Volunteer Work

Note to anyone wishing to volunteer for the projects below:
BoZo requires that all volunteers sign a form regarding their medical fitness to work and their understanding of the issues involved in working on a research project. Please download the form here and hand it to the person in charge of the project when you first begin working with them. Cross out any lines that do not apply to you before signing (e.g., if you don't have a current first aid certificate, please cross that line out).

The ecology of mimicry in the superb lyrebird
26 May – 31 September 2008

Record and observe the spectacular display of superb lyrebirds in tree-fern filled forests of the Dandenong Ranges national park near Melbourne. Field work includes making sound recordings of singing lyrebirds and conducting playback experiments. I’m looking for people who can volunteer for 6-8 weeks. We stay in a comfortable house with a lovely view.

For more information contact:

Anastasia Dalziell
Anastasia.Dalziell@anu.edu.au
Phone: 02 6125 5651

Trade-offs in avian sexual signalling
Fieldwork available: dates flexible, but must be available for at least two months
Visit Mornington Wildlife Sanctuary in the Kimberley, a remote region in north-west Australia to assist with this study on purple-crowned fairy-wrens. Regularly census a population of colour-banded birds, search for and monitor their nests, capture and handle birds and gain experience in focal observations of animal behaviour.

Contact: Anne Peters peters@orn.mpg.de and Michelle Hall hall@orn.mpg.de

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