Salary: $18/hr (housing included) Last date to apply: Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis Anticipated start date: April 1st (flexible)   We are looking to hire two (2) full-time field technicians to assist with a research project on migratory shorebird ecology during the spring and fall migration seasons in the Virginia barrier island system. Our research will add to a long-term dataset on the foraging ecology of the state and federally-threatened Red Knot (Calidris canutus rufa).  We will also initiate sampling comparable to our long-term data on Black-bellied Plovers (Pluvialis squatarola) and Piping Plovers (Charadrius melodus). We will evaluate the impacts of anthropogenic habitat modification from a coastal engineering project on Wallops Island, VA on th