BIRDERS, CITIZEN SCIENTISTS AND PHOTOGRAPHERS.
If you see a black oystercatcher wearing a colour band (usually green with two white letters) and/or carrying a tracking tag we would love to hear from you. Please send us an email (lena_ware_2 AT sfu.ca or djgreen AT sfu.ca) with the following information and/or a photograph
BAND – colour and letters or number
DATE – when you saw the bird
LOCATION– where you saw the bird
Your data will be used in our research examining the movement, habitat use and survival of this iconic coastal shorebird.
We will let you know when and where the bird was banded and keep in touch so that you know when any papers incorporating data from our team of citizen scientists get published.
PROSPECTIVE STUDENTS.
Thanks for your interest in my lab.
In most years one or possibly two graduate students (MSC or PhD) join our team. I value motivated students with a passion for natural history and the environment that are also excited by science. If you would like to discuss the possibility of joining my lab please send me an email (djgreen AT sfu.ca). Emails that describe your research interests and outline why you would like to join our group, contain a cv and an unofficial transcript are most helpful.
We also often have opportunities for undergraduates. Undergraduates may take a directed studies course (BISC 497W/498/499) for credit, tackle an Honours thesis, apply for a summer USRA or apply for a work study position if funding is available. USRA and work study undergraduates typically provide lab and/or field assistance to an ongoing project and work on an independent project of their own. Occasionally this can lead to co-authorship on a published paper and kick-start a career in ecology. If you are interested in working with us it is helpful if we know you – perhaps because you have taken on of my classes.