocky Mountain Bird Observatory
Location: Wyoming
Deadline:

CONTRACTORS FOR TERN RESTORATION PROJECT
Organization: Canadian Wildlife Service
Location: Country Island in Guysborough County, Nova Scotia
Deadline:

SEASONAL FIELD BIOLOGISTS
Organization: Rocky Mountain Bird Observatory
Location: Colorado
Deadline:

MARSH BIRD RESEARCH TECHNICIAN
Organization: USGS Arkansas Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit
Location: Southeastern Oklahoma
Deadline:

NAPANEE SHRIKE BIOLOGIST – ELOSH Wild Population Monitoring
Organization: Wildlife Preservation Canada
Location: Napanee, Ontario, CANADA
Deadline: 02/01/2012

MULTIMEDIA MANAGER
Organization: Lab of Ornithology, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences Cornell University
Location: Ithaca, New York
Deadline:

FIELD ASSISTANTS
Organization: Virginia Commonwealth University
Location: Allegheny Mountains of Virginia
Deadline:

LEAST TERN AND SNOWY PLOVER MONITORING POSITION
Organization: California State Parks, Oceano Dunes State Vehicular Recreation Area
Location: Oceano Dunes State Vehicular Recreation Area, San Luis Obispo County, California
Deadline:

VOLUNTEER ASSISTANTS needed for field study of avian breeding biology in China.
Organization: Alabama A&M University, USA and Beijing Normal University, China
Location: Central China
Deadline:

GREATER SAGE GROUSE TECHNICIANS
Organization: University of Nevada-Reno
Location: Eureka, NV
Deadline:

NATURALIST INTERNSHIP
Organization: Glen Helen Outdoor Education Center
Location: Yellow Springs, OH.
Deadline:

SONGBIRD FIELD TECHNICIANS
Organization: Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies
Location: Hudson Valley (upstate NY)
Deadline:

TWO (2) AVIAN FIELD TECHNICIANS
Organization: College of Natural Resources, Mississippi State University
Location: northern LOUISIANA and southern ARKANSAS
Deadline:

PIPING PLOVER AND LEAST TERN FIELD TECHNICIANS
Organization: Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Location: near Vermillion, SD.
Deadline: 03/15/2012

PIPING PLOVER AND LEAST TERN FIELD CREW LEADERS
Organization: Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Location: near Vermillion, SD.
Deadline:

LEAD FIELD TECHNICIAN (1) and FIELD TECHNICIANS (2)
Organization: North Carolina State University
Location: Washington, N.C. and southeast G.A.
Deadline: 02/10/2012

AVIAN FIELD TECHNICIANS
Organization:
Location: Columbus, Ohio
Deadline:

Avian Research Assistants
Organization: Geomatics and Landscape Ecology Lab, Carleton University
Location: Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Deadline: 02/29/2012

POST DOC AND GRADUATE STUDENT OPPORTUNITY
Organization:
Location: University of Mississippi, Oxford, MS and Panama, Suriname, and Guyana
Deadline:

ASSISTANT WILDLIFE BIOLOGIST
Organization:
Location: Santa Catalina Mountains, Arizona (30 miles north of Tucson)
Deadline:

WILDLIFE BIOLOGIST
Organization:
Location: Santa Catalina Mountains, Arizona (30 miles north of Tucson)
Deadline:

Avian Research Interns
Organization: PRBO Conservation Science
Location: Bolinas, CA
Deadline:

ECOLOGIST (Pre-announcement)
Organization: USGS Contaminant Ecology Research Lab
Location: Corvallis, OR
Deadline:

SOUTHWESTERN WILLOW FLYCATCHER FIELD TECHNICIANS
Organization: SWCA Environmental Consultants
Location: Lower Colorado and Virgin Rivers from above Lake Mead south to Mexico
Deadline:

SPRING HAWKWATCHER
Organization:
Location: Tussey Mountain, near State College, PA
Deadline:

BIRD BANDING INTERNSHIP
Organization: Klamath Bird Observatory
Location: southern Oregon and northern California
Deadline:

INTERPRETIVE NATURALIST INTERNSHIP
Organization: International Crane Foundation
Location: Baraboo, WI
Deadline:

EXPERIENCED BANDER VOLUNTEERS
Organization: Kauai Forest Bird Recovery Project
Location: Kauai
Deadline:

SEASONAL AVIAN CREW LEADERS (Wood Thrush)
Organization: Smithsonian Migratory Bird Center
Location: southern Indiana
Deadline:

SEASONAL AVIAN RESEARCH ASSISTANT
Organization: Texas A&M University
Location: Texas
Deadline:

AQUATIC WARBLER NEST MONITORING VOLUNTEER
Organization:
Location: Biebrza National Park in eastern Poland
Deadline:

NAPANEE FIELD ASSISTANT – ELOSH Wild Population Monitoring
Organization: Wildlife Preservation Canada
Location: Napanee, Ontario, Canada
Deadline: 03/01/2012

CARDEN FIELD ASSISTANT – ELOSH Wild Population Monitoring
Organization: Wildlife Preservation Canada
Location: Carden, Ontario, Canada
Deadline: 03/01/2012

AVIAN CAPTIVE TECHNICIAN – ELOSH Captive Breeding
Organization: Wildlife Preservation Canada
Location: Carden, Ontario, Canada
Deadline: 03/01/2012

AVIAN BIOLOGISTS
Organization:
Location: northern Sonora, Mexico
Deadline:

WILDLIFE REHABILITATION UNPAID INTERNSHIP
Organization: National Audubon Society, Audubon Sharon
Location: Sharon, Connecticut
Deadline:

INTERNSHIPS IN AVIAN ECOLOGY(Island Scrub-Jay)
Organization:
Location: Santa Cruz Island, part of Channels Island National Park, off the coast of southern California
Deadline:

Waterbird Research Assistant
Organization: Nebraska Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit
Location: South Dakota
Deadline: 03/28/2012

SEASONAL AVIAN ECOLOGISTS
Organization: Smithsonian Migratory Bird Center, Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology
Location: Hubbard Brook Experimental Forest in the White Mountains of New Hampshire
Deadline:

SCIENCE EDITOR
Organization: Cornell Lab of Ornithology
Location: New York
Deadline:

SPRING MIGRATION WATCH POSITION
Organization: Sandy Hook Bird Observatory
Location: Sandy Hook, NJ
Deadline:

Assistant Director
Organization: G. M. Sutton Avian Research Center
Location: Bartlesville, OK
Deadline:

FACULTY POSITION IN MOLECULAR ECOLOGY
Organization: Virginia Tech Department of Biological Sciences
Location: Blacksburg, VA
Deadline:

VOLUNTEER RESEARCH ASSISTANTS (Ecuador Choco Forest Bird Survey )
Organization: LIFE NET Nature
Location: Ecuador
Deadline:

Volunteer Field Assistants (Prairie Warblers)
Organization: University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Location: San Salvador Island, The Bahamas
Deadline:

BIRDS AND PESTICIDES PROGRAM MANAGER
Organization: American Bird Conservancy (ABC)
Location: Washington, DC
Deadline:

PHD PROGRAM IN BIOPSYCHOLOGY AND BEHAVIORAL NEUROSCIENCE
Organization: GC CUNY and Hunter College
Location: New York City
Deadline:

SHOREBIRDS FIELD ASSISTANT
Organization:
Location: The Netherlands
Deadline:

FIELD BIOLOGISTS
Organization: The Manitoba Breeding Bird Atlas, Bird Studies Canada
Location: Manitoba
Deadline: 03/30/2012

Ph.D. Assistantship in Avian Evolutionary Ecology
Organization: Colorado State Univ., Smithsonian Institution
Location: Fort Collins, CO
Deadline:

MS IN CONSERVATION MEDICINE DEGREE PROGRAM
Organization: Tufts Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine
Location: North Grafton, MA
Deadline: 04/01/2012

FIELD BIOLOGIST INTERNS -- Black-backed Woodpecker Radio-telemetry Project
Organization:
Location: California
Deadline:

BLACK-BACKED WOODPECKER SURVEY CONTRACT BIOLOGISTS
Organization:
Location: California
Deadline:

VOLUNTEER FIELD ASSISTANTS
Organization:
Location: Panama
Deadline:

FIELD BIOLOGIST INTERNS
Organization: The Institute for Bird Populations
Location: frontcountry Sierra Nevada meadows--California
Deadline:

FIELD BIOLOGIST INTERNS
Organization: The Institute for Bird Populations
Location: Washington State National Parks (North Cascades, Olympic, and Mt. Rainier)
Deadline:

FIELD BIOLOGIST INTERNS
Organization: The Institute for Bird Populations
Location: Yosemite, Sequoia, and Kings Canyon National Parks in California
Deadline:

AVIAN POINT COUNT SURVEY TECHNICIANS
Organization: Idaho Bird Observatory
Location: northern, central, and eastern Idaho
Deadline:

VOLUNTEER POSITION AUSTRALIA -- Seabirds
Organization:
Location: Victoria, Australia (Griffith Island and Gabo Island)
Deadline:

HUMMINGBIRD BEHAVIOR FIELD INTERN
Organization:
Location: Brasso Seco village, Northern Range, Trinidad
Deadline:

SEASONAL AVIAN FIELD BIOLOGIST
Organization: The Institute for Wildlife Studies
Location: San Clemente Island (SCI), California
Deadline:

M.S. or Ph.D. ASSISTANTSHIP
Organization: Department of Fisheries and Wildlife, Oregon State University, Corvallis
Location: Barro Colorado Nature Monument, Panama and Corvallis, Oregon
Deadline:

POSTDOCTORAL RESEARCH ASSOCIATE in Sensory Ecology
Organization:
Location: Boise, Idaho
Deadline:

BFREE FIELD STATION MANAGER
Organization: BFREE
Location: Southern Belize
Deadline:

COST-SHARE VOLUNTEERS -- Kenya
Organization: LifeNet Nature
Location: Kenya
Deadline:

HAWK COUNTER
Organization: Bradbury Mtn Raptor Research Project
Location: Bradbury Mountain State Park in south-central Maine
Deadline:

SEASONAL AVIAN RESEARCH ASSISTANT
Organization: Texas A&M University
Location: Texas
Deadline:

NEW MASTER OF ARTS DEGREE
Organization: at Hunter College, of the City University of New York
Location:
Deadline:

VOLUNTEER FIELD ASSISTANT -- Bahamas
Organization:
Location: San Salvador Island, The Bahamas
Deadline:

FIELD ASSISTANTS--Golden-winged Warbler
Organization:
Location: Tilarán mountain range of Costa Rica
Deadline:

Life Net Volunteer! Kenya
Organization: Life Net
Location: Kenya
Deadline:

DIRECTOR OF CONSERVATION SCIENCE
Organization: Audubon California
Location: California
Deadline:

JAMAICAN FIELD ASSISTANTS
Organization:
Location: Jamaica
Deadline:

Post Doctoral Researcher
Organization: University of Delaware
Location: Newark, DE
Deadline:

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR, Biological Science
Organization: Department of Biological Science at the University of Tulsa
Location: Tulsa, OK
Deadline:

COORDINATOR - RAINWATER BASIN JOINT VENTURE
Organization: Nebraska Cooperative Fish & Wildlife Research Unit-3954
Location: Nebraska
Deadline:

VOLUNTEER
Organization:
Location: Tern Island, a remote island located within French Frigate Shoals Atoll, Hawaii
Deadline:

AVIAN CARE INTERNSHIP
Organization: W.K. Kellogg Bird Sanctuary
Location: MSU’s Kellogg Bird Sanctuary. Near Battle Creek, 70 miles from East Lansing, MI
Deadline:

PRESIDENTIAL MANAGEMENT FELLOWS (PMF) PROGRAM
Organization: U.S. Forest Service
Location:
Deadline:

PHD OPPORTUNITIES IN AVIAN ECOLOGY
Organization: University of Western Ontario
Location: London, Canada
Deadline:

WILDLIFE BIOLOGIST/ASSOCIATE LEVEL
Organization: Tetra Tech EC, Inc.
Location: Portland, OR
Deadline:

REVISED -- Post-Doctoral Fellow - application period extended
Organization: U.S.G.S. Alabama Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit, Auburn University
Location: Auburn, AL or Laurel, MD
Deadline:

SPATIAL ECOLOGIST
Organization: National Audubon Society
Location: Ivyland, PA, USA
Deadline:

TWO PH.D. STUDENTS AND/OR TWO FIELD ASSISTANTS
Organization: University of Mississippi, Oxford, MS
Location: Oxford, MS
Deadline:

PROJECT MANAGER
Organization: WEST, Inc.
Location: Waterbury, Vermont
Deadline:

Wildlife Biologists / Project Managers
Organization: ICF International
Location: Gillette, WY
Deadline:

Volunteer Position: Ecological Surveys and Nest Monitoring for Parrots
Organization: Florida State University
Location:
Deadline:

VOLUNTEER POSITION --Endangered Birds
Organization:
Location: Samoa
Deadline:

ASSISTANT OR ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR and DIRECTOR OF CONSERVATION SCIENCE
Organization: Lab of Ornithology and Department of Natural Resources, Co
Location: Ithaca, NY
Deadline:

WILDLIFE REHABILITATION MANAGER
Organization: Hawaii Wildlife Center
Location: Hawaii
Deadline:

DEVELOPMENT COORDINATOR
Organization: Hawai’i Wildlife Center
Location: Hawaii
Deadline:

WILDLIFE BIOLOGIST
Organization: Cardno ENTRIX
Location: Sacramento, CA
Deadline:

SENIOR WETLANDS SCIENTIST / NATURAL RESOURCES PERMITTING SPECIALIST
Organization: Tetra Tech EC, Inc.
Location: Boston, MA
Deadline:

SENIOR BIOLOGIST
Organization: Tetra Tech EC, Inc
Location: Portland, OR
Deadline:

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Organization: The Alaska Bird Observatory (ABO)
Location: Fairbanks, Alaska
Deadline:

WILDLIFE BIOLOGIST
Organization: ICF International
Location: Gillette, Wyoming
Deadline:

SENIOR BIOLOGIST-EXPERIENCE WITH ENDANGERED SPECIES ACT
Organization: Tetra Tech EC, Inc.
Location: Portland, OR
Deadline:

CLINIC DIRECTOR
Organization: Avian Conservation Center
Location: Awendaw (close to Charleston), SC.
Deadline:

BIOLOGIST-EDUCATOR FOR BIRD PROGRAMS
Organization: Audubon’s Starr Ranch Sanctuary
Location: Trabuco Canyon, CA
Deadline:

Ph.D. GRADUATE RESEARCH ASSISTANTSHIP
Organization: Penn State University – Wildlife and Fisheries Science Program – School of Forest Resources
Location:
Deadline:

Volunteer at the Cabot Head Research Station
Organization: Cabot Head Research Station
Location: Bruce Peninsula, Ontario
Deadline:

Avian Biologist
Organization: Ecology and Environment, Inc.
Location: Lancaster, NY
Deadline:

RIPARIAN BIRD BIOLOGISTS
Organization: ICF International
Location: Southern California
Deadline:

NESTING BIRD BIOLOGISTS
Organization: ICF International
Location: Southern California
Deadline:

RESEARCH TECHNICIAN POSITION
Organization: Smithsonian Migratory Bird Center
Location: Washington, DC
Deadline:

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