Aerial Insectivore Field Technician

3 weeks ago


Port Rowan, Canada Birds Canada Full time

The Aerial Insectivore Program team at Birds Canada is currently seeking one highly-motivated Field Technician to help with the delivery of stewardship, research, and monitoring activities for several aerial insectivore species at risk in southern Ontario, including Eastern Whip-poor-will and Bank Swallow. Anticipated start date in mid-May 2023, with a contract duration of ~3 months.

**Location**: position based in Port Rowan, Ontario, with field work around the Norfolk area and sites on the north shore of Lake Erie. Shared housing provided, likely situated at Long Point Bird Observatory’s Old Cut Research Station for duration of field season.

**Position Concept**

The Aerial Insectivore Field Technician will report to the Aerial Insectivore Field Biologist and Ontario Projects Biologist, and will assist with all aspects of the program. Responsibilities will include, but are not limited to: capturing and tagging Eastern Whip-poor-wills and Bank Swallows, night-time telemetry and surveys, insect sampling, boat surveys, burrow counts, collecting biological samples, data collection and entry, implementing recovery activities, public outreach, and landowner liaison. The technician must be comfortable engaging the public and working to advance stewardship with landowners. The technician must be capable of carrying equipment, working near shoreline bluffs in areas with poison ivy, and be comfortable with working as a team at night in possibly buggy conditions. The technician must be comfortable spending long days outdoors in hot weather.

**Education**:
**Qualifications and Skills**:

- Able to identify aerial insectivore species (specifically Eastern Whip-poor-will and Bank Swallow) by sight and sound
- High level of organization, initiative, and record keeping
- Desire to work with private landowners and the public to promote voluntary stewardship activities
- Strong verbal communication skills
- Able to work in a team and independently with little supervision
- Comfortable working at night in a team
- Valid driver’s license (G preferred, G2 accepted)
- Valid First Aid Certification or able to obtain certification prior to start date
- Legally entitled to work in Canada (if applicable, successful applicants must provide a copy of their work visa and temporary SIN prior to commencing work)

**Assets**:

- Experience with mist-netting and banding (previously or currently permitted for banding is ideal)
- Stewardship or outreach experience, particularly related to species at risk
- Data management
- Meet Canada Summer Jobs requirements

**Duties will include**:

- Obtaining permission to survey sites via communicating with landowners/volunteers/public
- Ongoing Landowner Stewardship
- Entering and organizing data, and maintaining databases
- Assisting with the development of technical reports and publications

Extensive field work, including:

- mist-netting, capturing, and banding Eastern Whip-poor-wills and Bank Swallows
- day and night-time telemetry to determine habitat selection of Eastern Whip-poor-will
- insect sampling in sites occupied by Eastern Whip-poor-will
- collecting biological samples (blood, fecal, and/or feather samples)
- fitting Eastern Whip-poor-wills and Bank Swallows with radio transmitters
- boat surveys and burrow counts for population monitoring of Bank Swallows

**Application Deadline**: 11:59 pm EST, February 17, 2023



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