Fall 2001
Orange County Vector Control District

A male House Finch, Carprodacus mexicanus
0.2 ml of blood being bled from of White-crowned Sparrow, Zonotrichia leucophyrs

I was employed as a field technician to trap and collect blood samples from songbirds, chickens, and rodents
for zoonosis analysis, and to trap mosquitos.  Australian Crow Traps were used to capture birds which were
subsequently taxonomically identified, sexed, bled using fine syringes, and banded before being released.  
Rodents were collected using Sherman Traps and bled via cardiac puncture.  Mosquito carbon dioxide and
oviposition traps were used to collect mosquitos for taxonomic identification and arbovirus analysis.  Data entry.  
Identification of potentially harmful arthropods (i.e. wasps, centipedes, and spiders) for the public.  Water
sampling (i.e. pH, salinity, conductivity, temperature, and dissolved oxygen content).