Thread:Goathouse/@comment-27051147-20180516054108

“I did graduate work in ornithology and worked for the US Forest Service, researching American Kestrels in these forests, locating nesting pairs, banding fledglings, documenting prey, establishing habitat specifics. Best job I ever had!”

Real life has been very busy for us lately & I don’t spend much time here anymore, but popped in and came upon your above partial post by accident.

Our daughter just finished her 2nd year of college - she is a Biology major, Zoology emphasis. She wants to be an orinthologist & work with birds of prey. While my husband & I are both college graduates (he’s an engineer, I was an accountant), graduate school is a whole different world to us. She’s struggling a bit, I think, with future plans & jobs in that field. Does she NEED to go grad school, if so, masters or PHD? Can she get a decent job with just an undergrad degree? Which might be more beneficial in terms of grad school - a semester abroad or a double minor in wildlife biology? If you could offer any advice, or share some of your education and/or general job experience, we would greatly appreciate it. We live in central Indiana. 