MMP
Québec Seeks Coordinator
19 April 2006 - BSC is seeking
applications for a Marsh Monitoring Program (MMP) Québec Coordinator.
This is presently a part-time term position (3 days per week) for up to
12 months (maternity leave replacement), with the possibility of
increased hours depending on the availability of additional funding. The
successful candidate will be working from Bird Studies Canada’s Québec
regional office in Québec City. Deadline for submissions is 26 April and
the job begins 23 May 2006. A full description of this job and others
can be viewed by clicking
here.
ÉOC est à la recherche d’un coordonnateur
québécois du Programme de surveillance des marais (remplacement de congé
de maternité)
ÉOC est présentement à la recherche d’un biologiste pour combler le
poste de coordonnateur québécois du Programme de surveillance des marais
(PSM). Ce poste est présentement un emploi à temps partiel (3 jours par
semaine) d’une durée déterminée de 12 mois. Le nombre d’heures de
travail sera augmenté si ÉOC trouve le financement additionnel. Le
coordonnateur du PSM travaillera à partir du bureau régional d’ÉOC au
Québec, dans la ville de Québec. La date limite pour soumettre une
candidature est le 26 avril. L’emploi débute le 23 mai 2006. La
description détaillée du poste est
disponible ici.
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Scaup are on
the Move
19 April 2006 -20 April 2006 -
Earlier this spring, the Long Point Waterfowl and Wetlands Research Fund
(LPWWRF) satellite tagged 15 Lesser Scaup from Long Point Bay, Lake Erie
and 3 female Lesser Scaup and 2 female Greater Scaup from Hamilton
Harbour, Lake Ontario to track their seasonal movements across North
America. Nearly all birds have now departed from Long Point and Hamilton
Harbour and are on the way to their breeding grounds. PJ Brandt,
Kingsville Jack, and Rondeau Bill presently are in the U.S./Canadian
Prairie Pothole Region. Hope, a female captured at Long Point, recently
traveled from Lake Erie past Lake Superior and into northwestern Ontario
in less than three days!
Numerous birds currently are sitting on
lakes in central Ontario and northern Michigan preparing for the next
leg of their journey. The long distance travel champion from last year,
Henrietta, recently departed Maumee Bay on western Lake Erie and now has
returned to Inner Long Point Bay where she was originally captured last
spring! Satellite locations are updated daily, so be sure to check
regularly LPWWRF's
"Scaup
Tracker" so you can track each bird's spring migration.
Ontario Trillium Foundation Provides Major Support to LPBO
19
April 2006 - Bird Studies Canada is very pleased to announce
that it has received a substantial capital grant of $42,000 from the
Ontario Trillium Foundation (OTF) to upgrade its facilities at Long
Point Bird Observatory (LPBO). This will enable LPBO to purchase a
much-needed new boat (a 20-foot welded-aluminum work boat with a
fuel-efficient and environmentally-friendly 4-stroke motor) in order to
more efficiently and more safely service the remote field stations on
Long Point. In addition, the Old Cut Field Station and Visitor Centre
will receive several upgrades: installation of energy-efficient windows,
a new energy-efficient fridge, a shower stall, new mattresses and
bedding for volunteers, energy-efficient light bulbs throughout the
facility, a digital camera and colour printer for Project Recovery
fund-raising purposes, and repairs to the floors in the banding lab and
visitor centre. Last, a very large cottonwood that has been threatening
to come down on top of our facilities (and potentially our volunteers
and visitors) will be cut back, thanks to OTF.
The Ontario Trillium Foundation, an
agency of the Ontario Ministry of Culture, receives annually $100
million of government funding generated through Ontario's charity casino
initiative. More information about the Ontario Trillium Foundation can
be found by clicking
here.
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