VOLUNTEER SEABIRD RESEARCH ASSISTANTS (5-7) needed for spring/summer 2017 on Southeast Farallon Island, 30 miles west of San Francisco, California. Become part of the longest continuous study of seabird ecology in the Northern Hemisphere. Our studies examine upper trophic marine predators as bio-indicators of natural and anthropogenic variation in the marine ecosystem. RA duties include censusing and monitoring seabird and marine mammal populations, conducting demographic investigations on cormorants, gulls, and alcids, and conducting feeding ecology studies on alcids.  RAs also contribute to the upkeep and maintenance of the research station.  RAs will work full-time, 7 days a week, with a variable schedule that includes long days and night work. Long term RAs will receive some break ti