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THE AMERICAN ORNITHOLOGISTS' UNION held its 115th Stated
Meeting at the University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, 13-16 Aug 1997.
FRANCESCA CUTHBERT, SCOTT LANYON, and ROBERT ZINK were
Co-Chairs of the Committee on Local Arrangements. Chair of the
Committee on the Scientific Program was PETER LOWTHER. Registra
tion was 640. The program included 202 papers, 79 posters, and 36 talks
in 4 symposia.
AOU Officers elected or re-elected were NED K. JOHNSON, President;
FRANK B. GILL, President-Elect; SCOTT M. LANYON, Vice President;
M. VICTORIA MCDONALD, Secretary; FREDERICK H. SHELDON,
Treasurer. Elected to AOU Council were IRENE M. PEPPERBERG,
CAROL M. VLECK, AND DAVID W. WINKLER. There were no
nominees and thus no elections to the classes of Honorary Fellow and
Corresponding Fellow. Newly elected Fellows are FRANCESCA J.
CUTHBERT, FREDERICK H. SHELDON, and SPENCER G. SEALY.
New Elective Members are MICHAEL L. AVERY, JOHN M. BATES,
ANGELO P. CAPPARELA, JAMES P. DEAN, JANIS L. DICKINSON,
PETER J. EWINS, ERICK P. GREENE, SHANNON J. HACKETT,
GARY P. HEINZ, DENNIS G. JORDE, EMILY DALE KENNEDY,
PATRICIA L. KENNEDY, JOHN R. SAUER, DAVID A. WIEDENFELD,
and MARCIA H. WILSON.
The William Brewster Memorial Medal of the AOU was awarded to JOHN
C. AVISE. The Elliott Coues Award was presented to CHANDLER
ROBBINS.
AOU PRESENTATION AWARDS were given to three students for
excellence in the rigor and quality of their scientific papers. These awards,
which are unranked, were presented to the winners at the annual banquet.
The 1997 NELLIE JOHNSON BAROODY AWARD was given to PETER
P. MARRA, Dartmouth College, for his presentation entitled, "Population
consequences of sexual habitat segregation in a migrant passerine during
the non-breeding season." Recipients of the two 1997 AOU COUNCIL
AWARDS are: ANDREW S. DOLBY, Ohio State Univ., "Benefits of
satellite membership in a mixed-species flock;" and JOSHUA J.
TEWKSBURY, Univ. Montana, "Breeding productivity of bird populations
in western riparian forests: Effects of landscape fragmentation."
MARCIA BRADY TUCKER TRAVEL AWARDS were granted to 15
outstanding students to help defray expenses for transportation to the
meeting. Awards totalled $6,010. This year's winners are: COURTNEY
J. CONWAY, Univ. Montana; RUSSELL D. DAWSON, Univ. Saskatche
wan; KRISTA L. DE GROOT, Univ. British Columbia; DAVID J.
DELEHANTY, Univ. Nevada-Reno; ANDREW S. DOLBY, Ohio State
Univ.; CHRIS S. ELPHICK, Univ. Nevada-Reno; KATHRYN P.
HUYVAERT, Wake Forest Univ.; LAURA R. LEE, Univ. Illinois at Urbana-
Champaign; CHRISTOPHER A. LEPCZYK, Michigan State Univ.;
PETER P. MARRA, Dartmouth College; HECTOR C. MIRANDA, JR.,
Univ. Cincinnati; SCOTT F. PEARSON, Univ. Washington; OCTAVIO R.
ROJAS-SOTO, Univ. Nacional Autonoma de Mexico; SCOTT A. TAROF,
Queen's Univ.; DANIEL G. WENNY, Univ. Florida.
The next meeting of the AOU will be held as part of a joint conference with
other ornithological societies 6-12 April 1998 in St. Louis, Missouri.
ORNITHOLOGICAL SOCIETIES OF NORTH AMERICA (OSNA) is searching for a new Director to begin July 1998. The Director is the liaison between the 6 OSNA Societies and the OSNA Business Office at Allen Marketing & Management, a division of Allen Press, Inc., Lawrence, Kansas. Allen Press' Business Management Service receives member ship/subscription payments, prepares revenue reports, and maintains the membership/subscription database. The Director must learn the structure and functioning of the 6 Societies, understand the OSNA membership database, and be able to work in a flexible and cooperative way with groups with diverse needs. For the OSNA annual reports to Society boards, word-processing skills are essential; spread-sheet/database skills are helpful, but not essential. Electronic mail is the medium of choice for day-to-day communication with Society officers, Boards, and Chairper sons. The Director sits as a non-voting member of the governing boards of each Society. There is no honorarium, but funds are provided for attendance at the AOU meeting (necessary for the meeting of the OSNA Committee, which Director chairs) and one other OSNA Society per year. Interested persons should contact the current Director -- FRED LOHRER, Archbold Biological Station, P.O. Box 2057, Lake Placid, FL 33862 (941- 465-2571; flohrer@archbold-station.org) by 15 Dec 1997. The OSNA Web page has some information about OSNA and the front pages of the 1997 FLOCK have Society information.
THE AOU IS CONSTANTLY SEEKING HELP in abstracting Nearctic and Neotropical serials for the Recent Ornithological Literature supplement to The Auk. General information for prospective abstractors and a current list of some 200+ serials in need of coverage are available from JAY M. SHEPPARD, Nearctic Editor, ROL (3359 Cranberry South, Laurel, MD 20724-2414; jmsheppar@aol.com). Authors of papers of potential interest to ornithologists and published in non-biological serials are encouraged to advise the appropriate ROL editors of such papers. As noted in recent issues of the Ornithological Newsletter and in the ROL, we are now accepting abstracts for doctoral dissertations published since January 1995. See a recent ROL issue for further information.
STUDENTS - FREE MEMBERSHIP!! - The Cooper Ornithological Society is always interested in getting more graduate students involved and provides up to 25 free student memberships each year. These student awards cover costs of membership for 2 years and carry full membership benefits, providing an important launch into ornithological careers at an early stage. To apply, simply send a CV of the student and a cover letter from the major professor that describes why the student deserves the award. Send application materials to THOMAS E. MARTIN, Montana Cooperative Wildlife Research Unit, Univ. of Montana, Missoula, MT 59812.
A HOME PAGE has been established for The 1998 Annual Meeting of the Raptor Research Foundation, Inc., 30 Sep - 4 Oct 1998. Watch this page for information on the location, registration, call for papers, schedule, transportation, lodging, and other information (http://www.weber.edu/rrf/).
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TRAVEL AWARDS FOR THE IOC IN SOUTH AFRICA, Aug 1998, will be available in the amounts of $500 to $1000 to help defray costs associated with attending the IOC in South Africa, Aug 1998. Funds will be provided through grants from the American Ornithologists' Union and the NSF (support pending). To apply, send a CV and letter that describes the nature of your participation: invited lecturer, symposium convener, symposium participant, convener or participant in a roundtable discussion, or presenter of a contributed oral presentation or poster. The letter should also state whether the applicant has previously attended IOCs, listing congresses attended and travel support received from AOU. In addition, please list other sources of support available to the applicant for travel to this congress. Selection will be made by a committee consisting of F. Cooke, E. D. Ketterson, D. Holmes, R. T. Holmes, M. Ramenofsky, and R. M. Zink (Chair). We anticipate making 40 awards. Decisions regarding awards will be based on the scientific merit as reflected by application materials. Priority will be given to lecturers, conveners of symposia, and symposium participants, particularly younger workers. Application materials must be postmarked by 31 Oct 1997. All applications should include phone, fax, and e-mail addresses. Mail application to ROBERT M. ZINK, JF Bell Museum, 100 Ecology Bldg., Univ. of MN, St. Paul, MN 55108, or e-mail to rzink@biosci.umn.edu. All applications will be acknowledged, so please be sure you receive one (especially for e-mail applicants). Announcement of awards will be made by 1 Dec 1997.
STUDENT AWARDS for the 1998 North American Ornithological Congress, St. Louis, Missouri, 6-12 Apr 1998. A joint committee from the cooperating societies for the 1998 NAOC will be offering travel awards to help defray transportation expenses of attending students wishing to present a lecture or poster at the NAOC. The American Ornithologists' Union will offer a number of Marcia Brady Tucker Travel Awards, with additional funds provided by the Wilson Ornithological Society, Cooper Ornithological Society, and Association of Field Ornithologists. Students must be a member of one of these societies to win a travel award. Students applying for a travel award may have co-authors but the student's name must be first and the student must present the pa per/poster. Marcia Brady Tucker awards have a limit of two per lifetime. Individuals who have graduated since 1 July 1997 are still considered students for the 1998 meeting. The number of travel awards is limited and applicants are expected to present their poster/paper regardless of whether they receive an award. Applications for travel awards do not guarantee a place on the Scientific Program, and awards will be issued only after the paper/poster has been accepted on the program. The joint committee will also be in charge of student presentation awards at the NAOC. Applicants for travel awards are automatically eligible for a presentation award provided the paper/poster is single-authored. Details about how to apply for these awards are listed in the Circular of Information for the 1998 NAOC or can be seen on the NAOC web site (http://www.umsl.edu/ ~biology/icte/bird98). All application materials for student awards should be sent by mail to: NAOC Student Awards Committee, c/o JOHN FAABORG, 110 Tucker Hall, Univ. of Missouri, Columbia, MO 65211- 7400, USA. Questions may be directed to Dr. Faaborg by phone (573- 882-7541) or e-mail (faaborg@biosci.mbp.missouri.edu). Deadline for receipt of applications is 2 Jan 1998; early applications encouraged. Applications sent by fax or e-mail will not be accepted.
"SAVING THE RAREST OF THE RARE," a half day workshop will be held at the 1998 North American Ornithological Conference. It will focus on the following species: Eskimo Curlew, Whooping Crane, California Condor, Ivory-billed Woodpecker, Bachman's Warbler, Dusky Seaside Sparrow, and Everglades Kite. Researchers and all interested individuals are invited to attend. Those wishing to present papers are asked to contact EVE IVERSEN, 1953 22nd St; San Pablo, CA 94806 USA (510- 232-2817 home; no fax available; ehiversen@ucdavis.edu). Deadline for abstracts is 1 Oct 1997. Sponsorship is being sought for travel assistance but at present no funds are available.
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AT THE PARTNERS IN FLIGHT National Monitoring group meeting in Washington D.C. in Mar, the group decided to undertake preparation of a revised "Needs Assessment." Minutes from that meeting are available on the working group's home page (http://www.rsl.psw.fs.fed.us), with a proposed outline for the report prepared by DAVID PASHLEY. JON BART has agreed to help begin the process by leading a discussion of what material should be in the report and to take primary responsibility for getting it written. This process will be finalized at a Working Group meeting to be held in conjunction with the Cowbird Conference in Sacramento this fall at the Red Lion's Sacramento Inn (1401 Arden Way, Sacramento 95815; 800-547-8010; 916-922-8041). The Cowbird Conference begins at 7 p.m. on the 23rd, continuing on through the 25th (Saturday). We will meet before the conference, 22-23 Oct. We will begin for a short session on Wednesday evening the 22nd, at 7 p.m. and continue on the 23rd (8 a.m. to 5 p.m.). For more details, contact C. JOHN RALPH, U.S. Forest Service, Redwood Sciences Laboratory, 1700 Bayview Drive, Arcata, CA 95521 (707-825-2992; fax 825-2901; cjralph@humboldt1.com).
UPGRADES TO SURGE and Companion Text - Program SURGE, one of the most widely used programs for analysis of marked individuals, has recently been upgraded - the most notable addition is automatic parameter counting. Memory management for larger analyses is now handled through a generic MS Windows interface. To accompany this upgrade, a 2nd Edition of the 130+ page companion book on using SURGE has also been made available. For information on both, see http://www.biol.sfu.ca/cmr/surge.
BEGINNING AS EARLY AS 15 Jan 1998 the entire collections, offices and library of the Division of Birds, National Museum of Natural History, Washington D. C. (joint collections of the Division of Birds and the Biological Resources Division, USGS) are scheduled to be closed for major renovation to the heating and cooling system. The renovation is expected to require six months to a year, during which those facilities will be totally inaccessible. The collections will be covered with plastic and sealed. No new loans will be made after 15 Nov 1997. Tentatively, no visitors will be accommodated after 01 Jan 1998. Current specimen borrowers will be contacted individually. We will announce when the facility is re-opened. Please call or write for further information. (202-357- 2031; fax 05-1-202-633-8084; dean.james@nmnh.si.edu or anglep@nmnh.si.edu).
PREVENT SPECIMEN LOSS! Do you have specimens somewhere in a box, or know of a small collection gathering insects and dust for want of care and attention? If so, please consider depositing them into a recognized systematics collection so they are not lost to science. Now is the time, before serious deterioration occurs. Also, you can take advantage of a recent Memorandum of Agreement between the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service and the Association of Systematics Collections that simplifies the donation process for both the donor and the recipient institution. This agreement places high priority on getting specimens with scientific value into collections where they will be available and useful to the scientific community. Among other things, this agreement does not require copies of permits for specimens taken before 21 May 1991 (or imported into the U.S. before that date). Further, the USFWS will not pursue prosecution in cases where copies of permits are not available. The Univ. of Alaska Museum will pay shipping costs for any such specimens sent to this museum. If you wish to donate specimens or would like more details of the ASC-FWS agreement, contact KEVIN WINKER, Univ. of Alaska Museum, 907 Yukon Drive, Fairbanks, AK 99775-6960 (907-474-7027; ffksw@aurora.alaska.edu).
1997 WORLD BIRDWATCH and NTT (Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation) World Bird Count involves birders from all over the world who try to see as many species as possible in their own countries, then submit their lists to the event organizers in Japan who put together a world list. For each species seen globally, $10 (approximately) is donated by NTT to international bird conservation through BirdLife International. In 1996, 80,000 birdwatchers reported 5,137 bird species in a total of 81 countries, raising $43,500. American Bird Conservancy will coordinate the U.S. component of this year's event, and will assemble a single U.S. species list for submission to the Japanese organizers. We are looking for as many species as possible recorded during the month of October 1997. If you are able to participate, do please send your species list to me at ABC before 10 Nov 1997. Lists sent as e-mail attachments should be saved as ASCII files; e-mail is preferred over fax, and fax over post. If you are able to use scientific names as well as common names it would be a big help, and using names as they appear on the ABA list would also be appreciated. Any extra information about activities you decide to organize during the event would be of interest too (location, number of participants, special comments etc.). Please send me a message to let me know if you will be taking part. MICHAEL J. PARR, Director of International Develop ment, American Bird Conservancy, 1250 24th Street NW, #400, Washington, DC, 20037 (202-778-9705; fax 202-778-9778; mparr@abcbirds.org).
INTRODUCTION TO FIELD ORNITHOLOGY COURSE (two weeks, US$1900), 27 Oct-8 Nov 1997; and 27 Apr-9 May 1998. Courses offered by the Tropical Science Center, Costa Rica. Information about fellowship sources. Contact: DR. HUMBERTO JIMENEZ, Saa/CCT/. Apdo. 8-3870-1000/ San Jose, Costa Rica (fax 506-2534963; hjimenez@sol.racsa.co.cr; http://www.geocities.com/RainForest/9148 ).
ON 22 JULY 1997, the US Fish & Wildlife Service published the final rule designating critical habitat for the Southwestern Willow Flycatcher (Empidonax traillii extimus) (62 FR 39129), a species listed as endan gered. The Service has identified 18 critical habitat units totaling 964 kilometers (599 river miles) in Arizona, California, and New Mexico. As required under section 4 of the Endangered Species Act, the Service considered economic and other relevant impacts prior to making a final decision on the size and configuration of critical habitat.
THE ANIMAL BEHAVIOR SOCIETY announced that PATRICIA ADAIR GOWATY is the winner of the 1997 Quest Award. Elected as Fellows of the ABS were HUGH M. DRUMMOND, ROGER M. EVANS, PATRICIA A. GOWATY, GAIL R. MICHENER, and JOHN C. WINGFIELD. DOROTHY HILL of the Univ. of Calgary received honorable mention at the annual meeting for her student paper presentation, "High levels of extra-pair paternity and reduced parental care in second broods of Chestnut-collared Longspurs."
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Provided by DAVID E. BLOCKSTEIN, Chair, The Ornithological Council, 1725 K St. NW #212, Washington, DC 20006-1401 (202-628-1731; fax 202-628-4311; OC@cnie.org) "Providing Scientific Information about Birds." The Ornithological Council is supported by voluntary individual contributions on the OSNA dues notice as well as member ships from the ornithological societies.
THE NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION (NSF) has been directed by the U.S. House of Representatives to study how it would establish and support a National Institute for the Environment (NIE). The Committee for the NIE's proposal now envisions the NIE as a federally-chartered institute rather than as an independent agency. AOU recently passed a resolution "encouraging NSF to challenge Congress with a bold vision" of an NIE. For more information contact CNIE@CNIE.org or see www.cnie.org.
THE AOU at its recent meeting approved resolutions supporting: a renewed effort from the government for the conservation of migratory birds, controls on feral and free-ranging cats due to predation on birds and other wildlife, maintenance of the Forest Service's population viability requirement, a National Institute for the Environment associated with the National Science Foundation, and the Endangered Species Recovery Act (H.R. 2351). Copies are available on www.nmnh.si.edu/BIRDNET/ or from OC@CNIE.org.
THE ENDANGERED SPECIES RECOVERY ACT (ESRA, H.R. 2351) was introduced by Rep. GEORGE MILLER (D-CA), ranking Democrat on the House Resources Committee and 59 cosponsors. ESRA is intended to reauthorize and strengthen the present Endangered Species Act. Its features include: deadlines for developing recovery plans and requiring plans to include objective biological criteria and specific management strategies for achieving recovery goals; requiring federal agencies to implement recovery plans and to avoid adverse impacts that would minimize the likelihood of recovery; requiring habitat conservation plans (HCPs) to include biological goals, measures for monitoring effectiveness and adaptive management provisions; creation of a HCP fund from bonds posted by HCP applicants to cover costs of additional conservation measures to address unforeseeable events; designation of "survival habitat" (habitat necessary to support either current populations or populations necessary to ensure survival) at the time of listing; authorizing state and local governments to develop and implement regional conserva tion plans, and providing tax incentives and technical assistance to landowners who agree to undertake species conservation efforts. The AOU has endorsed ESRA. For more infoormation contact the Endan gered Species Coalition, 1101 14th St. NW, Suite 1400, Washington, DC 20005, (202-682-9400; fax 202-682-1331).
VISITATION TO NATIONAL PARKS has increased 5% thus far this year, despite a doubling of fees at many popular sites and the introduction of fees at sites that were previously free. The highest admission fees are $8 per person at Mount St. Helens and $20 per carload at Yellowstone, Yosemite, and Grand Canyon National Parks; most other parks charge lower fees. This year revenues from the user fees will bring $3.8 million to the Bureau of Land Management, $13 million to the Forest Service, and $2.5 million to the Fish and Wildlife Service.
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THE U.S. FOREST SERVICE is considering a plan to limit the number of hikers in the Pacific Northwest's most popular sites. Restrictions that would reduce hikers in certain areas by about 60% have been proposed in an effort to restore the "concept of solitude in the wilderness" and to protect sites, such as Alpine Lakes in Washington and Mount Hood in Oregon, from overuse. Opponents of the proposed rules persuaded Senator Slade Gorton (R-WA) to include a measure opposing the restrictions in the Senate Interior Department appropriations bill. The limits could be in place as early as next spring.
RECENT BUDGET CUTS in Canadian federal and provincial govern ments may be threatening environmental protection efforts. Funding for environmental programs has been severely cut in the past five years as governments have been battling large budget deficits. Environment Canada, the federal environment ministry, had its budget cut by 30%, from $730 million CAD in 1994-95 to $503 million CAD in 1997-98, forcing a 25% workforce layoff and a reduction of offices from 72 to 17. The Ontario Ministry of the Environment and Energy also suffered a drop in budget from $390 million in 1993-94 to $150 million in 1997-98, and the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources has lost more than 20% of its budget and 40% of its staff in the last two years. Environmentalists say that the budget cuts have weakened environmental monitoring and enforcement, though Ontario Environment Minister Norm Sterling says that environmental conditions are improving. Concern for these cuts is mounting as a recent study reported that "Ontario is the third-biggest polluter in North America."
JASPER NATIONAL PARK, a world heritage site in Canada is apparently rejecting the recommendation of the Harlequin Duck Working Group for seasonal closure of the mid-Maligne River to commercial rafting in order to protect nesting Harlequin Ducks. Whitewater rafting has increased on this section of the river from 6 rafts in 1986 to some 1400 in 1996. During this period, nesting Harlequin Ducks have virtually disappeared from this stretch of the river. The final decision is to be made by Hon. Sheila Copps, Minister of Canadian Heritage. For information contact JILL SEATON, Jasper Environmental Association, PO Box 2198, Jasper AB, Canada TOE 1EO (phone & fax 403-852-4152).
THE U.S. FOREST SERVICE is forming a Committee of Scientists to advise them on potential revisions to the National Forest Management Act Regulations. These regulations include the population viability regulations that were supported in 1997 resolutions by COS and AOU. For more information contact CHRIS RISBRUDT, Director, Ecosystem Manage ment Coordination, MS 104, USDA Forest Service, PO Box 96090, Washington, DC 20090-6090 (fax 202-205-1012).
JAMIE RAPPAPORT CLARK has been confirmed as the Director of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Ms. Clark previously was FWS assistant director for ecological services and has been chief of the Division of Endangered Species, deputy assistant director of the SW Region and senior staff biologist in her 8 years with FWS. She has a M.S. in wildlife ecology from the Univ. of Maryland.
DR. RICK COLEMAN, a 17 year veteran of FWS, has been appointed chief of the National Wildlife Refuge System replacing ROB SHALLENBERGER, who is now manager of the new Midway Atoll NWR.
ROBERT G. STANTON has been confirmed as Director of the National Park Service. Mr. Stanton is a 31 year veteran of NPS and most recently was regional director for the Washington, DC area.
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INFORMATION NEEDED FOR BIRDS OF
NORTH AMERICA species accounts. Any
unpublished information,
personal observations, and obscure references will be greatly appreciated and acknowledged in
the accounts:
GRAY KINGBIRD (Tyrannus dominicensis). GREG SMITH, Oklahoma
Biological Survey, 111 E. Chesapeake St., Norman, OK 73019-0575
(405-325-7598; fax 405-325-7702; gregsmith@ou.edu) or JERRY
JACKSON, Dept. Biol. Sci., P.O. Drawer GY, Miss. St. Univ., Mississippi
State, MS 39762-5759 (601-325-3120; fax 601-325-7939; picus@ra.msstate.edu).
BIRD RECORDS FROM MONGOLIA WANTED for a forthcoming major paper on the distribution and status of birds in Mongolia. Reports or bird lists (recent and older ones) of trips to Mongolia are requested. All contributors will be acknowledged on publication. Please send material to AXEL BRAEUNLICH, Bruesseler Str. 46, 13353 Berlin, Germany.
ORNITHOLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS ON THE KOREAN PENINSULA wanted for a cooperatiive project "A New Annotated Checklist of the Birds of the Korean Peninsula." Reports or bird lists (recent and older ones) of trips in North- and South-Korea are requested. Also data about skin collections are of interest. All contributors will be acknowledged on publication. Please send material to JUERGEN FIEBIG, Museum of Natural History, Institute of Systematic Zoology, Invalidenstr. 43, 10115 Berlin, Germany.
I AM INTERESTED IN DISCUSSING undergraduate research with people who are involved in using research in their undergraduate programs. If you are interested and/or would like to participate in a "Round-Table" discussion at the meetings in Apr please contact MINDY LABRANCHE at Dept. of Biology SUNY College, Fredonia, NY 14063; labranche@fredonia.edu
THE CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION (CDC) is interested in examining the role of birds in the epidemiology of two emerging vector-borne pathogens of humans and in identifying novel avian bacteria. The first pathogen, closely related to bacteria in the genus Rickettsia, causes a moderate to severe disease similar to Rocky Mountain spotted fever. These tick-borne organisms are classified in the genus Ehrlichia. The other group of pathogens are the Bartonella, a genus of bacteria composed of many distinct species, including the agents which cause cat scratch disease and trench fever in humans. At present, little is known regarding the host range and animal reservoir for these agents in nature. We are interested in obtaining whole blood, serum, or blood clots from North American ground-feeding or ground-nesting birds, as well as from urban populations of pigeons and starlings. In addition, ticks or other ectoparasites removed from birds would be useful. These samples will be examined by either serologic or genetic tests for indication of past or present infection with the bacteria. It is likely that new bacteria will be identified, some of which may cause disease in birds. Frozen samples are suitable for most assays. If you can help please contact: DR. PAUL ARGUIN or DR. JAMES E. CHILDS, Viral & Rickettsial Zoonoses Branch, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1600 Clifton Road MS-G13, Atlanta, GA 30333 (404-639-1075; pma0@cdc.gov or jfc5@cdc.gov).
TISSUES, BLOOD OR FEATHER PULP needed for study of genus Zenaida. Primarily need samples from Mexico, Central and South America. Would be willing to trade tissues of Zenaida asiatica collected in North America. If you have any samples we could use contact CHRISTIN PRUETT, Caesar Kleberg Wildlife Research Institute, Texas A&M-Kingsville, Campus Box 218, Kingsville, TX 78363 (512-593-3962; fax 593-3924; ksnab02@tamuk.edu).
CATTLE EGRETS (Bubulcus ibis) have been banded in New Castle County, Delaware. These birds have a yellow numbered colorband on their right tibiotarsus and a USFWS band on the left with a possible radio telemetry unit. Please send observations with as much information as possible (as well as the telemetry unit if you find it!) to STEPHANIE SCHMIDT, Manomet Center for Conservation Sciences, Manomet, MA 02345 (508-224-6521; LKVZ01A@prodigy.com).
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NOTE the printed version of the Ornithological Newsletter no longer contains job advertisements. As of the August issue, the Positions and Opportunities section is available only in the on-line edition. This edition can be accessed from the Ornithological Newsletter Home Page ( http://www.ornith.cornell.edu/OSNA/ornnewsl.htm), or directly at http://www.ornith.cornell.edu/OSNA/ornjobs.htm. This job list will be edited more frequently; we hope once a week. Consequently, it will be more up to date, submissions can be made at any time, and advertisements will be maintained until approximately the due date for submissions. Expect the on-line list to change both in content and format in the near future. Also, in the near future a list-serve service will be put into operation that will send job announcements to subscribers via e-mail.
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READERS ARE REMINDED that information on deadlines, etc., of grants listed in the third edition of "Grants, Awards and Prizes in Ornithology" is not repeated here. Only revisions of information in that booklet can be reported here, because of space limitations. You may obtain the GAP booklet by order from MAX C. THOMPSON, Asst. to AOU Treasurer, Dept. Biology, Southwestern College, 100 College St., Winfield, KS 67156-2499 for $7.50 plus $2.00 p&h (316-221-4150; maxt@jinx.sckans.edu).
STUDENTS INTERESTED IN THE MEWALDT-KING RESEARCH AWARDS are reminded that Dr. John Faaborg is the current chair of the Mewaldt-King Award Fund Committee and all correspondence related to this award should be directed to him at the address below. You are also reminded that the fund only supports research that relates to the conserva tion of birds. For more information contact DR. JOHN FAABORG, Mewaldt-King Award Fund Committee, 110 Tucker Hall, Univ. of Missouri, Columbia, MO 65211-7400 (573-882-7541; faaborg@biosci.mbp.missouri.edu). Proposals must be received on or before 15 Jan 1998.
THE WILSON ORNITHOLOGICAL SOCIETY reminds prospective applicants that research award application forms must be requested from WOS Research Awards, Museum of Zoology, Univ. of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1079, or obtained from the WOS web page. Please provide a self-addressed stamped envelope for return of application materials by standard postal service. Alternatively, candidates are strongly encouraged to obtain application materials from the WOS web page. Applicants whose first language is not English may choose to submit a copy of their proposal in their first language if they think it is needed to clarify the content. One grant is awarded to non-professional independent researchers only. A second funds research which has an economic focus and involves bird banding/movements, and the third is open to all ornithological research. Proposals are due on 15 Jan 1998; directions for submittal are given on the application form.
THE JOHN K. COOPER FOUNDATION is pleased to announce the recipients of research awards in 1997: NORINE AMBROSE, Univ. of Alberta, "Effects of timing of cattle grazing on bird species diversity and productivity in central Alberta;" STEPHANIE HAZLITT, Simon Fraser Univ., "Territory quality of Black Oystercatchers in the Strait of Georgia, British Columbia;" SHEILA RANGEN, Univ. of Saskatchewan, "Effects of habitat use and predation on the productivity of songbirds in a stand- tended forest." Applications for 1998 will be accepted until 1 Apr 1998. Send to John K. Cooper Foundation, 1278 Laurel Road, RR 3, Sidney, British Columbia, CANADA V8L 5K8.
THE CENTER FOR FIELD RESEARCH invites proposals for 1998-99 field grants funded by its affiliate Earthwatch. Earthwatch is an interna tional, non-profit organization dedicated to sponsoring field research and promoting public education in the sciences and humanities. Past projects have been successfully fielded in, but are not limited to, the following disciplines: animal behavior, biodiversity, ecology, ornithology, endangered species, entomology, marine mammalogy, ichthyology, herpetology, marine ecology, and resource and wildlife management. Interdisciplinary projects are especially encouraged as is multinational collaboration. Information can be found at http://www.earthwatch.org/cfr/cfr.html, or you can contact: The Center for Field Research, 680 Mt. Auburn Street, Watertown, MA 02272 (617-926-8200; fax 617-926-8532; cfr@earthwatch.org).
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ORNITHOLOGICAL MONOGRAPHS #48, "Studies in Neotropical Ornithology honoring Ted Parker" (editor, J. V. Remsen, Jr.), commemo rates the contributions of the late Theodore A. Parker III to Neotropical ornithology. The 51 papers include descriptions of seven new species, group revisions that raise an additional 20 forms to species status, and many articles on the geography and ecology of Neotropical birds. Each copy is $49.95; the pre-publication price is $39.95 (expected date: 1 Sep 1997). Please include $4.00 (domestic) or $7.00 (overseas) for shipping and handling. Make payment by Visa, Mastercard, or check in U.S. funds payable to "American Ornithologists' Union", through MAX C. THOMP SON, Assistant to the Treasurer, AOU, Dept. of Biology, Southwestern College, 100 College St., Winfield, KS, 67156-2499, USA.
"THE BIRDS OF THE SECOND COLLEGE GRANT," by Mario Cohn- Haft. 1995. A bird finding guide and annotated checklist to a 27,000-acre wilderness area in extreme northern New Hampshire. Pocket-sized paperback, maps, line drawings, ca. 100 pp. $5; Dartmouth College Outdoor Programs, Hanover, NH 03755.
"THE NESTS, EGGS AND NESTLINGS OF NORTH AMERICAN BIRDS," Second Edition, by Paul Baicich and Colin Harrison. A com pletely rewritten edition of Harrison's previous book with much expanded text giving details of the nest, breeding season, eggs, incubation, nestling and nestling period of all 669 breeding birds of Canada and the USA. 345 pp, 48 plates showing eggs of 597 species, 16 plates showing representa tive nestlings and over 100 line drawings of nests. $ 22.95 (paperback) ISBN 0-12-072831-1. From Academic Press (1-800-321-5068; fax 1- 800-235-0256) or your local bookseller.
"AS AVES EM SANTA CATARINA: DISTRIBUICAO GEOGRAFICA E MEIO AMBIENTE" by Lenir Aldo do Rosario. Published by The Fundacao do Meio Ambiente of the state of Santa Catarina, Brazil. Includes 326 pages in Portuguese on the avifauna and habitats of this southern Brazilian state. The distribution of each of the 596 species recorded in the state is documented by plot of museum specimen records. Illustrated by 26 color plates and over 50 line drawings by the artist. Interested ornithologists and institutions may receive a copy by request from: MS. LENIR ALDO DO ROSARIO, Fundacao do Meio Ambiente, Caixa Postal 1254, Florianopolis, Santa Catarina, Brazil.
THE ROCKY MOUNTAIN RESEARCH STATION, USDA Forest Service, has a good supply of a 1993 publication available in bulk quantities if you need them: "Status and management of neotropical migratory birds; 1992 Sep 21-25, Estes Park, Colorado", Finch, Deborah M.; Stangel, Peter W., editors. General Technical Report RM-229. Ft. Collins, CO: U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station. 422 pages. This proceedings is the product of a National Training Workshop held in Estes Park, Colorado in 1992. Invited papers discuss all aspects of management, monitoring, and conservation of neotropical migratory birds on the breeding grounds. The proceedings is divided into seven sections that range from philosophical discussions to methods and solutions for managing migratory birds in concert with other wildlife. To order single or bulk copies of this publication, please e-mail /s=r.schneider/ou1=s28a@mhs-fswa.attmail.com with your name and complete mailing address in LABEL format (type as if you're addressing an envelope, so we can use this as your return label), or fax (970-498- 1660), or phone (970-498-1719). DICK SCHNEIDER, Publications, Rocky Mountain Research Station, 3825 East Mulberry Street, Ft. Collins, CO 80524-8597.
SONGBIRD DECLINE: The US Forest Service's Rocky Mountain Research Station, has published "Songbird Ecology in Southwestern Ponderosa Pine Forests: A Literature Review" following litigation by environmentalists. A Southwest Center for Biological Diversity alert says the report blames songbird decline on salvage logging, old growth logging and overgrazing. The study shows 77% of all songbirds in NM for which sufficient information exists have declined significantly since 1964, which may lead to an outbreak of "forest pests." To obtain a copy of the report email: /s=r.schneider/ou1=s28a@mhs-fswa.attmail.com.
"AN ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY OF OREGON BIRD LITERATURE PUBLISHED BEFORE 1935" by George A. Jobanek. 1997. 496 pp. The publication of the bibliography will be limited to 600 copies. $45.00. Available from bookstores and libraries or can be ordered directly from the OSU Press, Waldo Hall 101, Corvallis, OR 97331 (541-737-3166). Mail orders must include $2.50 for book rate postage or $5.00 for UPS for the first book and $.75 for each additional book.
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WANTED TO BUY: Makatsch, W., 1937, Der Brutparasitismus der Kuckucksvogel, Verlag; Makatsch, W., 1950, Kuckuck, Neue-Brehem- Bucheri; Miller, A.H., 1963, Seasonal activity and ecology...cloud forest, Calif. Publ. Zool. 66; Owens, D., 1980, Camouflage and mimicry, Chicago; Ricklefs, R.E., 1983, The Economy of Nature, Chiron (or first edition). Please contact SPENCER G. SEALY, Dept. Zool., Univ. Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB R3T 2N2 (sgsealy@cc.umanitoba.ca).
FOR SALE: Auk Vol. 94-104 complete, 107-109 complete, and 1981- 1990 Index; Condor Vol. 84(4), 85-89 complete, and 92 complete; Wilson Bulletin Vol. 94(3,4), 95-99 complete, and 102 complete; Journal of Field Ornithology Vol. 55-58 complete, and 61 complete. E-mail best offer for each journal package to rjhekg@aol.com or call (303-773-8585).
FOR SALE: Condor, complete vol. 38 (1936) , broken numbers in vol 16, 30, 31, 35, 37-40, 42-44, 46, 48, 50-54, 56, & 59. Life Histories of NA Birds, Bent, (original issues) 197, 203 & 211. Birds of North and Middle America, Friedmann, Parts X and XI. Journal of Mammalogy, Vol, 35-77 (1954-1996). List of other books available upon request. Contact JOHN BUSHMAN, 9516 Narragansett Place, Vienna, VA 22180 (703-281- 4443).
FOR SALE: A complete run of The Bulletin of the Northeastern Bird- banding Association from Vol. 1, Num. 1 (Jan, 1925) to Vol. 5, Num. 4 (Oct, 1929), and its successor, Birdbanding, Vol 1, Num. 1 (Jan 1930) to Vol XXXI, Num. 4 (Oct, 1960) and Vol . XXXII Nums 2, 3, and 4. 147 numbers in all. The Bulletin is bound into two units, all Birdbandings are individual. All are in very good condition, $500, postage included. JIM LOGAN, 207-778-4411.
FOR SALE: American Zoologist, vol. 13-36 (missing 14:4); Bird Banding/J Field Orn, vol. 48-53 (missing 49:1, 52:3); Condor, vol. 75-88; Ibis, vol. 115-122; Living Bird, vol. 2-7, 9-17; Ornithological Monographs, 2, 4, 6, 9-13, 15, 17, 22, 25. $400 postage paid or make offer. HAROLD F. SEARS, 3590 Glenn Springs Rd., Spartanburg, SC 29302.
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SECOND INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS OF VECTOR ECOLOGY, 19- 24 Oct 1997, Orlando, Florida. For further information and registration materials contact GILBERT L. CHALLET, Secretary-Treasurer, P. 0. Box 87, Santa Ana, CA 92702, USA (714-971-2421 x148; fax 714-971-3940).
RESEARCH AND MANAGEMENT OF COWBIRDS IN EASTERN AND WESTERN LANDSCAPES, 23-25 Oct 1997, Red Lion Sacramento Inn, Sacramento, California. For information, contact MICHAEL MORRISON (209-267-1840; fax 209-267-1840; trogon@ pacbell.net) or LINNEA HALL (916-278-6573; fax 916-278-6993; lshall@saclink.csus.edu), Dept. of Biological Sciences, California State Univ., Sacramento, CA 95819.
COLONIAL WATERBIRD SOCIETY Annual Meeting, 29 Oct - 2 Nov 1997, Lafayete Hilton Hotel, Lafayette, Louisiana. Please contact Local Chairs JAY HUNER (318-482-5239; jhuner@usl.edu) and CARROLL CORDES (318-266 -8653; cordesc@ nwrc.gov) for further information about meeting arrangements, and IAN NISBET, scientific program chair (508-564-4958) for information about the scientific program.
1997 RAPTOR RESEARCH FOUNDATION ANNUAL MEETING, 30 Oct - 2 Nov 1997, Savannah, Georgia at the Savannah Marriott River front Hotel. Contact Continuing Education and Public Services, Georgia Southern Univ., P.O. Box 8124, Statesboro, GA, 30460 (912-681-5555; fax 912-681-0306; shein@gsvms2.cc.GaSoU.edu or meeden@gsvms2.cc.GaSou.edu).
IV SIMPOSIO DE ZOOLOGY, 10-15 Nov 1997, La Habana, Cuba. Instituto de Ecologˇa y Sistem tica, Carretera de Varona km 3 1/2, Capdevila, Boyeros, A.P. 8029, CP 10800, Habana 8, Cuba (fax 537-33- 9117, 33-9031, 33-1325; ecologia@unepnet.cu).
LIMNOLOGY AND AQUATIC BIRDS, Monitoring, Modeling and Management, 24-27 Nov 1997, M‚rida &CelestŁn Yucat n, Mexico. Convened by Societas Internationalis Limnologiae (SIL) Working Group on Aquatic Birds. For further information and requirements please contact: DR. JORGE A. HERRERA-SILVEIRA, CINVESTAV-IPN, Unidad M‚rida, km. Carr. Ant. Progreso, Apdo. Postal 73 CORDEMEX, M‚rida, Yucat n, MEXICO (52+ 99 81 29 03; fax 52+ 99 81 29 17; jherrera@kin.cieamer. conacyt.mx).
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59TH MIDWEST FISH AND WILDLIFE CONFERENCE, 7-10 Dec 1997, Hyatt Regency Hotel and MECCA in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The theme of this year s conference is Managing Natural Resources: Integrating Ecology and Society. Please visit our Internet web page to get detailed information regarding instructions for submitting abstracts, more information on special sessions, symposia, and workshops, and other aspects of the conference. Or contact GERALD A. BARTELT, Wisconsin Dept. of Natural Re sources, 1350 Femrite Drive, Monona, WI (608-221-6344; fax 608-221- 6353; barteg@dnr.state.wi.us).
DOUBLE-CRESTED CORMORANTS- POPULATION STATUS AND MANAGEMENT ISSUES IN THE MIDWEST, 9 Dec 1997, a one-day symposium at the Midwest Fish and Wildlife Conference, Milwaukee, WI. For information, contact DR. CHIP WESELOH, Canadian Wildlife Service, Canada Centre for Inland Waters, Box 5050, Burlington, ON, L7R 4A6, Canada (905-336-4968; chip.weseloh@cciw.ca), or DR. STEPHEN LEWIS, U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Federal Bldg., 1 Federal Drive, Fort Snelling, MN 55111-4056 (612-725-3313; steve_j_lewis@mail.fws.gov).
SOCIETY FOR INTEGRATIVE AND COMPARATIVE BIOLOGY 1998 ANNUAL MEETING, 3-7 Jan 1998, Boston Marriott Copley Place, Boston, Mass. Sessions at the Annual Meeting are held in conjunction with the Animal Behavior Society, American Microscopical Society, Ecological Society of America, International Society for Reef Studies and The Crustacean Society. Contact SICB Business Office, 401 North Michigan Avenue, Chicago, IL 60611 (312-527-6697; fax 312-245-1085; sicb@sba.com; http://www.sicb.com).
NINTH NORTH AMERICAN ARCTIC GOOSE CONFERENCE/ WORKSHOP, 7-10 Jan 1998, Victoria, BC. For information please send your name, address, phone number, fax number, and e-mail address to DR. SEAN BOYD, Pacific Wildlife Research Centre, Canadian Wildlife Service, Environment Canada, RR1- 5421 Robertson Rd., Delta, BC, Canada, V4K 3N2 (604-946-8546; fax 604-946-7022; sean.boyd@ ec.gc.ca).
*PACIFIC SEABIRD GROUP 25th annual meeting, 21-24 Jan 1998, Monterey Conference Center, Monterey, CA. The meeting will include a symposium Seabirds in a Changing Ocean: Advances in Seabird Science, a reception at the Monterey Aquarium, and other events to celebrate the PSG's 25th anniversary. Plenary speakers include STORRS OLSON and MIKE HARRIS. Field trips will be a pelagic trip on Monterey Bay and a guided tour at Ano Nuevo State Park to see breeding elephant seals. Contact MIKE PARKER (510-792-0222; Mike_Parker@mail.fws.gov) regarding registration information, and ALAN BURGER (250-479-2446; aburger@ uvvm.uvic.ca) regarding the scientific program and submission of abstracts.
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*1998 PRAIRIE CONSERVATION AND ENDANGERED SPECIES CONFERENCE, "Integrating Conservation, Society, Ethics and the Economy," 19-22 Feb 1998, Saskatoon Inn, Saskatoon Saskatchewan. For information on space for our trade show, the art show, the poster session or any other aspect of the conference visit our home page: http://www.extension.usask/conferences/pcaes.html. Contact us by e-mail (PCAES.Conference@usask.ca) or contact PETER JONKER (306-966- 5552; fax 306-966-5567).
13TH ANNUAL MEETING of the U.s. Regional Association, International Association for Landscape Ecology, 17-21 Mar 1998, Michigan State Univ., East Lansing, Michigan. Deadline for abstracts for contributed papers and posters, and symposium proposals, is 31 Oct 1997. For information, please refer to the meeting web site: www.fw.msu.edu/iale98. Local Hosts: JIANGUO LIU and WILLIAM W. TAYLOR, Dept. of Fisheries & Wildlife, 13 Natural Resources Bldg., Michigan State Univ., East Lansing, MI 48824 (517-355-1810; fax 517-432-1699; iale98@ perm3.fw.msu.edu). Local Student Representative: SAMUEL RIFFELL, Dept. of Zoology, Michigan State Univ., East Lansing, MI 48824 (517- 355-4640; fax 517-432-2789; riffells@ pilot.msu.edu). Scientific Program Chair: KEVIN GUTZWILLER, Dept. of Biology, Baylor Univ., Waco, TX 76798-7388 (817-755-2911; fax 817-755-3409; iale98@Baylor.edu).
NORTH AMERICAN ORNITHOLOGICAL CONFERENCE, 6-12 April 1998, St. Louis, MO. The American Ornithologists' Union, the Association of Field Ornithologists', the Colonial Waterbird Society, the Cooper Ornithological Society, and the Wilson Ornithological Society will hold their annual meetings jointly. The Raptor Research Foundation is a co-sponsor and will hold a special session on "Dispersal Patterns of Raptors". Symposia and workshops will include "An Inventory/Evaluation of North American Monitoring Activities," "Conservation of Neotropical Birds," "Partners in Flight Bird Conservation Planning," "Ornithology and the Law," "Management of Ornithological Collections at Teaching Institutions and Nature Centers," "Communicating with Legislators on Ornithological Issues," "Stopover Biology and its Relevance to Bird Conservation," "The Physiological Ecology of Arid Zone Birds," "Tropical Breeding Seasonality: Proximate and Ultimate Mechanisms," "Population Biology of Song Sparrows: a Model Species," "Saving the Rarest of Rare Birds," "Avian Life Histories," "Rangewide Variation in Cerulean Warbler Ecology," and "The Biology of Wrens." Five plenary sessions are scheduled along with the general paper and poster sessions. Plenary speakers will include ELLEN KETTERSON and VAL NOLAN (M. Morse Nice Plenary Lecture), ROBERT STORER (Alden Miller Plenary Lecture), ROBERT E. RICKLEFS, LUIS F. BAPTISTA, and PAUL R. EHRLICH. Registration information will be mailed in late Sep. For information on the Scientific Program contact JEFF BRAWN, Illinois Natural History Survey, 607 E. Peabody Dr., Champaign, IL 61820 (217-244-5937; birdmeet@mail.inhs.uiuc.edu). For information on local arrangements contact BETTE LOISELLE, Dept. Biology, Univ. Missouri-St. Louis, 8001 Natural Bridge Rd., St. Louis, MO 63121 (314-516-6224; bird_stl@umsl.edu). Information about the meetings will be posted on the NAOC home page. This home page can be reached indirectly via BIRDNET.
*ECOTOURISM AND ISLAND BIRDS, 13-16 May 1998, Miyake-jima Nature Center, Izu Islands, Japan. Symposium topics include Island Birds: Population processes and ecology and conservation; and Ecotourism. For information contact the convenors: TETSUJI HIDAKA, YUTAKA YAMAMOTO, and DR. JACK T. MOYER, Miyake-jima Nature Center, 4118 Tsubota, Miyake-mura, Miyake-jima, Izu Islands, Tokyo 100- 12, Japan (phone 81-4994-6-0410; fax 81-4994-6-0458).
*ANIMAL BEHAVIOR SOCIETY ANNUAL MEETING, 18-22 Jul 1998, Southern Illinois Univ. at Carbondale. Detailed abstract transmittal and registration information will be available in the Nov 1998 ABS newsletter and at the ABS Secretary's web site after 15 Nov. For further information please contact LEE DRICKAMER, Dept. of Zoology, Southern Illinois Univ., Carbondale, IL 62901, USA.
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7th INTERNATIONAL BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY CONGRESS, 27 Jul-1 Aug 1998, Asilomar Conference grounds on the Monterey Peninsula, California. Please note the correction and slight alteration in dates from those announced earlier. For further information, contact WALT KOENIG (wicker@uclink.berkeley.edu) or see our web page at http://socrates.berkeley.edu/~isbe98/.
*XXII INTERNATIONAL ORNITHOLOGICAL CONGRESS, 19-22 Aug 1998, Durban, South Africa. Requests to be included on the mailing list for future brochures and all inquiries for information about the congress should be sent to the Secretary-General of the 1998 Congress, DR. ALDO BERRUTI ([111 Blair Atholl Road, Westville 3630, South Africa; please note that this address will change before the end of this year]; fax + 27-31-262-6114; aldo@birdlife.org.za). Information can also be obtained from the congress home page at http://www.ioc.org.za. All information about the congress is available on this home page; it is possible to register and to submit abstracts through the home page. Please note carefully the complete tour packages that are available through Turner Travel, the organization serving as the congress organizer. The final brochure is available, and if you have not received a copy of this brochure, please contact Dr. Berruti. Deadline for early registration is 31 Oct 1998. All inquiries about the scientific program should be directed to the Chair of the Scientific Program Committee, DR. LUKAS JENNI (Schweizerische Vogelwarte, CH-6204 Sempach, Switzerland; fax + 41- 41-462-97-10; jennil@ orninst.ch). The President of the congress is PROFESSOR PETER BERTHOLD (Vogelwarte Radolfzell, Schloss M”ggingen, D-78315 Radolfzell, Federal Republic of Germany; fax 49- 7732-15-01-34; peter.berthold@uni-konstanz.de). All inquiries about the International Ornithological Committee, but not about congress details should be sent to the Secretary of the International Ornithological Committee, PROFESSOR WALTER BOCK (Dept. of Biological Sciences, Columbia Univ., 1200 Amsterdam Ave, Mail code 5521, New York, NY 10027-7004; fax 1-212-865-8246; wb4@ columbia.edu).
THE 1998 ANNUAL MEETING OF THE RAPTOR RESEARCH FOUNDATION, INC., 30 Sep-4 Oct 1998, David Eccles Conference Center, Ogden, Utah. Individuals wishing to organize symposia should contact the chair of the local committee CARL D. MARTI, Dept. of Zoology, Weber State Univ., Ogden, UT 84408-2505 (801-626-6172; fax 801-626-7445; cmarti@weber.edu).
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EARL B. BAYSINGER retired from the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service on 3 Jan after a 41 year Federal career. Earl continues to reside 8108 Kings Point Court, Springfield, VA, 22153 (703-440-9126).
MARGARET E. (MARCY) BROWN has accepted a position as an assistant professor in the Biology Dept., Univ. of Dallas, 1845 E. Northgate, Irving, TX 75062 (972-721-5245; mebrown@acad.udallas.edu).
GONZALO CASTRO has accepted the position of Sr. Biodiversity Specialist with the Global Environment Division of the World Bank. His new address is: The World Bank, 1818 H St. NW, Washington DC 20433 (202-473-1107; gcastro@worldbank.org).
ROB MARSHALL has accepted a position as Conservation Planner at the Nature Conservancy. Rob will be leading TNC's effort to identify and implement conservation strategies for the Sonoran Desert Ecoregion. His new address is 300 East Univ. Blvd., Suite 230, Tucson, AZ 85705 (520- 622-3861; fax 520-620-1799; rmarshtnc@aol.com).
BRETT K. SANDERCOCK has accepted a postdoctoral position at the Dept. of Ecosystem Science, Policy and Management, Division of Ecosystem Science, 151 Hilgard Hall, Univ. of California, Berkeley, CA 94729-34110 (510-643-3946; fax 510-643-5098; bsanderc@nature.berkeley.edu).
LEE H. SIMONS recently finished the doctorate in population biology at UC Davis and is now living in Siskiyou County near the Oregon border. His e-mail address is lnlsimons@snowcrest.net.
JEFF P. SMITH has accepted a research scientist position with HawkWatch International, PO Box 660, Salt Lake City, UT 84110 (801-523-8705; fax 801-523-8942; jpsmith@xmission.com).
PHILIP L. WRIGHT died at his home in Missoula, Montana, on 16 July 1997.
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THE FLOCK, the 1997Membership directory of all six OSNA societies was mailed in June 1997. Please check your listing (especially your e-mail address). To correct your address in the membership database please send the new information to the OSNA Business Office at Allen Press, P.O. Box 1897, Lawrence, KS 66044-8897 (913-843-1221; fax 913-843- 1274; osna@allenpress.com). To alert your colleagues of your new address information contact the Ornithological Newsletter Editor, KEVIN J. MCGOWAN (address below).
CHANGES/ADDITIONS:
BANKS, RICHARD EM: mnhvz061@SIVM.SI.EDU
BELLOCQ, ISABEL, Departamento de Ciencias Biologicas, FCEN, Universidad de Buenos Aires Ciudad Universitaria, Pab. 2, 1428 - Buenos Aires, Argentina. PH: 54-1-781-5021, Ext 214; EM: bellocq@biolo.bg.fcen.uba.ar
DONOVAN, THERESE PH: 315-470-6792.
FOSTER, MERCEDES EM: Foster.Mercedes@nmnh.si.edu
GEHLBACH, FREDERICK R. PH: 254-710-2911; FX: 254-710-2969; EM: fred_gehlbach@baylor.edu
IGL, LAWRENCE D. 8711 37th St. S.E., Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center, Biological Resources Division, U.S. Geological Survey, Jamestown, ND 58401. PH: 701-253-5511; FX: 701-253-5553; EM: larry_igl@nbs.gov
JOHNSON, MARK S. EM: Mark_S._Johnson@chppm-ccmail.apgea. army.mil
KRUEGER, TERRY R., Dept. of Biology, Univ. of Miami, P.O. Box 249118, Coral Gables, FL 33124-0421. EM: tkrueger@fig.cox.miami.edu
MALE, TIM, P.O. Box 177, Rainbow Beach, QLD 4581, AUSTRALIA
MORIN, MARIE P. EM: mpmorin@ibm.net
ROSE, JOSHUA S., Dept. of Zoology, 104 Biological Sciences Building, Duke Univ., Box 90325, Durham, NC 27708-0325 PH: 919-682-4544; FX: 919-684-6168; EM: jsr6@acpub.duke.edu
STANKO, PATRICIA EM: Patricia_Stanko@wb.xerox.com
TRINE, CHERYL EM: ctrine@andrews.edu
VEIT, RICHARD, Biology Dept., The College of Staten Island, 2800 Victory Boulevard, Staten Island, NY 10314. PH:718-982-3862; FX: 718-982-3852; EM: veit@postbox.csi.cuny.edu
WALKER, HIRA ALISON, 93 Alta Vista Dr., Santa Cruz, CA 95060
WIECHERT, KARIN, 5821 N 67th Ave. #112212, Glendale, AZ 85301
WOODWORTH, BETHANY EM: Bethany_Woodworth@nbs.gov
YOUNG, LEONARD, 5010 Sunset Drive NW, Olympia, WA 98502-1576. PH: 360-866-8039; FX: 360-866-8039; EM: wingspan@msn.com
ZUECHNER, THOMAS, Zoological Research Institute and Museum, Alexander Koenig, D-53113 Bonn, Germany. FX: +49-228-216979; EM: Thomas_zuechner@compuserve.com
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