Because I am obsessed with the rainforest and with birds I am constantly looking at job postings related to either of these topics. I signed up to be on a Bird Jobs list serve through the Ornithological Societies of North America (OSNA) which sends postings on a weekly basis. If you want to sign up follow these instructions!
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It was through this list serve that I found the 2-month volunteer job I did in Mexico with Tecnologico de Monterrey looking at the Maroon-Fronted Parrots breeding ecology in the Sierra Madres mountain range in 2009. Since then I still continued to read through the posts.
Just recently I happened upon THIS post:
On Fri, Aug 23, 2013 at 10:13 AM, Allison Lee <allisonlee9@gmail.com> wrote:
SHORT TERM VOLUNTEER ASSISTANT (Low season/high season transition) at Tambopata Macaw Project. Website: http:\\www.macaw.project.org
Location: Tambopata Research Center-TRC in the Amazon Rainforest of
Peru. Duration: 12 to 30 day stay preferred. Job Type: Volunteer.
Application Deadline: 15 Oct 2013.
Job Description: Volunteer activities: These assistants will be quickly
trained to identify all the local parrots by sight and become experts
at clay lick monitoring and macaw nest observation with video camera
systems (Nov – Mar). Due to the short length of stay, volunteers will
have only minimal involvement in activities requiring higher training
levels like parrot censuses and tree climbing. Assistants will also help
with data entry. Qualifications: General requirements: Volunteers
should be self-disciplined, responsible, enthusiastic, and patient. You
should also be able to tolerate moderate insect levels, and hot weather
(85-90F/30-33C with high humidity). You must also be able to get along
well with others in a remote field setting. Additional requirements:
Average physical condition, able to walk 2 km over moderate terrain,
good sense of observing animals, ability to stay seated for long periods
of time, some background knowledge of birds in general. Qualifications:
(1) Some background knowledge of birds in general. (2) Good sense of
observing animals, (3) Capacity of stay seated for long periods of time,
(4) Some knowledge of Spanish (not required but helpful) Costs:
Volunteers must pay their transportation to Peru (Puerto Maldonado City)
and a fee of $40 per day to cover the cost of food and lodging Number
of Openings: 2. To Apply: How to apply: To apply please send an email to
(EM: proyectoguacamayo@gmail.com).
This email should contain the following: 1.A letter of interest
explaining why you are want to work on the project 2.Your CV or resume
3.Email addresses for at least 3 references 4.The range of dates when
you will be available and how long you can participate. For example you
may say something like “any 60 day period between March and July 2013”.
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NO QUESTION. I HAVE TO DO IT.
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There was also a 2-3month long term volunteer position but seeing as I already currently have a really awesome full-time job in Oceanography there was no way I could afford that much time off. I did see that the long-term volunteers got to climb into the tree canopy to monitor the macaw nests and so I kindly asked if I could be trained to do the same thing even though I only have 3 weeks to spare.
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They agreed!
Mon, Sep 2, 2013 at 2:42 PM
| Macaw Project <proyectoguacamayo@gmail.com> | ||
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To:
Allison Lee <allisonlee9@gmail.com>
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