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NUMBER 126, October 1998
ORGANIZATION NEWS
NEWS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS
NEWS FROM THE ORNITHOLOGICAL COUNCIL
REQUESTS FOR ASSISTANCE
POSITIONS AND OPPORTUNITIES AVAILABLE
GRANTS AND AWARDS
PUBLICATIONS AVAILABLE
PERSONAL EXCHANGES
MEETINGS
NEWS OF MEMBERS
THE FLOCK: SPECIAL SECTION
VISIT THE ORNITHOLOGICAL SOCIETIES OF NORTH AMERICA:
OSNA - http://www.nmnh.si.edu/BIRDNET/OSNA/
AOU - http://pica.wru.umt.edu/AOU/AOU.html
AFO - http://www.nmnh.si.edu/BIRDNET/AFO/index.html
COS - http://www.nmnh.si.edu/BIRDNET/COS/index.html
CWS - http://www.nmnh.si.edu/BIRDNET/CWS/
RRF - http://catsis.weber.edu/rrf
WOS - http://www.ummz.lsa.umich.edu/birds/wos.html
BIRDNET - http://www.nmnh.si.edu/BIRDNET/
THE COLONIAL WATERBIRD SOCIETY will host a symposium on "Human Disturbance and Waterbirds" at its annual meeting in Miami. Although a large body of information on this subject is contained in the literature, wildlife and other resource managers would benefit from a synthetic and comprehensive examination. Symposium speakers will both review and provide new information on disturbance effects on waterbirds in nesting and foraging habitats. We hope to have broad participation from seabird, short- and long-legged wading bird, waterfowl and other waterbird researchers. An objective of the symposium will be to provide information useful to wildlife and habitat management, and to researchers. For more information or to submit an abstract, please contact KATHARINE PARSONS at Manomet Center for Conservation Sciences (508-224-6521; parsonsk@manomet.org). Please note that a second copy of the abstract must also be submitted to the Scientific Program Chair.
THE AOU'S PERMANENT MAILING ADDRESS at the Division of Birds, Smithsonian Institution in Washington has a new e-mail address. The new address is <aou@nmnh.si.edu> This address is on a different computer system using more modern software which will make it easier and faster for handling the electronic mail received at the permanent mailing address.
CHECKLIST OF NORTH AMERICAN BIRDS: The list of 2008 species in the 7th ed. is on-line at http://pica.wru.umt.edu/AOU/birdlist.html
THE WOS COMMITTEE ON UNDERGRADUATE OUTREACH is revising its Guide to Graduate Studies in Ornithology in North America, which is posted on the WOS website. The Committee invites submissions from programs that are not now included, and revisions and corrections from programs that are included. Refer to the Guide for format and style. Submit copy and inquiries to: ERNEST J. WILLOUGHBY, Dept. of Biology, St. Mary's College of Maryland, St. Mary's City, MD 20686 (ejwilloughby@osprey.smcm.edu; fax: 301- 862-0996).
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THE ASA WRIGHT NATURE CENTER, located in the mountain rain forest of Trinidad, plans to reinstate its seminar on "Drawing and Painting from Nature' conditional on response to this announcement. The cost for rooms, meals, field trips and 3 days in Tobago, 5-15 Jun 1999 is $1845.00 including air fare from New York or Miami. Call MICHAEL DIGEORGIO (203-421-5848) for further information.
THE ISLAND OF SOMBRERO, northernmost island in the Lesser Antilles, is under threat of development by Beal Aerospace, Dallas, TX in order to make a satellite rocket launch facility. A recent 2-day bird survey revealed thousands of nesting Sooty, Noddy and Bridled Terns, several hundred nesting Brown Boobies and a colony of Masked Boobies. The only other living creatures, besides seabirds, are four lighthouse keepers. The island is rat-free, cat-free and remote with lots of cracks and crevices for nesting. Beal would like to make the island basically a solid concrete structure. No word from Beal on the nature of marine pollution which surely accompanies any such operation. The EIS came out in September. A copy can be obtained from: MR. ADRIAN PINDER, British National Space Ctr., 151 Buckingham Palace Rd., London, SW1W 955, UK. (0171-215-0971, Fax: 0171-215-0936). Send comments also to: HON. HUBERT HUGHES, Chief Minister, P.O. Box 60, The Valley, Anguilla (264-497-2518, Fax: 264-497-3389).
CONFERENCE ANNOUNCEMENT AND CALL FOR PAPERS: A conference entitled "Population Viability Analysis: Assessing Models for Recovering Endangered Species" sponsored by the University of California Berkeley and the Western Section of the Wildlife Society will be held 15-16 Mar 1999 in San Diego, CA. at the Town and Country Hotel in Mission Valley. Population Viability Analysis (PVA) has become an important tool for assessing risks to endangered species, but has been criticized for the unrealistic ways that models have been applied in management and policy decisions. This conference will focus on issues in the development and application of demographic and genetic PVA models for conserving threatened and endangered species. Themes of conference sessions include conceptual issues in the development of PVA models, integrating theory and practice in the use of PVA, applications of PVA to conservation problems, and the future of PVA. The meeting will consist of presentations by invited speakers including M. Soulé, R. Lande, M. Gilpin, M. Boyce, B. Taylor, F. Allendorf, I. Hanski, S. Harrison, K. Ralls, D. Doak, S. Pimm, H. Possingham, R. Lacy, G. Belovsky, R. Waples, P. Hedrick, S. Haig, S. Beissinger, S. Mills, C. Walters, J. Walters, Paul Wade, M. Shaffer, and D. McCullough. In addition, there will be sessions for contributed oral papers and posters. Deadline for receipt of 250 word abstracts for contributed papers is 15 Nov 1998. For information on the scientific program, contact STEVEN R. BEISSINGER (510-643-3038; beis@nature.berkeley.edu) or DALE R. MCCULLOUGH (510-642-8462; mcculla@nature.berkeley.edu). For information on logistics and registration, contact WILLIAM HULL (510-465-4962; whull@cgbd.org) or visit the conference web site at http://www.cccweb.com/tws-west/pva.
THE MALAWI ORNITHOLOGICAL SOCIETY (MOS) is an ornithological body registered as a non-profit organization with the Republic of Malawi government It's main objectives are ornithological research, recreational promotion, public education etc. Malawi is a landlocked country with Africa's third largest lake. Malawi has over 650 bird species plus migratory ones. We are interested in partnerships (especially research and other projects)and global contribution. LAWRENCE LUHANGA, the Executive Secretary, is currently in the United States. He may be reached at <nature50@hotmail.com>. Our new Web Page is still under construction at: http://www.freeyellow.com/members2/mossi/index.html. Please pay us a visit.
RAPTOR PELLET ANALYSIS: Determination of bird of prey diet, by the dissection and identification of prey remains found in pellets. We are offering the services of our skilled team, with over 10 years of experience in the identification of prey species in owl (Strigiformes), eagle, hawk, and falcon (Falconiformes) pellets. Fur, bones, teeth and feathers will be identified to species. Professional advice is also available by a field raptor biologist regarding pellet collection and sample size needed to address the questions being asked. Frank Doyle (doyle@mail.bulkley.net, http://www.bulkley.net/~doyle/).
BRAZIL- ATLANTIC FOREST STATE PARK ISLAND. Home owner would like to receive individuals or small study groups. Seasonal prices. I have been "out there" gathering as much information on the habitat as possible. This has resulted in my contact with the Federal University of Rio/ Biology group that is planning a research station on the island. I have become part of that project. I will be in Rio meeting with members of the project and then on to the island. That'll be about the second week in Sept. If this kind of affiliation is of interest, please let me know as I would be glad to include all interested parties in what looks to become a very exciting center of activity. Contact: JUDITH SCHAFER (information removed by request).
NORTH AMERICAN COLONIAL WATERBIRD CONSERVATION PLAN - Looking for Participants. An initiative to develop a North American Colonial Waterbird Conservation Plan to advance the conservation of colonial-nesting waterbirds (seabirds, terns, wading birds, gulls) and their habitats in North America has kicked off with the first meeting of the Plan's Steering Committee on 31 Jul 1998. A partnership of non-governmental agencies, researchers, private individuals, academics, and federal and state governmental agencies will develop the Plan over the next two years. The goal is to develop a Plan whose implementation will result in sustainable populations, distributions, and habitats of colonial-nesting waterbirds throughout North America, including breeding, migratory, and wintering ranges. The Plan will be developed in concert with other bird conservation planning efforts underway; these efforts include the North American Waterfowl Management Plan, Partners in Flight Bird Conservation Strategy, Important Bird Areas, and Western Hemisphere Shorebird Reserve Network. A series of workshops will be held to gather information and to develop different portions of the plan, including colonial waterbird research and information needs, monitoring needs, management needs, and outreach and information needs. The first two workshops to identify research and information needs for colonial waterbirds, as related to their management, will be held October 1998, at the annual meeting of the Colonial Waterbird Society in Miami, Florida, and February 1999, at the Pacific Seabird Group's annual meeting in Blaine, Washington. Workshops on other portions of the plan will be organized and announced in the near future. Information about the Conservation Plan is available through the World Wide Web at www.nacwcp.org. The web page will be updated periodically to keep participants informed of new developments, upcoming workshops, and document status. It is hoped to have all stakeholders in the Plan's outcome contribute towards its development. Participation is open and interested individuals should contact either: MELANIE STEINKAMP, Project Director (301-497-5753; Melanie_Steinkamp@usgs.gov) or DR. JAMES KUSHLAN, Steering Committee Chair (301-497-5500; James_Kushlan@usgs.gov).
ART CULTURE NATURE (ACN), is an interdisciplinary organization which brings together educators, artists, scientists and environmentalists who are interested in connections between the arts and environmental studies. ACN will be holding it's second conference in July 1999 in Seattle, WA. Membership in ACN ($10 per year) includes two issues of the ACN newsletter, WATERSHEDS, the ACN Directory, and a copy of the Proceedings of the first ACN conference held at Salisbury State University in 1995. To join, send name, affiliation, mailing and E-mail addresses, phone and FAX numbers, your area of interest/research, plus $10 to JEANNE WHITNEY, Secretary/Treasurer ACN, Salisbury State University, Department of History, Salisbury, MD 21801. For more information check the ACN web site at http://faculty.ssu.edu/~acn or e-mail Emlawler@ssu.edu.
BIRDS OF NORTH AMERICA PROJECT is on schedule and moving toward completion thanks to the energetic contributions of over a thousand colleagues. The first sets of Volume 10 are at the printers; subscribers should see them shortly. To keep up this challenging pace, the BNA staff request your attention and assistance. If you are writing a BNA manuscript, please make every effort to submit it on time. BNA needs your manuscript soon to complete this project in 2002. Authors who are not making solid progress on their manuscript should release their species to authors who do have the time and energy to pursue the writing. BNA authors who have not recently contacted the BNA office, please do so (Alan Poole, Editor; poole@birdsofna.org); updates are much appreciated. Please alert your library to a special purchase price--$1,875 for the entire 18 volume series. Any library that currently uses Bent will eventually need BNA; this is a "must" purchase. Take advantage of this special price. If your library has a copy that is heavily used, now is the time to purchase a second copy. BNA will never be less expensive. Your assistance is appreciated and essential in completing this landmark series. For more information about sales, please contact Pat Warner (warner@birdsofna.org; 215-567-1170).
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NEWS FROM THE ORNITHOLOGICAL COUNCIL
Provided by DAVID E. BLOCKSTEIN, Chair, and ELLEN PAUL, Executive Director, The Ornithological Council, 1725 K St. NW #212, Washington, DC 20006-1401 (202-530-5810; 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 memberships from the ornithological societies.
OC DATABASE OF ORNITHOLOGICAL EXPERTISE has been established in which ornithologists can list their expertise in scientific and policy topics. The purpose of the database is to enable OC to provide private and public decision-makers with expert knowledge in a timely manner. The database is confidential and will be for the exclusive use of the OC and its member societies. Direct access to the database will be restricted to these organizations. Registrants may be asked by OC for reprints, expert advice, and to review materials. Several hundred ornithologists have already registered. OC encourages all ornithologists to register. The registration form can be reached through BIRDNET, OC's website, found at www.nmnh.si.edu/BIRDNET. Registering takes only a few minutes. If you have already registered but want to add new information or change information, it is necessary to complete all fields in the form.
RECENT ORNITHOLOGICAL LITERATURE (ROL) is now available online on the Ornithological Council website - BIRDNET - at www.nmnh.si.edu/BIRDNET. Issue No. 75 was the last print version. Issue No. 76 is now available on BIRDNET in a .html format, with browsing available through links from the Contents to the individual sections. Although the .html version can be downloaded, formatting problems often occur when downloading this type of document. Therefore, we will be making another version available in the near future that will be more suitable for downloading. ROL and the Ornithological Council intend to place recent back issues of ROL on the BIRDNET website as soon as possible.
USDA COMPETITIVE GRANTS INITIATIVE is to give priority to research for grasslands, habitat maintenance, and other conservation issues. The USDA's newly-authorized Initiative for Future Agriculture and Food Systems will provide $120 million per year for five years to support competitive research, education, and extension grants. At a 9 July meeting, the USDA's Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service (CSREES) solicited public comment on establishing priorities for research funding. The Natural Resources and Environmental Unit of CSREES identified environmental quality and natural resource management as one of three critical emerging issues and natural resource management as one of six priority mission areas. Among the programs identified as priority actions are: non-industrial forest management, including southern forest regeneration, forest production research and extension for small and disadvantaged forest landowners, reforestation following harvesting associated with chip and other intensive use hardwood mills, forest fuels management. Forest, range, and agricultural fragmentation and small farm and rural landscape fragmentation are also priority issues, along with conservation of grazing lands, conservation and restoration of riparian and wetland areas, control and management of non-indigenous species, and vertebrate wildlife damage. The priority list also includes natural resource alternative income (such as non-consumptive uses). OC Executive Director Ellen Paul made a short presentation to the panel, describing OC's mission, representative activities, and emphasizing the need for funding for basic and applied scientific research as a basis for land and natural resource management. The panel was asked to include scientific organizations such as OC in its lists of "stakeholders" and was encouraged to coordinate its research priorities with the Biological Resources Division of the U.S. Geological Survey and the DOI natural resource and land management agencies, as there are many overlapping information needs.
THE SONNY BONO MEMORIAL SALTON SEA RECLAMATION ACT (HR 3267), was approved by the House in July and is likely to be approved in modified form by the Senate in September. It funds an unspecified $350 million project to reduce the salinity and to stabilize the shoreline. $22.5 million is authorized for an 18 month feasibility study and preparation of a reclamation plan to consider options, such as building dikes to concentrate high salinity in a limited area. In an unusual procedure, the project is to commence as soon as 60 days after completion of the study unless disapproved by Congress. $5 million is provided for wildlife and ecological studies. An additional $3 million is allocated to clean up the rivers that flow into the Sea, including construction of wetlands. The Ornithological Council (OC) sent all Congress members a copy of a resolution passed by AFO, AOU, COS, WOS and a fact sheet developed by OC (copies are on BIRDNET). OC is working with Senate staff on amendments to improve the provision of the legislation dealing with wildlife and ecological studies. For more information on the Sea, see <http://www.sci.sdsu.edu/salton/SaltonBasinHomePage.html> (capitalize exactly as shown). Contact: DAVID BLOCKSETIN, The Ornithological Council, at 202-530-5810 or <OC@CNIE.org>.
THE SALTON SEA, a complex mosaic of fresh, brackish and saltwater habitats, provides essential habitat for a great diversity and huge abundance of waterbirds and land birds totaling more than 350 species. This dynamic, complex and poorly understood ecosystem is de facto mitigation for the 92-99% of wetlands destroyed in the central valley of California. In the view of the Ornithological Council, engineering and rehabilitation solutions will likely have significant impact on the sea's value as habitat. Any solutions must be flexible to enable management to be adjusted as long-term research and monitoring yields new information. Related issues that also need to be taken into account include future increases in human population and water availability. While attention has focused solely on outbreaks of mortality due to a variety of diseases (a total of 250,000 birds may have been killed since 1994), the environmental and biological factors that led to the outbreaks are poorly understood. The relationships between water quality, biotoxins and mortality remain virtually unknown. There is a strong likelihood that present proposals that focus solely on salinity will not deal with the causes of disease.
SENATE NEOTROPICAL MIGRATORY BIRD BILL moves forward. The Senate Environment and Public Works Committee reported favorably on S. 1970, the Neotropical Migratory Bird Conservation Act that would establish a program to provide financial assistance for projects in Latin American and the Caribbean, to promote the conservation of neotropical migratory birds. The bill, introduced by Sen. Spencer Abraham (R-MI) would allot $4 million for each of three years to fund projects of this nature. Applicants for funding would be responsible for obtaining matching funds of 66% of the project cost. The Ornithological Council, after consultation with several ornithologists with expertise in neotropical migratory birds, expressed concern about the bill's provision that the federal share of funding for each project shall not exceed 33% and the requirement that the payment by U.S. and international entities (to be no less than 50% of the nonfederal share) consist of cash contributions, rather than in-kind contributions. On 22 July, Rep. James Greenwood (R-PA) introduced a similar bill in the House (H.R.4302). Rep. Don Young (R-AK) introduced a different bill, The Neotropical Migratory Bird Habitat Enhancement Act, on 6 Aug(H.R.4517). It would assist in the conservation and protection of neotropical migratory birds by supporting the conservation programs of neotropical migratory bird range states and the CITES Secretariat by providing $5 million dollars for each of fiscal years 1999, 2000, 2001, and 2002. Unlike the Abraham/Greenwood bills, the Young Bill does not require matching funds, but it does give priority to projects for which matching funds exist. The Young bill is also explicit in defining conservation to include research and monitoring.
CALIFORNIA SPOTTED OWLS will be the subject of new studies by US Forest Service scientists, who will review interim guidelines in place since 1993 for national forests in California that ban cutting trees larger than 30 inches in diameter and impose other owl-protection measures. USFS officials plan to have a draft forest management proposal completed by 10/31, with the final report expected to be completed by 7/99. The final report could affect logging and forest protection in Sierra Nevada forests for years. The Ornithological Council is looking for volunteers to review the draft proposal. Contact ELLEN PAUL <epaul@dclink.com>.
CONGRESS MAY MANDATE CORMORANT MANAGEMENT PLAN: Several members of Congress are considering measures to require the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and other federal agencies to devise and implement a management plan to address the increasing populations of Double-crested Cormorant (DCCO) and the problems the species is alleged to cause to aquaculture facilities and sports and commercial fisheries. Although research to date suggests that DCCO has little, if any, impact on sports and commercial fisheries, public perception to the contrary is providing a strong impetus for legislative action. The impact of DCCO predation on fish at aquaculture facilities is documented, although the extent of loss caused by the birds is not completely quantified. Rep. Bennie Thompson (D-Miss) drafted a bill in response to concerns raised by the aquaculture industry, which is a major economic force in the Southeastern United States. As a result of OC's efforts to work with the aquaculture industry to develop a scientific basis to address the issue of cormorant predation at fish farms, OC Chairman David Blockstein, Executive Director Ellen Paul, and AFO Representative B.A. Schreiber were asked to participate in a discussion of the draft bill along with legislative aides to Reps. John McHugh (R-NY) and Collin Peterson (D-MN). Mark Tobin, Project Leader for the Bird- Aquaculture Research Project (USDA/APHIS/Wildlife Services) and Hugh Warren (Executive Vice-President, Catfish Farmers of America) participated by conference call. Nearly all of the suggestions made by OC for additional language and provisions have been incorporated into the bill, which has not yet been introduced. These suggestions included: funding authorizations; a requirement that the management plan include an education program; inclusion of scientific and conservation organizations and others in the drafting of the plan, not just in the comment period; including the Canadian Wildlife Service and provincial authorities in the development of the plan; and a provision for continued, long-term monitoring of the populations and revision of the plan as needed. The ongoing concern about Double-crested Cormorants and other fish-eating bird species was the subject of a special panel discussion at the American Bird Conservancy Policy Council meeting on 1 Sep. OC arranged for Mark Tobin and Diane Spence (FWS Region 5 Nongame Bird Coordinator) to give presentations on the results of research on the effects of DCCO on fish farms and sports fisheries and to describe various management efforts already in place.
OC HAS ASKED ORNITHOLOGISTS TO REVIEW AND COMMENT on a number of proposed federal actions that are likely to affect bird populations. The South Florida Multi-species Recovery Plan is an extensive (2,000 page) endangered species and habitat management plan compiled by FWS Region. The bird species included in the plan are the Florida Scrub Jay, Audubon's Crested Caracara, Bachman's Warbler,. Bald Eagle, Cape Sable Seaside Sparrow, Snail Kite, Florida Grasshopper Sparrow, Ivory-billed Woodpecker, Kirtland''s Warbler, Piping Plover, Red-cockaded Woodpecker, Roseate Tern, and Wood Stork. On the other side of the country, the Pacific Lumber Company applied for incidental take permits for Northern Spotted Owl, Marbled Murrelet, American Peregrine Falcon, Bald Eagle, and Western Snowy Plover. The takings of individuals and habitat would occur incidental to timber harvest and other proposed activities on the applicant's lands in Humboldt County, California. A draft Habitat Conservation Plan (HCP) will mitigate the impact of logging activities on more than 200,000 acres of redwood forests in northern California. The draft HCP complements the proposed purchase and permanent set-aside of the Headwaters old-growth redwood forest.
U.S. FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE (FWS) is initiating a review of the permitting regulations under the various laws it is charged with administering, including the Migratory Bird Treaty Act, CITES, and the Endangered Species Act. On 10 Aug, FWS published a scoping notice, announcing the review, in the Federal Register. This review process and any changes the FWS decides to make could be of critical importance to ornithologists. The rules governing activities such as collecting, banding and marking, import and export of specimens and live birds, and other activities requiring a permit may be affected. The review comes at the request of a number of organizations whose members are engaged in such activities, including The Ornithological Council. In response to this request and concerns raised over a period of years, FWS has established a Permits Work Group to review its permitting programs. The concerns centered on the need for a better approach to programmatic permitting and the need to recognize scientific and conservation organizations conducting work with protected species as partners in resource conservation. The service is attempting to develop a policy that would approach permits as a conservation tool and provide a more efficient permit process that is consistently implemented Service-wide, with a focus on scientific research and scientific and conservation institutions that meet certain standards. We urge all ornithologists to participate in this process and make their concerns and suggestions known to the FWS. A second notice will be published containing the details of the changes the FWS proposes to make at a later date. However, it is important that ornithologists take the time to express their concerns to FWS at this time. Issues raised now are more likely to be addressed in the proposed regulatory revisions. The deadline for comments is 24 September. Send comments to the Chief, Office of Management Authority, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, 4401 North Fairfax Drive, Room 700, Arlington, Virginia 22203. If you have questions about this process, please contact: ELLEN PAUL, Executive Director, The Ornithological Council (301-986-8568; epaul@dclink.com).
SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH FINDS CHAMPION IN WASHINGTON Senator Bill Frist (R-TN) introduced S. 2217, the Federal Research Investment Act, on 25 June. The measure is intended to encourage the doubling of the annual authorized amount of Federal funding for basic scientific, medical, and pre-competitive engineering research over a 12-year period and to set a minimum level of investment in order to maintain the high priority that science, engineering, and technology had previously been given in the Federal budget. Unlike previous legislation of a similar nature, this bill includes the Department of the Interior agencies among the 14 agencies and departments that will receive additional research funds. According to the bill's policy statement, a continued trend of funding appropriations equal to or lower than current budgetary levels will lead to permanent damage to the United States research infrastructure (the Biological Resources Division of the U.S. Geological Survey already has a $34 million backlog of maintenance and operation needs). The bill would increase funding levels for fundamental, scientific, and pre-competitive engineering research to equal approximately 2.6 percent of the total annual Federal budget and authorizes appropriations for civilian research and development (R&D) within specified agencies for FY 1999 through 2010. The bill also directs the President to include with the annual budget request a report concerning Federal R&D program funding, future R&D strategies and targets, and an analysis of funding levels across Federal agencies by funding methodology. The Director of the Office of Science Technology Policy (OSTP) is required to enter in an agreement with the National Academy of Sciences to conduct a comprehensive study to develop methods for evaluating federally-funded R&D programs and the Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) is directed, based on study results, to promulgate one or more alternative forms for Federal R&D performance goals. The bill permits an agency head to apply such an alternative form without further authorization by OMB and requires agency heads carrying out R&D activities, upon updating a strategic plan, to describe the current and future use of methods for determining an acceptable level of R&D success as recommended by the study. The bill also contains accountability provisions, which require the OMB Director to identify research components which do not meet an acceptable level of success; (2) an agency head to submit to the appropriate congressional committees a concise statement of the steps needed to terminate a program activity or component identified as being below the acceptable level of success for two consecutive fiscal years; (3) such a program to be terminated unless the Directors of OSTP and OMB and the agency head determine that it should be continued; and (4) the statement of termination to recommend disposition of unexpended and unobligated funds from terminated programs. The billed was favorably reported out of the Senate Commerce Committee on 29 July and on 8 Aug, Rep. Heather Wilson (R-NM) introduced the House version of the bill (H.R.4514).
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INFORMATION NEEDED FOR BIRDS OF NORTH AMERICA species account. Any unpublished information, personal
observations, and obscure references will be greatly appreciated and acknowledged.
WHITE-THROATED SWIFT (Aeronautes saxatalis). THOMAS RYAN, San Francisco Bay Bird Observatory, P.O. Box
247, 1290 Hope St., Alviso, CA 95002 (408-946-548; WTSwift@aol.com)..
STRICKLAND'S WOODPECKER(Picoides stricklandi), FERRUGINOUS PYGMY-OWL (Glaucidium brasilianum),
ZONE-TAILED HAWK (Buteo albonotatus), and CALIFORNIA TOWHEE (Pipilo crissalis). Information for Strickland's
Woodpecker is particularly scarce. R. ROY JOHNSON, 3755 S. Hunter's Run, Tucson, AZ, 85730 (Phone and fax:
520/298-8418; RJOHNSO@worldnet.att.net [case sensitive]).
REQUEST FOR INFORMATION and/or correspondence with researchers involved with behavioral studies of Cactus Wrens, Campylorhynchus brunneicapillus, or other members of the family Troglodytidae. We will be looking at nesting behavior, in particular the incidence of communal breeding and nest helping in the southern California population of the cactus wren. Differences in various nesting behaviors and vocalization patterns have been observed in this population. We would appreciate correspondence and cooperative literature searches with others conducting related ecological studies of this and related species. Please contact CHRIS SOLEK c/o Dr. Lazlo Szijj, Biological Sciences Department, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, CA 91768-4032 (323-223-4017; csolek@gte.net).
FEATHERS, BLOOD OR TISSUE OF THE EURASIAN COLLARED-DOVE (Streptopelia decaocto) needed for research on source populations. Samples are needed from any location in Europe, North America and Caribbean where this species is found. If you can help, please contact CHRISTINA M. ROMAGOSA, c/o David W. Steadman, Florida Museum of Natural History, P.O. Box 117800, University of Florida, Gainesville, Fl 32611 (352-336-0838; cmrsage@grove.ufl.edu)
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POSITIONS AND OPPORTUNITIES AVAILABLE
NOTE the printed version of the Ornithological Newsletter no longer contains job advertisements. As of the August '97 issue, the Positions and Opportunities section is available only in the on-line edition. This edition can be accessed directly at http://www.ornith.cornell.edu/OSNA/ornjobs.htm. This job list is edited once a week. Consequently, submissions can be made at any time, and advertisements are 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. Many public libraries provide free Internet access.
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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.
THE INTERNATIONAL OSPREY FOUNDATION (TIOF) is seeking applications for its ninth grant to support research activities of a graduate student primarily focusing on osprey. However, work with other raptor species may be considered. The award recipient will be expected to provide a report on his or her research and use of the funds within one year of receiving the grant. To apply, send a project description of no more than two pages, an itemized estimate of expenses and the name and address of the graduate supervisor. This project description and estimated budget, along with a cover letter giving whatever personal data you wish to furnish, will serve as your grant application. No further documents are required. Please submit this application by 31 Jan 1999 to TIOF Endowment Fund, P.O. Box 250, Sanibel, Florida 33957-0250, USA. The grant will be awarded on 31 Mar 1999.
ALEXANDER F. SKUTCH AWARD, Call for Nominations. In 1997, in celebration of our 75th anniversary, the Association of Field Ornithologists created the Alexander F. Skutch award for excellence in neotropical ornithology. The first award was presented by Dr. Skutch in San Jose, Costa Rica to Dr. F. Gary Stiles of Colombia in recognition of his work on the ecology and behavior, taxonomy, distribution, and migration of neotropical birds. The award is a medal and a check. The Skutch Award Committee invites nominees to receive the award in 1999. A brief resume and rationale for nomination may be sent to ELISSA LANDRE, Committee Chair, Massachusetts Audubon Society, Broadmoor WIldlife Sanctuary, 280 Eliot Street, Natick, MA 01760 (Fax: 508-647-0429; landre@sun.simmons.edu), by 31 Dec 1998. Committee members are Scott Robinson, Alexander Skutch, and Francisco Vilella.
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"VOICES OF THE TROUPIALS, BLACKBIRDS, AND THEIR ALLIES," by J. W. Hardy, George B. Reynard, and Terry Taylor is now available. Two audio cassettes. Contains vocalizations of 95 species, many more forms, plus habitat and distribution information. Price: $23.00. Overseas orders, please add airmail postage, and submit in U. S. dollars. Write: ARA Records, P.O. Box 12347, Gainesville, FL 32604-0347.
"THE ASIAN WATERFOWL CENSUS 1994-1996," by A. Lopez and T. Mundkur (eds.), 1997. Results of the coordinated waterbird census and an overview of the status of wetlands in Asia. Published by Wetlands International, Kuala Lumpur. Pp. 118. ISBN 983-9663-27-5. Available at $15 USD (including postage and handling) from MRS. S. TAN, Wetlands International-Asia Pacific, Institute of Postgraduate Studies and Research, University of Malaya, 50603 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. (Fax: + 603757-1225; tan@wiap.nasionet.net). Special Offer: when ordering this publication, for $10 USD (including postage and handling) you can purchase "The Asian Waterfowl Census 1987-91: Distribution and Status of Asian Waterfowl". C. Perranou, T. Mundkur and D.A. Scott. 1994. AWB, Kuala Lumpur and IWRB, Slimbridge. Pp. 372. ISBN 983-9663-13-5. Also available, from the same address:
"PROCEEDINGS FROM THE 1ST INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON WETLANDS AND DEVELOPMENT," The four volumes produced are: 1) Development Policies, Plans and Wetlands; 2) Wetlands, Biodiversity and Development; 3) Community Involvement in Wetland Management: Lessons from the Field; 4) Determining Priorities for Waterbird and Wetland Conservation. Please make your request specific. Price per volume $25 USD or $95 USD per set of four volumes (price does not include shipping).
STOKES BIRD 1999 WALL CALENDER. Donald and Lillian Stokes invite you to take a year long tour through the native habitats of wild birds. Each month features a stunning full color photograph of a wild bird in its natural habitat-unusual favorites-as well as indispensable information on birding techniques, identification, migration patterns, breeding, important birding festival dates, and much more. Retails for $11.95. On all quantities you will receive a 55% discount and free freight! Calenders are also RETURNABLE. Please note, they do not combine with any other product for discount. If you would like to place an order, or have any questions please contact ANDREW FLEISHMAN (212-522-8112), Special Markets, Time Warner Trade Publishing.
STOKES FIELD GUIDE TO BIRD SONGS: EASTERN REGION. Companion to best-selling Stokes Field Guide to Birds. Comprehensive collection of beautiful, top-quality recordings of more than 300 species of birds of the eastern region of North America. A 64-page booklet gives listeners easy, indexed access to each species. Unique feature on the CD: each species has a separate track. Available in CD or cassette formats. CDs ISBN 1-57042-483-7. Cassettes ISBN 1-57042-482-9. Both the 3-CD and 3-cassette formats are priced at $29.98. For direct orders call Little, Brown & Co. at 1-800-759-0190. For special sales and premium information: Attn: STACEY ASHTON--Little, Brown Special Markets, 1271 Ave. of the Americas, 11th Fl. New York, NY 10020 (212-522-8072; Fax 212-522-2067).
"SWALLOW SUMMER" by Charles R. Brown, 1998. 396 pp. University of Nebraska Press, P.O. Box 880484, Lincoln, NE. 68588-0484. ISBN 0-8032-6145-4. $16.95 soft-bound. Orders: 1-800-755-1105. A chronicle of one field season during Brown's long-term study of cliff swallows in Nebraska, written for a nontechnical readership.
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FOR SALE: Condor vol. 62(2-5) and 72 - 94 [vol. 86(1) missing]. Best offer plus shipping. Contact billa@denr1.igis.uiuc.edu
CLASSIC BIRD BOOK SALE. Interested in waterfowl? We have a very handsome 4 volume set of "Waterfowl of the World" by Jean Delacour. This set is boxed with glassine wrappers. Originally published between 1954 and 1964, this edition is from 1973. The text includes maps and the illustrations by Peter Scott showing both adults and young. Price: $250. For information about purchase or a listing of other classic titles for sale, contact Tucson Audubon Society's Web site at www.audubon.org/chapter/az/tucson or write JOAN TWEIT at rjtweit@alum.mit.edu or 3116 N. Willow Creek Dr., Tucson AZ 85712.
JOURNALS AVAILABLE FOR THE COST OF POSTAGE- Excess back issues of Wilson Bulletin are available to individuals or libraries for the cost of postage. For a list of available issues please see http://www.ummz.lsa.umich.edu/birds/WBSale.html or write/e-mail. More complete volumes may be available to libraries (please inquire). I also have many issues of The Auk available (mostly late 1950's-1980's). Please inquire for details. JANET HINSHAW, WOS Librarian, Museum of Zoology, Univ. of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1079 USA
FOR SALE: Condor, vols. 2 to present in original wrappers. Make offer. Cost of freight to be added. C. F. SMITH, 4855 Snyder Lane. $147 (Phone and fax 707-586-3077).
FOR SALE: "Birds of Eastern and North Eastern Africa" by Mackworth-Praed and Grant, vols. 1 & 2, $40.00. "The Handbook of British Birds" by Witherby, vols. 1-5, $75.00. "Ocean Birds of South America" by Murphy, vols. 1 & 2, $35.00. "Birds of Western Pennsylvania" by Todd, $45.00. "Birds of New York" by Eaton, vols. 1 & 2, $40.00. Postage extra. WILLIAM F. RAPP, 430 Ivy Ave. Crete, NE 68333-3019 (phone 402-826-3356).
WANTED: 1 copy of P. A. Johnsgard 1994. "Arena Birds: Sexual Selection and Behavior." Smithsonian Inst. Press. E-mail TIM OSBORNE at korie@iafrica.com.na or leave a message at phone (907-455-6142)
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THE WESTERN FIELD ORNITHOLOGISTS will hold its 23rd Annual Conference in Arcata, California, 1-4 Oct 1998. The Local Committee is chaired by RON LEVALLEY, Mad River Biologists, P.O. Box 3020, McKinleyville, CA 95519; phone: 707-822-6393; rlevalley@aol.com. Details about meeting and registration information will also be posted on the WFO/California Bird Records Committee Web Site: www.wfo-cbrc.org.
50TH KANSAS ORNITHOLOGICAL SOCIETY MEETING, 9-11 Oct 1998, University of Kansas Natural History Museum, Lawrence KS. The Kansas Ornithological Society will celebrate the 50th anniversary of its founding. The meeting program will include a presentations by DR. GLEN E. WOOLFENDEN and PETE DUNNE. A scientific program will be open to presentations contributed by everyone. For information and registration contact Division of Ornithology, Natural History Museum, Univ. of Kansas (785-864-3657). For information on the scientific program contact DR. GREG FARLEY (913-628-5965), Dept. of Biol. Sciences, Fort Hays State Univ., 600 Park St., Hays, KS 67601-4099 (BigF@fhsu.edu).
INLAND BIRD BANDING ASSOCIATION Annual Meeting, 9-11 Oct 1998, Halsey, NE. Contact RUTH C. GREEN, 506 West 31st Avenue, Bellevue, NE 68005 (local chair) or KEITH KIMMERLE, 128 North Chestnut, Columbus, MS 39701 (IBBA secretary; progne@ebicom.net).
THE COLONIAL WATERBIRD SOCIETY will meet jointly with the FLAMINGO SPECIALIST GROUP, 21-26 Oct 1998, in North Miami, Florida. The CWS especially invites investigators from Central and South America and the Caribbean region to attend the annual meeting, which will include symposia on the Ecology and Conservation of Caribbean Seabirds, the Ecology and Conservation of Flamingos, and the Role of Waterbirds in the Ecology of Subtropical and Tropical Wetlands. A limited number of travel awards will be available. Information is also available on the CWS website at http://www.nmnh.si.edu/BIRDNET/CWS.
ANNUAL MEETING OF THE ASSOCIATION OF FIELD ORNITHOLOGISTS, 23-25 Oct 1998, Four Points Hotel, Eastham, MA For meeting and program information contact JEROME A. JACKSON, P.O. Box Z, Mississippi State, MS 39762 (601-325-7568; Fax 601-325-7939; Picus@ra.msstate.edu). For local and field trip information, contact: WAYNE R. PETERSEN, Massachusetts Audubon Society, South Great Road, Lincoln, MA 01773 (781-259-9506, x7412; wpetersen@massaudubon.org). For student travel award info, contact: PETRA BOHALL WOOD, P.O. Box 6125, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV 26506 (pbwood@wvnvm.wvnet.edu). For hotel accommodations: Four Points Hotel (508-255-5000; Fax 508-240-1870). Highlights: symposium on American Ornithology in the next century; field trips to various Cape Cod birding locales.
INTERNATIONAL FLAMINGO SYMPOSIUM, 24-26 Oct 1998, Miami Florida. This meeting will focus on the development of a Flamingo Specialist Group Action Plan. For information contact CATHY KING, Rotterdam Zoo, Postbus 532, 3000 AM Rotterdam, The Netherlands (fax 31 (0) 10-467 7811; Cathy.E.King@inter.NL.net) or the web page at
http://www.rci.rutgers.edu/~tsipoura/flamingo.html.
*2ND INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON WETLANDS AND DEVELOPMENT, 8-14 Nov 1998, Dakar, Senegal. This conference is organized by Wetlands International, Senegal Ministry of Environment and Nature Protection, IUCN and WWF. To request a registration form, fax: + 31 317 478885 or write Wetlands International, Senegal Conference, P.O. Box 7002, 6700 CA Wageningen, The Netherlands. For more information and to register on the Web: http://www.wetlands.agro.nl/wetl_sen.html
*GREAT PLAINS GRASSLANDS AT THE MILLENNIUM, 24-25 Feb 1999. A 2-Day symposium on the science of grassland management for the Great Plains at the 1999 Annual Meeting of the Society for Range Management "Building on Our Heritage," Omaha, NE. Topics: land distribution and use; climate change; biodiversity; invasive species; wildlife resources; conservation strategies; grazing and wildlife; recreation; bison and cattle influences; riparian areas; economic, social, and political issues; and sustainable rural development. Sponsored by U.S. Forest Service, Ecological Society of America, Society for Range Management, Center for Grassland Studies, University of Nebraska, Center for Great Plains Studies, University of Nebraska. Contacts: LORI HIDINGER, Ecological Society of America (lori@esa.org, http://esa.sdsc.edu/grasslands.htm); Society for Range Management (srmden@ix.netcom.com, http://srm.org/meetings.html).
*COOPER ORNITHOLOGICAL SOCIETY, 69th Annual Meeting, 29 Mar - 3 Apr 1999, Portland, OR. Symposia and workshops will include "The effects of habitat fragmentation on western bird populations" and "Conservation of avian diversity in an urbanizing world". The plenary speaker GORDON ORIANS will address "Four and ninety blackbirds: a lovely long-term dish". The 1998 Miller Awardee RUSSELL BALDA will speak on "The use of natural history information in predicting cognitive abilities of corvids: clever corvids and cooperative colleagues". Concurrent general paper sessions are scheduled as well as poster sessions. For information on the scientific program contact MARTIN G. RAPHAEL, Pacific Northwest Research Station, 3625 93rd Ave. SW, Olympia, WA 98512 (360-753-7662; mgraphael@compuserve.com). For information on local arrangements contact ERICK G. CAMPBELL, BLM, 1515 SW 5th Ave., Portland, OR 97201 (503-952-6382); ecampbel@or.blm.gov). Visit the COS home page at http://www.ets.uidaho.edu/coop/cooper/coshome.htm for more information.
*EASTERN BIRD BANDING ASSOCIATION annual meeting, 16-18 Apr 1999, at the Airport Holiday Inn in Rochester, NY. Hosted by Braddock Bay Bird Observatory. The theme is "migration monitoring". Contact ELIZABETH W. BROOKS, 1435 Waterwells Rd., Alfred Station, NY 14803 <brookser@infoblvd.net>.
ANNUAL MEETING OF THE WILSON ORNITHOLOGICAL SOCIETY, 10-13 Jun 1999, will be held in Waterville, Maine, at the invitation of Colby College. The local host, W. HERBERT WILSON, may be reached at Dept. of Biology, Colby College, Waterville, ME 04901 (207-872-3432, Fax: 207-872-3555, whwilson@colby.edu).
5th WORLD CONGRESS, INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY (IALE), 29 Jul-3 Aug 1999, Snowmass Village, Colorado, USA. The theme is "The Science and the Action." For information, e-mail iale@lamar.colostate.edu, see http://lamar.colostate.edu/~iale/Congress.htm, or fax: 970-491-2204.
*ANNUAL MEETING OF THE AMERICAN ORNITHOLOGIST'S UNION will be 10-14 Aug 1999 at Cornell University, New York.
BIRD RINGING 100 YEARS-in order to celebrate the event an international scientific conference will be held at Ebeltoft, Denmark, 30 Sep-4 Oct 1999. The Conference is arranged by EURING, the Zoological Museum, Copenhagen, and the National Environmental Research Institute, Kalo, Denmark. The conference will be held in English. For more information contact IB CLAUSAGER, National Environmental Research Institute, Department of Coastal Zone Ecology, Kalo, Grenavej 12, DK 8410 Ronde, Denmark (Ph: + 45 89 20 17 00; Fax: + 45 89 20 15 14; ic@dmu.dk). The First Announcement including registration details can be found on the Internet: <http://www.dmu.dk/news/birds.htm>.
The VI NEOTROPICAL ORNITHOLOGICAL CONGRESS will be convened by The Neotropical Ornithological Society for 4-10 Oct 1999 (note changed date) in Monterrey and Saltillo, Mexico. The local organizing committee is receiving inquiries on arrangements to hold symposia or other meetings that relate to the study and conservation of Neotropical avifauna. The Web site for the VI NOC, http://www-cestec1.mty.itesm.mx/VICON, will provide registration, abstract presentation and other details available or mail request to ERNESTO C. ENKERLIN, Chair of Organizing Committee: Centro de Calidad Ambiental; Sucursal de Correos J, Monterrey, NL 64849 MEXICO (Fax: 52(8)3596280; enkerlin@campus.mty.itesm.mx).
*SCALE AND ACCURACY FOR WILDLIFE HABITAT MODELING SYMPOSIUM, 18-22 Oct 1999, Snowbird, Utah, sponsored by Biological Resources Division of the USGS, US Forest Service, Potlatch Corporation, Boise Cascade Corporation, and the Idaho Chapter of the Wildlife Society. For information contact KATHY MERK, Idaho Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit, Dept. of Fish and Wildlife, University of Idaho, Moscow, ID 83844-1141 (208-885-2750; kmerk@uidaho.edu).
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JONATHAN L. ATWOOD has accepted a faculty position at Antioch New England Graduate School (Department of Environmental Studies, Antioch New England Graduate School, 40 Avon St, Keene NH 03431 (603-357-3122 ext. 245; Fax 603-357-0718; jatwood@antiochne.edu). Jon will also maintain a research affiliation with Manomet Center for Conservation Sciences.
HENRY EVERETT CHILDS, PH.D., 1959, University of California, Berkeley, and member of the Cooper Ornithological Society since 1947, died 6 Jul 1998, at age 74. In '57-'69 he held a teaching post in biology at Cerritos College, Cerritos, CA, serving also as chairman since 1964. In 1969 he moved to Chaffey College, Rancho Cucamonga, CA, where in addition to serving on the biology faculty, he held, until 1980, the Vice Presidency for Instruction. He retired in 1983 but remained active in teaching. He was widely known among birders in the greater Los Angeles are, not only for his active and enthusiastic participation in field activity, but also for publishing over 200 academic and popular articles, and for his well-known book, "Where Birders Go in Southern California," which was published in 1990 by the Los Angeles Audubon Society.
DAVID J. FLASPOHLER has accepted an assistant professor position at Michigan Technological University. His new address is: School of Forestry and Wood Products, Michigan Technological University, 1400 Townsend Dr., Houghton, MI 49931 (djflaspo@mtu.edu).
KAMAL ISLAM has accepted a tenure-track position as Assistant Professor of Biology at Ball State University. His new address is: Dept. of Biology, Ball State University, Muncie, IN 47306-0440 (765-285-8847; Fax: 765-285-8804).
ERIC V. JOHNSON, Professor of Biology at California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo has retired. Since joining the Biological Sciences Dept. in 1969, he taught natural history, ornithology and conservation courses, and served as major advisor for several Master's candidates. He and his wife Cristine can be reached at home at 258 Warren Way, San Luis Obispo, CA 93405.
ERIC C. KINDAHL has left the University of Maine at Machias for Hood College. His new address is: Dept. of Biology, Hood College, 401 Rosemont Ave., Frederick, MD 21701. (301-696-3659; kindahl@hood.edu).
NEDRA KLEIN has joined the "real world" and accepted a position as Assistant Professor of Biology at Truman State University. As of 10 Aug 1998 her address will be: Division of Science, Truman State University, Kirksville, MO 63501 (660-785-4628, Fax: 660-785-4045; nklein@truman.edu).
SCOTT PEARSON recently started a postdoc in the Zoology Department at the University of Florida working with Doug Levey. This is a long-term study examining the temporal and spatial variability in fruit and the use of fruit by birds. Although the research is through the University of Florida, he will be living and conducting research at the Savannah River Site in South Carolina. Correspondence to: 172 Dogwood Rd., Aiken, SC 29803 (803-649-0795; spearson@zoo.ufl.edu).
CARSTEN RAHBEK has accepted a tenured position as Associate Professor in Ornithology (Curator of Birds) at the Zoological Museum, University of Copenhagen. The administrative part of the position includes being Head of the Copenhagen Bird Ringing Centre (approximately 110,000 birds banded annually). He continues to be affiliated with the Danish Center for Tropical Biodiversity as Research Associate. His address, e-mail, fax- and phone numbers remain unchanged.
J.W. WEBER retired as Professor and Chairman of Civil Engineering from Texas A&M University-Kingsville in 1997. His new address is 406 Vista Dr., Coeur d'Alene, ID 83815.
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THE FLOCK - SPECIAL SECTION
THE FLOCK, the 1997 Membership 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, CHERYL L. TRINE (address below).
CHANGES/ADDITIONS:
BELETSKY, LES. EM: beletsky@u.washington.edu
DUFFY, DAVID. EM: dduffy@hawaii.edu
EWERT, DAVID. EM: dewert@tnc.org
GUTZWILLER, KEVIN, PH.D. PH: 254-710-2911; FX: 254-710-2969.
JEHL, J. R., Jr. EM: jjehl@hswri.org
LANG, ANTHONY L. Beak International Incorporated, Brampton, Ontario, Canada L6T 5B7. PH: 905-794-2325 ext. 245; FX: 905-794-2338; EM: alang@beak.com
MUELLER, HELMUT C. EM: hmueller@email.unc.edu
ROHWER, FRANK C. EM: frohwer@lsu.edu.
SHIPMAN, MICHAEL S. PH: 208-327-1016; FX: None; EM: man@micron.net
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