Job Type: Full Time Summer Position Term: Tentatively May 1 to August 30, 2019. Wage: Approximately $3000-3250 per month based on experience and qualifications. Job Description The Lesser Slave Lake Bird Observatory (LSLBO) is located in the Lesser Slave Lake Provincial Park, approximately 20km north of Slave Lake, Alberta. We are looking for one hard-working,… Read more »
Job Opportunities
Assistant Bander – 5-6 months
Job Type: Full Time Summer Position (5-6 month) Term: Tentatively May 1 to September 30, 2019 with possibility of extension for October Wage: Approximately $3250 to $3500 per month based on experience and qualifications. Job Description The Lesser Slave Lake Bird Observatory (LSLBO) is located in the Lesser Slave Lake Provincial Park, approximately 20km north… Read more »
Boreal Educator – Full time one year position
We are looking for a creative educator who can develop and deliver fun, interactive and hands-on programming about the boreal forest, birds and forestry for audiences of all ages. This one-year position is responsible for assisting in the delivery of well-established education programs, through the Lesser Slave Forest Education Society and the Lesser Slave Lake… Read more »
Summer Interpreter – 4 months
Job Type: Full-time Summer Position Term: May 1st to August 31st, 2019 (tentatively) Wage: $18-20 per hour depending on experience Job Description: The Lesser Slave Lake Bird Observatory (LSLBO) are looking for a creative individual to deliver fun, interactive and hands-on environmental education programming about birds and the… Read more »
Contract Biologists
We keep an active list of qualified, licensed Banders for short-term contracts. A variety of short-term contracts may be available throughout the season. If you are interested in a short-term contract, please provide us with your credentials, a brief description of your ornithological experience, references, and preferred dates, if any, for work.
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In this week's article: the start of Fall Migration Monitoring and an exciting recovery of a Sharp-shinned Hawk!
Read more here: www.lslbo.org/weekly-banding-reports/july-11-18-2019/
The first bird banded at the Lesser Slave Lake Bird Observatory for the 2019 fall migration monitoring season, which began today, was this Swainson's Thrush. These birds breed locally and are one of our most common captures.
Although this bird was a newly captured individual that received a brand new band, if you'd like to read more about some of the birds we have recaptured in our Spring Migration Monitoring and MAPS, click that link!
www.lslbo.org/weekly-banding-reports/july-7-13-2019/
The Forgotten Female: How a Generation of Women Scientists Changed Our View of Evolution
The Forgotten Female: How a Generation of Women Scientists Changed Our View of Evolution
From the Summer 2019 issue of Living Bird magazine. Subscribe now. Delicate wiry feathers curl behind a male Wilson’s Bird-of-Paradise as it sways back and forth, parading in otherworldly blues, red...