Spring is arriving and it’s time for manning Kvismare Bird Observatory for the 50th season! The wetlands of Kvismaren are classical Swedish birding grounds that are receiving more attention now due to extensive, ongoing restoration efforts. Kvismare Bird Observatory started ringing birds 1961, and since 1991 the trapping effort is standardised from July to September.
For this season, we need:
1) Staff for censusing work during spring, mid April to end of June/mid
July. Work during spring mainly consists of surveying different species,
such as Crow, Marsh Harrier, Starling, Lapwings, and raptors. Assisting in
crane counts and wetland bird censuses is also included.
2) Qualified ringers and ringer’s assistants between June 23 and
September 30. Ringing is carried out at three different sites (reed beds and
shrub lands). Mostly we catch breeding and migrating passerines. In addition
to the actual ringing other duties are of course attached, such as clearing
net paths, mending nets, entering ringing data into the computer program,
conducting bird counts in the lakes etc.
The bird observatory is situated at 59.14 N / 15.24 E near Örebro, about 200
kilometres west of Stockholm, the capital of Sweden. You live in a house
located a couple of hundred metres from one of the lakes. Kvismaren is a
nature reserve with lakes, reed beds and agricultural landscape. 279 bird
species have been observed in the area. For ringing or making inventories
you make SEK 650–850/week, depending on how long you stay (minimum two
weeks). As ringer's assistants, you make SEK 450/week. (SEK 100 = Euro
11.23, 22 March 2011.) The trip fare is paid on your own expense, while the
accommodation is free. Normally we cook together and the food then costs
about SEK 40–45/day. It is required that you speak English in order to work
at Kvismare Bird Observatory.
Does this interest you? Please contact the staff manager via e-mail a.s.a.p.
(Make sure to use the address <mailto: staff_manager@kvismaren.org >
If interested in working during the spring, include a detailed description
of your previous experience of inventories (species; type of survey; your
role in the survey; principal; period(s) during which the surveys were
carried out etc.) and two references with e-mail address and phone number.
Also state whether you have previous experience in climbing trees or not. If
interested in work as ringer or warden, include a detailed description of
your previous experience of bird ringing (e.g. when did you start ringing;
list the groups/observatories you have been ringing with; what kind of birds
(passerines, non-passerines) have you mainly been working with; roughly how
many birds have you ringed; what is your normal reference for ageing and
sexing (e.g. Svensson 1992; Jenni & Winkler 1994; other); what biometric
measurements are you confidently using (and what methods/scales are you
using/referring to); what is your previous experience of using mistnets; do
you hold any national ringer’s license, and if so, what kind, etc.). Include
two references (for you as ringer) with e-mail address and phone number. To
work as a ringer’s assistant you need no previous experience, but please let
us know whether you have any previous experience of bird trapping/handling
and use of mistnets. You can find some more information about Kvismare Bird
Observatory on our website <http://www.kvismaren.org/> www.kvismaren.org.
If interested, we also have some additional information we could send you.
Best regards,
Martin Stervander, ringing manager, Kvismare Bird Observatory
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