Junior Field Assistant: Black-capped Vireo Monitoring Project
Fort Sill Military Reservation, Lawton, OK. Of Fort Sill's
94,000 acres, 14,600 are occupied by Black-capped Vireos.

Core task: Monitoring the reproductive success of a sampling of
the 700+ breeding pairs of Black-capped Vireos on Fort Sill.

Skills: It is essential that your hearing is impeccable.
Much of your training will be spent on this one facet. Ideally,
you will have familiarity with finding nests of songbirds. Ideally,
you have some familiarity in the use of GPS. Training and
equipment will be supplied but the strong candidate will be
experienced in one or more of these areas.

You will need binoculars. Ideally you will have a cell phone.
A personal computer is desirable but not required. A
personal vehicle is a plus and would add to your compensation.

It is essential that you are physically fit. You will be back-
packing across rocky mountainous terrain on a near
daily basis. June-July temperatures routinely range 96-106
degrees in the shade.


Time Frame: 8 May - 18 July 2012, with some flexibility.

Salary:  $1800 to 2100 a month depending on experience.
Mileage: available.
Free Housing: free furnished apt housing in downtown Lawton
with AC/internet/sat. TV. Shared with  the Senior Field Assistant.
Travel stipend:  $600 to cover something of the cost of getting
to and from Oklahoma.

Performance Bonus: The integrity and thoroughness of the data is
crucial. Many elements of the USFWS and the Department of the
Army scrutinize our work. Depending on the quality of this work,
a  performance bonus of $300 may be awarded at the end of the
season.

Perks: Birding Oklahoma. My junior assistant in 2011 left the
state after a 3 month season having seen 209 species.


Resumes are desired in either pdf or MSWord compatible format.
Please include at least two references who can speak to your field
skills.

Submission deadline is 31 March 2012.

This project is administered by the Institute for Renewable Natural
Resources, Texas A&M University.

Vic Fazio
PI: Black-capped Vireo Monitoring Project 2012-2016,
Fort Sill M.R., Lawton, OK.

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