Ornithologist Traveling?

Question

If you become a ornithologist and you want to work with a certain type of bird you can only find in Australia what do you do?Do you travel their and then stay?Or you go there and then come back home?

Answer 1

Yes, you travel where the bird you want to study is..you can stay if it is full time permanent work, or if it is a seasonal or temporary study..you could leave when it is over, or stay to study a different type of bird.  Before I settled down to a full time permanent job as an ornithologist, I used to do seasonal work.  I traveled around the country working on bird studies that lasted anywhere from 3-6 months each.    7 years and 16 states and 1 country later, I got a full time work in one area..so now I just commute a couple hours each day to study birds.

Answer 2

It depends on what your study will require and what you want to do. My thesis adviser spends his summers in the arctic and then goes back home for the rest of the year.

Answer 3

Many scientists travel to do their observations and then come back home when they are done