PROJECT DATES: April 6th to June 30th TRAINING: The field season will begin with a training session in project protocols for conducting multi-species point counts. Surveyors are required to already be able to identify California terrestrial birds by sight and sound; previous point count experience is required. RESPONSIBILITIES: Almost exclusively working in a team of two, biologists will visit and survey for birds at California State Parks specifically intended for motorized vehicle recreation (State Vehicular Recreation Areas – SVRAs). On a typical day, surveyors will wake up before dawn and spend the morning conducting multi-species point counts, alongside SVRA staff. The biologists will identify and count birds while the park staff provide access to survey points by vehi