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Welcome to the PSG newsfeed! Here you will find the latest in announcements for the annual meeting, conservation action, volunteer opportunities, awards, and many more topics related to PSG, seabirds, and conservation. To filter the postings and find news for a specific topic, just select one of the News Categories on the right!
The Vertebrate Ecology Lab at Moss Landing Marine Labs is recruiting a Postdoctoral Researcher on the NSF-funded project: Foraging Ecology and Physiology of Emperor Penguins in the Ross Sea. Deadline to apply: 6/28/2023.
The U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service’s Migratory Bird Program is pleased to announce that they are recruiting for 10 GS0401-12, Fish and Wildlife Biologist (Renewable Energy Biologist) positions. Positions are located across the United States (location negotiable, telework eligible).
We are now accepting applications for the PSG Student Research Grant. This grant aids student-led research in the promotion of up-and-coming scholar members of Pacific Seabird Group. We are offering more grants this year! At least five grants will be awarded, with at least one grant per degree-level (bachelor, master, doctoral). Grant awards are generally between $500 and $1000. With the generous…
The Common Murre Restoration Project is seeking up to three (pending available funding) Wildlife Technician positions to conduct monitoring of breeding seabirds including Common Murre, Brandt’s Cormorant, Pelagic Cormorant, Western Gull, Black Oystercatcher, and Pigeon Guillemot along the central California coast. Review of applications will begin immediately and continue until a suitable candidate is found. Deadline to apply: ASAP!
The first Arctic Shorebird Festival is happening this summer in Utqiagvik, Alaska, and everyone is invited!
The newest issue of Marine Ornithology is now available online, and is filled with exciting research! Learn all about the factors affecting egg size in Scripps’s Murrelets, underwater kleptoparasitism by a Galapagos Flightless Cormorant, resource competition and anthropogenic impacts on Kauaʻi seabird populations, and more!
It’s spring, the birds are singing, the flowers are blooming, and the NABCI Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Justice Community of Practice is hosting a new webinar!
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is hiring a Wildlife Refuge Specialist; this is an amazing opportunity to work on a truly magical national wildlife refuge just off the coast of San Francisco! Work includes assisting with facility maintenance, invasive plant control, leading groups of volunteers, assisting with seabird and other restoration projects, and working closely with partners. Deadline to apply: 4/18/2023!
Archipelago Research and Conservation LLC (ARC) is hiring a 9-month full-time position to document seabird distribution across Kaua‘i and monitor breeding success and relative abundance of Newell’s Shearwaters and Hawaiian Petrels at colony sites as well as burrow checks, camera deployments, and Song Meter deployments to monitor breeding success. Note: POSITION FILLED.
Point Blue Conservation Science is hiring a research assistant part of a multi-institution team to study penguins and the Antarctic ecosystem. In particular, emphasis will be on the long-term effects of early life conditions on individuals as they mature and use of devices deployed on penguins to monitor environmental change and developing machine learning models to count penguins from UAV imagery. Field…
Marine Ornithology is an open access journal that is published through a partnership of the African Seabird Group, Australasian Seabird Group, Dutch Seabird Group, Japanese Seabird Group, and Pacific Seabird Group.
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The objective of the Conservation Fund is to advance the conservation of seabirds in developing countries primarily in or bordering the Pacific Ocean by providing funds for conservation and restoration activities, and building within-country seabird expertise. Learn More »
