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Job Posting: Yellow-billed Cuckoo Technician February 10, 2021
YELLOW-BILLED CUCKOO TECHNICIANS (4) needed for Yellow-billed Cuckoo surveys in southeastern Idaho (mid-June to mid-August) with the Intermountain Bird Observatory (IBO) at Boise State University. There is also potential for a selected technician to conduct woodpecker surveys for two weeks prior to the start of the cuckoo field season (~June 1st−14th) as part of a separate IBO project, if available and interested.
View of the Snake River, where cuckoo surveys await. Photo Credit: Stephanie Coates
The western designated population segment of Yellow-billed Cuckoos is listed as Threatened under the ESA and we are contributing to range-wide surveys to better assess statewide status. Primary duties consist of standardized broadcast-call surveys, riparian vegetation assessment, and data entry using the USFWS Yellow-billed Cuckoo Survey protocol. Technicians will conduct surveys for cuckoos along riparian corridors an