AQUATIC WARBLER NEST MONITORING VOLUNTEER

Location:
Biebrza National Park in eastern Poland

Duration:
15 May to 31 August 2012

Job Type:
Volunteer

Job Description:
AQUATIC WARBLER NEST MONITORING VOLUNTEER (3) needed from 15 May to 31 August 2012, to help with nest finding and monitoring of the globally threatened Aquatic Warbler in the Biebrza National Park in eastern Poland. The Aquatic Warbler is threatened by overgrowing of sedge marshes on breeding grounds, and the work will assess the benefit of a landscape-scale conservation project to increase the productivity of Aquatic Warblers. The Biebrza National Park offers amazing birding with >180 breeding species. Duties include nest finding, nest monitoring, transect counts and data entry. Aquatic Warblers have a peculiar breeding system, and nests are difficult to find as males do not visit nests. The work requires long hours of walking, waiting, and observing birds in wet, boggy environments with a high density of biting insects. Accommodation and a daily allowance for subsistence will be provided, rail travel from Central Europe may be provided if applicant is highly qualified. For more information on the project contact MAGDALENA ZADRAG (EM: Magdalena.Zadrag AT otop.org.pl), at the Polish BirdLife partner OTOP in Warszaw, Poland.

To Apply:
To apply, send a statement of interest, CV with previous experience, and contact information of 2 references to Magdalena Zadrag (EM: Magdalena.Zadrag AT otop.org.pl). Position is open until filled.

Qualifications:
Applicants must be in good physical condition, must have good bird identification skills (both visual and aural), must be able to navigate through open swamps, and should have previous nest monitoring experience. Supervision will be provided by Polish and Belarussian field experts, and either Polish or Russian language skills would be beneficial (but not mandatory).

Number of Openings:
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