The Missouri River Bird Observatory (MRBO) seeks two Wetland Bird Survey Technicians from 26 March – 30 June 2018. Following a week training period in central Missouri, the technicians will conduct transect surveys by sight and sound in private marshes (approx. 60 sites) throughout the entire state. Target species include the very rare King, Black, Virginia and Yellow Rails and Least and American Bitterns, all species of high conservation concern, but all birds are documented.   All survey data are collected on iPads using ArcGIS Collector with no additional data entry needed. Once field work has concluded each morning, technicians upload the Collector data and photographs of the surveyed property, followed by contacting the landowner and scoping the next day’s survey site.

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