Marlys Stahl

Shooting events, activities, and church camp throughout the year for their website and newsletters.

Photography - Family portraits, professional headshots, graduation portraits, event, pet photography. I am proficient with Nikon, which I have been utilizing for over 10 years. Photo Manager - Turning 8mm/Super 8mm Movie Film, 35mm projector slides, and physical photo prints into digital copies. I also create DVD slideshows customized to the customer's preferences. I utilize the Epson V850 scanner as well as the Kodak 8mm Reels Digitizer machines to complete my work.

Wildlife rehabilitation specializing in the care of birds of prey (owls, eagles, falcons, hawks, vultures). Duties include maintaining cleanliness of hospital chambers, outdoor and indoor aviaries, preparing diets, processing whole deer and quail bodies, answering phone calls and communicating with public and game wardens regarding injured birds of prey, and practicing falconry techniques with permanent residents of the center (non-releasable birds).

Cash handling and documenting receipts. Received and deposited honey into Xi Sigma Pi bank account. Communicated with advisor on money situations.

Professional student driver for the Arthur Temple College of Forestry and Agriculture at Stephen F. Austin State University responsible for safely transporting my peers in a university van or pickup. Checked the condition of the vehicle and safety equipment to ensure that everything was in working order. Complied with traffic regulations and University procedures to operate vehicles in a safe and courteous manner. Drove State vehicles to transport passengers to and from field locations. Recorded operational details of travel to account for the number of passengers, miles driven, trips, and hours worked on official documents per policy. Reported vehicle malfunctions or needed repairs to the proper faculty or staff member

Supervisor: Dr. David Kulhavey Hours/week: 15-20 Drone piloting - DJI Mini 2 Camera: Nikon D3300 Using dendrology skills to ID tree species Taking photos of tree diseases and parasites Taking photos of insects and other wildlife with drone Recording numbers of parasites and fungi on trees Recording numbers of insects and other wildlife

Assisting SFA forestry graduate student, Eamonn Thurmond collect bird song recordings (bird logging data) from various locations in the southeastern forests of the United States. The program I am using is Kaleidoscope and the recordings originate from the wildlife acoustic recorders.

Learned how to capture turkeys for research at the Texas Tech University at Junction campus with Blake Grisham from March 3-5, 2022.

Assisting SFA graduate student, Liam Wolff with transcribing Bachman's Sparrow calls from the Angelina National Forest. The program I am using is Kaleidoscope and the recordings originate from the wildlife acoustic recorders. The goal is to find Bachman's Sparrow calls and record them in a bird logging data sheet on excel.

Assisted SFA PhD student, Tatiana Joaqui and Dr. Reuber Antoniazzi with deploying wildlife acoustic song meters in 5 ponds in the Palustris Experimental Forest Longleaf Tract in Louisiana for her amphibian sound research. Learned about how to measure the area in square meters of a pond, how to record canopy cover, pH scales, turbidity, conducitivity (SPC), dissolved oxygen and mg/L in the ponds. Date: November 12, 2021. Total time: 12 hours (including travel time). Start time was 6am and we returned at 6pm.

Taking notes during meetings for the Pineywoods Audubon Society in Nacogdoches. Occasional presentations

SFA Ducks Unlimited assisted Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries band and take samples for avian influenza of over 1300 ducks (mostly blue-winged teal and a few shovelers and wood ducks). This took place from March 26-27, 2022 in Louisiana near Sherburne Wildlife Management Area.

Had the amazing opportunity to learn how prescribed burning looks and how to do it ourselves! This was done with Stephen F. Austin State University FORS4341 Big Game Management class on February 11, 2022 from 10am to 3pm in a loblolly pine forest just south of Carthage, Texas.

Rolling Plains Quail Research Foundation Fall Covey Call Count Training Saturday, October 9th, 2021 1262 US HWY 180W Rotan, TX 79546 -Training on how to record a Northern Bobwhite Quail covey count. Began 40 minutes before sunrise (7:41am). Recorded numerous quail calls and two covey sightings. -Bobwhite life history, anatomy, and physiology -Necropsy -Management and research applications to the ranch -Plant Identification and management

Assisted Texas Parks and Wildlife count and record the conditions of wood duck nest boxes (as well as recording if they were in use) in the Toledo Bend Wildlife Management Area on the Texas-Louisiana border on March 14, 2021. This activity was completed with Stephen F. Austin State University Ducks Unlimited.

Working with SFASU Texas Chapter of the Wildlife Society and Conservation Equity Partners, LLC monitoring white-tailed deer populations by using special survey equipment that included game cameras and spotlights during the day and night.