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NUMBER 145, December 2001
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.osnabirds.org
AOU - http://www.aou.org
AFO - http://www.afonet.org/index.html
COS - http://www.cooper.org/
WS - http://www.nmnh.si.edu/BIRDNET/CWS/index.html
RRF - http://biology.boisestate.edu/raptor
WOS - http://www.ummz.lsa.umich.edu/birds/wos.html
BIRDNET - http://www.nmnh.si.edu/BIRDNET/index.html
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ART EXHIBIT FOR 2002 NAOC in New Orleans. We are planning a show with the theme "The Audubon Legacy: The Ornithologist as Artist." If you are an ornithologist who is also a bird artist or illustrator we would like to include your work. To qualify as an ornithologist, one must have authored as well as illustrated at least one paper, article, or book of a technical or semipopular nature. We want to show a variety of items including field guide plates, technical illustrations, new species portraits, and even purely decorative pieces. We will be able to show several works from each artist, the number depending on number of participants. Artists may offer their works for sale. If you wish to participate, further details are available from H. DOUGLAS PRATT (EM: hpratt@unix1.sncc.lsu.edu) or JOHN P. O'NEILL (EM: PARDUSCO@aol.com).
NOMINATIONS FOR MEMBERSHIP CLASSES OF Fellow and Elective Member of the AOU are due 26 Apr 2002 (5 months prior to the Stated Meeting). Fellows and Elective Members are encouraged to submit nominations of deserving colleagues. Following its official charge to supplement nominations, the Committee on Nomination of Fellows and Elective Members will prepare only a few nominations, and thus timely submissions from members are imperative. Facsimiles and late nominations will not be accepted. Nominations and full supporting information are to be supplied by the nominators, and without the candidates' participation. Nominators seeking to endorse a nominee must first obtain the instructions and forms for 2002 from one of three sources: the Chair of the Committee on Nomination of Fellows and Elective Members, KEITH L. BILDSTEIN, Hawk Mountain Sanctuary, 1700 Hawk Mountain Road, Kempton, PA 19529-9449 (PH: 610-756-6961, FX: 610-756-4468, EM: bildstein@hawkmountain.org, or from the Secretary, M. ROSS LEIN, Department of Biology, University of Calgary, 2500 University Dr NW, Calgary, AB T2N 1N4, CANADA (PH: 403-220-6549, FX: 403-289-9311, EM: mrlein@ucalgary.ca), or from any AOU officer. For ELECTIVE MEMBER nominations, the Secretary will compile and prepare ballot packets to be sent to current Fellows and Elective Members by early Jun 2002. Ballots will be returned by mail to the Secretary by three weeks before the Stated Meeting, i.e., by 5 Sep 2002, and the names announced at the Business Meeting of Members on 26 Sep 2002 at the Hotel Intercontinental in New Orleans, LA. For FELLOW nominations, the Secretary will compile and prepare packets to be sent to current Fellows by early Aug 2002. Voting will take place at the Fellows Meeting on 24 Sep 2001.
NOMINATIONS FOR AOU OFFICERS AND ELECTIVE COUNCILORS must be received by the Secretary three months before the Stated Meeting. Thus, this year nominations are due 26 Jun 2002. Officers to be elected at the 2002 Business Meeting of the Members (26 Sep 2002 at the Hotel Intercontinental in New Orleans), will be President-Elect, Vice-President, Secretary, Treasurer, and three Elective Councilors. The Bylaws of the AOU require that the Vice-President be elected annually and serve only one term, and the Secretary and Treasurer be elected or re-elected annually. At the conclusion of the 120th Stated Meeting, John W. Fitzpatrick will finish his two-year term as President, and Fred Cooke will begin the first year of his two-year term as President. The incumbent Secretary (M. Ross Lein) and the incumbent Treasurer (Jeffrey D. Brawn) are willing to stand for re-election. Of the total of nine Elective Councilors, three are elected annually to serve terms of approximately three years, beginning at the close of the Stated Meeting. Elective Councilors to be replaced at the conclusion of the 120th Stated Meeting in 2002 are Kenneth P. Able, Susan J. Hannon, and Scott K. Robinson. Continuing to serve in 2002-2003 will be Elective Councilors Edward H. Burtt, Jr., Carla Cicero, Richard O. Prum, Peter Arcese, Rebecca L. Holberton, and John M. Marzluff. The procedure for nominating AOU officers and Elective Councilors is outlined in the Bylaws (Art IV, Sec 2). "Each Fellow and Elective Member shall be invited in advance of the Stated Meeting at which an election is to be held, to nominate, in writing to the Secretary, one person for President-Elect, one person for Vice-President, one person for Secretary, one person for Treasurer, and three persons for Elective Councilors. These nominations shall be received by the Secretary three months before the Stated Meeting [26 Jun 2002] and shall be presented at the business session of the Stated Meeting. Nominations for all officers must be accompanied by written consent of the nominee."
CALL FOR PAPERS for VERTEBRATES IN SALT MARSH SYMPOSIUM. We are holding a symposium on the evolution, ecology, and conservation biology of terrestrial vertebrates in tidal marshes in Nov 2002. We are seeking high quality papers that summarize research results on passerines, rails, small mammals, and reptiles that live in tidal marshes. Papers should focus on the ecological and conservation challenges that face these organisms. The symposium will include studies focused on single species, but we are also emphasizing comparative overviews of more general topics including: adaptations to tidal cycles; adaptations to salinity; trophic relationships; evolutionary history and historical biogeography; social systems and demography; morphological adaptations; real and potential environmental threats. Please send abstracts to RUSSELL GREENBERG (EM: antbird@erols.com). Deadline abstracts in 15 Jan 2002.
THE NORTH AMERICAN WATERBIRD CONSERVATION INITIATIVE is continuing its work facilitating planning and implementation of waterbird conservation in Canada, USA, Mexico, Caribbean and Central America. The second draft of the North American Waterbird Conservation Plan - Colonial Waterbirds is available for review and comment at http://www.nawcp.org. Comments on the plan should be sent by email to WaterbirdComments@usgs.gov., or to the addresses given below. Regional planning is underway across the Plan area. NAWCI sponsored a workshop on Marshbird Conservation in Aug, 2001, which will lead to the development of a marshbird component to the continental plan. Ornithologists and conservationists interested in participating in Regional Waterbird Planning Task Forces or in the development of a continental plan for marshbirds should contact JIM KUSHLAN (EM: Jkushlan@aol.com), MELANIE STEINKAMP (EM: Melanie_Steinkamp@usgs.gov), or JENNIFER WHEELER (EM: Jennifer_A_Wheeler@fws.gov).
THE DON RICHARD ECKELBERRY ENDOWMENT, established by the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, has as its principle aim to create a fund which would generate modest grants for putting young talented artists in the field. Don Eckelberry is the source of inspiration for this unique endowment because, throughout his distinguished artistic career, he took time to mentor many younger artists, always holding them to a high standard of excellence and encouraging them to go directly to nature for their inspiration. Eckelberry's paintings of North American birds, particularly his remarkable plates for various field guides, have been a benchmark for others to follow. Through the Endowment, painters, sculptors, printmakers and other artists will be supported in their efforts to better acquaint themselves with the natural world through both museum and field research. Candidates for the grants would submit applications to the Academy. The selection of the grant recipients will be made by the Eckelberry Steering Committee, composed of accomplished professionals from the fields of art, science and art history. In addition, as part of the Eckelberry Endowment program, a group of artistic and scientific mentors will offer counsel and assistance to these artists as their careers develop. Please consider making a generous donation in honor of Don. The Academy is a 501(c)3 not-for-profit organization. Donations to the Endowment are fully tax-deductible. Contributions should be made payable to The Academy of Natural Sciences/The Eckelberry Endowment, and sent to: The Eckelberry Endowment, The Academy of Natural Sciences, 1900 Benjamin Franklin Parkway, Philadelphia, PA 19103
VIRGINIA PETERSON, widow of the late Roger Tory Peterson, died 15 Apr 2001.
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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.
PRESIDENT'S COUNCIL OF ADVISORS ON SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY-By Executive Order 13226, dated 30 Sep 2001, President George W. Bush continued the President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST) for another two years. PCAST was originally established by President George H.W.Bush in 1990 to enable the President to receive advice from the private sector and academic community on technology, scientific research priorities, and math and science education. PCAST may have as many as 25 members, one of whom is a federal government official designated by the President - generally, the President's Science Advisor fills this seat - and 24 of whom shall be nonfederal members appointed by the President and have diverse perspectives and expertise in science, technology, and the impact of science and technology on the nation. The Senate on Oct 23 confirmed JOHN H. MARBURGER III, a physicist from SUNY -Stony Brook, to be Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy.
ESSENTIAL READING FOR GRAD STUDENTS AND IACUC MEMBERS: When OC learns of the difficulties some researchers have with research protocol approval, we always suggest that the researcher should "educate" the members of the Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee. OC's Guidelines to the Use of Wild Birds in Research is an invaluable tool for researchers to "teach" their IACUC members about the ethical standards observed by ornithologists. We strongly encourage ornithologists to purchase one or more extra copies to provide to the members of the IACUC. We have also learned, to our dismay, that some faculty members do not require graduate students to read Guidelines before working with live birds. Copies can be purchased for U.S.$8.00, including postage (in the U.S.; in other countries, postage is additional) by sending a check payable to the Ornithological Council, c/o Ellen Paul, 3713 Chevy Chase Lake Dr., Apt.3, Chevy Chase, Maryland 20815.
ORNITHOLOGICAL COUNCIL AND NATIONAL COUNCIL FOR SCIENCE AND THE ENVIRONMENT HOST MEETING WITH NATIONAL PARK SERVICE DIRECTOR FRAN MAINELLA - OC Chair David Blockstein, Executive Director Ellen Paul and several other members of the OC Board met with National Park Service director Fran Mainella on 26 Oct 2001. The meeting, which was organized by OC and NCSE for the Coalition for Science-based Land Management, gave Mainella an opportunity to meet with representatives of the many scientific and conservation organizations that promote the use of science-based natural resource and land management decisions. Mainella acknowledged NPS' commitment to science in and for the parks, as expressed in the NPS Natural Resource Challenge (http://www1.nature.nps.gov/challenge/NRC.htm), which is based in part upon the premise that "management of the national parks is improved through a greater reliance on scientific knowledge." Mike Soukup, NPS Associate Director for Natural Resources reported on progress in implementing the Natural Resource Challenge, including a new National Parks Ecological Research Fellowship Program (http://www.nationalparks.org/npf/programs/natural/fellowship.htm), intended to encourage and support outstanding post-doctoral research in basic ecological sciences related to the flora of the parks. Mainella accepted a resolution from the Cooper Ornithological Society and a letter from the Ornithological Council commending the NPS for its progress in implementing several programs and projects that welcome scientific research in the parks and that give scientists an opportunity to contribute their knowledge to park management. Among other things, the commendations lauded the on-line permit application system developed by the NPS (http://science.nature.nps.gov/servlet/Prmt_PubIndex). Since 1 Jan 2001, some 2700 research permit applications were filed on-line and over 2100 of them have already been processed. Although not typical, one application was processed in 45 minutes! Loran Fraser, NPS Program Analyst, reported on Rethinking the National Parks for the 21st Century (a new report from the National Parks Advisory Board (http://www.nps.gov/policy/futurereport.htm). Gary Machlis, NPS Chief Social Scientist, reported on the development of the Cooperative Ecosystem Study Units (http://www.cesu.org/cesu/). These units--which comprise partnerships of universities, federal research agencies such as the U.S. Geological Survey, federal land management agencies including the NPS and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, and non-governmental organizations--serve to provide high-quality science, usable knowledge for resource managers, responsive technical assistance, continuing education, and cost-effective research programs.
INTERIOR APPROPRIATIONS GIVE USGS, SMITHSONIAN SLIGHT INCREASES - House and Senate appropriators on Oct 17 completed their work on appropriations for the Department of Interior and Related Agencies (including the U.S. Forest Service and the Smithsonian Institutions). As expected, Congress rejected the very substantial (nearly 11%) cuts proposed by the Bush administration and actually increased the agency's budget by $31 million, to a total of $914 million - an increase of about 3.5% - more than originally proposed by either the House or the Senate. The Biological Resources Division received a 5.8 million dollar increase (about 3.6%). The USDA Forest Service will receive $241 million for forest and rangeland research - a 5.3% increase. The Smithsonian will receive a 9.5% increase, although more than half this amount will go to construction costs. As anticipated, the conference report language prohibits the Smithsonian from closing or changing the scientific research programs, including the closure of facilities, relocation of staff, or redirection of functions and programs without approval by the Board of Regents or recommendations received from the Smithsonian's newly-created Science Commission. One bright note for bird conservation - the Neotropical Migratory Bird Conservation Act was funded at $3.5 million - well short of the authorized $5 million, but far better than last year, when no funding was appropriated for this matching-grant program that will be administered by the USFWS Division of Bird Habitat Conservation. Other appropriations bills, including those for the USDA (including Forest Service research and the National Research Initiative), and VA-HUD (including the National Science Foundation) had not yet been completed as of the end of Oct. According to various reports, the increase for NSF will be between 5% and 9%.
ANTICIPATED SOON FROM THE USFWS: In development for nearly two years, the publication for comment of the management plan and draft environmental impact statement for Double-crested Cormorants was anticipated in mid-Nov. As always, the Ornithological Council will publish the notice on Ornith-L and other ornithology listservs (for instructions on subscribing to ornithology listservs, including OCNET, Ornith-L, NEOORN, and the Women in Ornithology Resource Group, see BIRDNET http://www.nmnh.si.edu/BIRDNET/mainindex.html#ProfInfo). Also expected in Nov is the revision of the list of nongame migratory birds of conservation concern. Formerly known as the list of nongame migratory birds of management concern, the list is mandated by the 1988 amendment to the Fish and Wildlife Coordination Act that direct the Secretary of the Interior to "identify species, subspecies, and populations of all migratory nongame birds that, without additional conservation action, are likely to become candidates for listing under the Endangered Species Act of 1973." The list is revised approximately every five years. The 1995 list (URL: http://migratorybirds.fws.gov/reports/speccon/tblconts.html) determined that 122 species were of management concern at a national level. According to its compilers, "The underlying philosophy behind this report is that "an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure." We fervently believe that a well-designed program that addresses resource-management issues at an early stage, thereby preventing species from having to be listed as Threatened or Endangered, will be more cost-effective than the full-blown recovery effort required once a species is Federally listed. We hope that "Migratory Nongame Birds of Management Concern in the United States: the 1995 List" will, like its predecessor, stimulate a coordinated effort by Federal, State, and private agencies to develop and implement comprehensive and integrated approaches for the management of selected species of nongame birds deemed to be in the most need of additional conservation actions. Since species are the major building blocks of the communities and ecosystems of which they are a part, we also hope that this list will promote greater study and protection of the habitats and ecological communities upon which these species depend."
ORNITHOLOGICAL COUNCIL SUBMITS COMMENTS TO CANADIAN COUNCIL ON ANIMAL CARE-The Canadian Council on Animal Care has drafted new guidelines on the care and use of wildlife in research. Gilly Griffin, CCAC Director, contacted the OC to request a review by biologists. After sharing the draft with a number of biologists who work with vertebrates, OC submitted extensive comments. The Canadian Council on Animal Care (CCAC), established in 1968, is the national peer review agency responsible for setting and maintaining standards for the care and use of animals used in research, teaching and testing throughout Canada. Its mission statement underlines the focus of the CCAC on the ethical principles of animal-based experimentation. The CCAC website (URL: http://www.ccac.ca) states the organization's mission: "The purpose of the Canadian Council on Animal Care is to act in the interests of the people of Canada to ensure through programs of education, assessment and persuasion that the use of animals, where necessary, for research, teaching and testing employs optimal physical and psychological care according to acceptable scientific standards, and to promote an increased level of knowledge, awareness and sensitivity to relevant ethical principles." OC commends CCAC for seeking input from the regulated community in developing these guidelines. Most of the existing guidebooks on animal use and care were developed without input from biologists who study wildlife.
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LOUISIANA BIBLIOGRAPHY--.I am working on an annotated bibliography of Louisiana ornithology. If you or your students have published a paper, thesis, dissertation, or government document that pertains to Louisiana birds, I would appreciate the reference, also a reprint if available. If you have done systematic work using either museum specimens or biologically active tissue from birds collected in Louisiana those papers qualify as well. I already have a fairly lengthy bibliography and if you would like me to check which your papers are already have in my database, feel free to email me. Thanks in advance! JAMES L. INGOLD, Department of Biological Sciences, LSU-Shreveport, 1 University Place, Shreveport, LA 71115 (EM: jingold@pilot.lsus.edu, PH: 318-797-5236, FX: 318-7975222).
REPORT SIGHTINGS OF COLOR-MARKED AMERICAN WHITE PELICANS: Biologists in Minnesota continue to collect observational data on movement and distribution of color-marked American White Pelicans captured on the nesting grounds of western Minnesota. Each year since 1999, we have placed pink patagial markers on the left wing of about 250 flightless young white pelicans. This work has been done in conjunction with Jeff DiMatteo (MNDNR) who is continuing the banding efforts of the late Dr. Al Grewe of St. Cloud (MN) State University who banded more than 40,000 pelicans over the past 20+ years in Lac Qui Parle County MN. A total of 790 young birds have been tagged since 1999. Tags are large, pink cattle ear tags with black numbers 001 - 800; they can appear to be red in color from a distance. Up to 1500 White Pelicans have been summering along the Mississippi River on the MN, WI, IA and IL borders since the mid-1990's. No nesting has been observed on the River but possibilities are there. Thus far, the color-marked birds have been sighted in MN, IA, OK, TX, FL and Mexico. Please send your observations, including date, time, tag number, location, behavior and condition to: ERIC NELSON, refuge biologist, Upper Mississippi River National Wildlife and Fish Refuge, 51 East 4th Street, Room 101, Winona MN 55987. (PH: 507-494-6234, FX: 507-452-0851, EM: eric_nelson@fws.gov).
PIPING PLOVERS (Charadrius melodus) were banded at Lake Diefenbaker, Saskatchewan in 2001. Each bird has a stainless steel USFWS band plus some combination of color bands. A white band or white flag on the upper left leg identifies the banding location of the bird. Observers are asked to record, for each bird, the colors and precise sequence of all bands and indicate which leg carries the particular color(s). Please send all information about sightings to J. PAUL GOOSSEN, Canadian Wildlife Service, Room 200-4999 98 Avenue, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada T6B 2X3 (PH 780-951-8679; FX 780-495-2615; EM: paul.goossen@ec.gc.ca).
OBSERVATIONS OF MYCOPLASMAL CONJUNCTIVITIS IN HOUSE FINCHES. As part of ongoing ecological studies of mycoplasmal conjunctivitis in House Finches funded by the National Science Foundation, our research team will be conducting health evaluations of several House Finch populations around the United States. We are hoping to establish long-term (up to 4 year) relationships with bird banders that have the potential to capture House Finches year-round (we have full support of the USGS Bird Banding Laboratory). One of our goals is to estimate survival in relation to infection status of House Finches from across North America based on capture-recapture data. To this end we are hoping that you might help us in the following ways: (1) by making a special effort during the coming years to trap and recapture as many House Finches as possible; (2) by recording exactly where the birds are (re)captured; (3) by recording the condition of their eyes; and (4) by sending us your observations (in computer spreadsheet format if possible). Additional details of methods will be provided if you are interested. Your assistance could greatly help us accomplish these coast-to-coast research efforts! Please contact VERONIQUE CONNOLLY, Cornell Lab of Ornithology, 159 Sapsucker Woods Rd., Ithaca, NY, 14850 (PH: 607-254-2469; EM: vc42@cornell.edu).
CALIFORNIA STUDY SKINS-As Guy McCaskie, Philip Unitt, and I near completion of a book on the avifauna of the Salton Sea (Birds of the Salton Sea: Status, Biogeography, and Ecology), we have as yet been unable to locate 12 important specimens. We would appreciate any information that collections managers, curators, or others could provide on the following skins, all taken in California, U.S.A.: (1) Chen caerulescens caerulescens; Imperial Co., Salton Sea, Alamo R. mouth; 05-11 Feb 1945; adult male blue morph; Jewett (1945, Condor 47:167); (2) Aix sponsa; Imperial Co., Salton Sea, south end; 13 Nov 1932; male; van Rossem (1933, Condor 35:72); (3) Anas platyrhynchos diazi; Yolo Co., Grafton; Jul 1900; female; Phillips (1923:56, Nat. Hist. of Ducks, vol. 2); (4) Laterallus jamaicensis coturniculus; Imperial Co., Calipatria; age/sex unknown; 05 Jan 1947; Laughlin (1947, Condor 49:132) (5) Tyrannus vociferans; Imperial Co., Brawley; winter 1910/1911; age/sex unknown; van Rossem (1911, Condor 13:129-137); (6) Nucifraga columbiana; Riverside Co., Coachella; 24 Sep 1935; age/sex unknown; Clary and Clary (1936, Condor 38:119); (7) Petrochelidon pyrrhonota subsp.?; Imperial Co., Brawley; 18 Dec 1910; age/sex unknown; van Rossem (1911, Condor 13:129-137); (8) Hirundo rustica erythrogaster; Imperial Co., Brawley; 18 Dec 1910; age/sex unknown; van Rossem (1911, Condor 13:129-137); (9) Poecile gambeli baileyae; Riverside Co., Coachella; 08-15 Dec 1935; taken from a flock of 12 birds; Clary and Clary (1936, Condor 38:89); (10) Dendroica nigrescens; Riverside Co., Mecca; 21 Mar 1911; taken from a group of 8 birds; van Rossem (1911, Condor 13:129-137) (11) Calcarius lapponicus alascensis; Imperial Co., 7 km e. of Calipatria; 11 Feb 1939; female; McLean (1969, Condor 71:433-434); (12) Zonotrichia atricapilla; Imperial Co., Brawley; 18 Dec 1910; immature male; van Rossem (1911, Condor 13:129-137). Please send information to: MICHAEL A. PATTEN, Environmental Studies Program, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire 03755 (EM: michael.a.patten@dartmouth.edu or mpatten@sdnhm.org).
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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.
A LISTSERVE SERVICE has been set up at Cornell University. Subscribers to this list will receive the new job announcements on a regular basis. These are the same announcements as will appear on-line. To subscribe send the following message to: listproc@cornell.edu, "subscribe BirdJobs-L your name". When sending your message, please send using the "plain text only" format option and be sure to include your name in the message. You leave by sending to listproc@cornell.edu "unsubscribe BirdJobs-L".
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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. For information on continuing grants programs relevant to ornithological research, visit the new electronic home of the Grants, Awards, and Prizes booklet: http://www.nmnh.si.edu/BIRDNET/Grants/index.html.
AOU RESEARCH AWARDS FOR 2002 - Instructions for submitting an application for a 2002 AOU Research Award are available at http://www.biology.eku.edu/ritchiso/AOU-ResAward.htm. Instructions can also be obtained by contacting the chair of the AOU Research Awards Committee: GARY RITCHISON, Department of Biological Sciences, Eastern Kentucky University, 521 Lancaster Avenue, Richmond, KY 40475-3102 (EM: gary.ritchison@eku.edu; PH: 859-622-1541). The deadline for receipt of completed applications is 1 Feb 2002.
POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWSHIPS IN APPLIED CONSERVATION-- The Nature Conservancy (TNC) announces the fifth round of David H. Smith Conservation Research Fellowships, which provide two-year postdoctoral support in applied conservation biology. Each Fellow will carry out research pertinent to conservation issues in the United States, at an institution selected by the Fellow, in close association with a TNC mentor. Research will have relevance to sites or ecoregions that TNC has identified as having conservation priority. Research themes are open; past Fellowships have focused on conservation planning, climate change, avian conservation, freshwater and riparian ecology, and invasive species. Proposals are due 1 Feb 2002. Funding for Fellows will be available Aug 2002. For more information, including the proposal guidelines and selection criteria, see the Smith program website: http://www.smithfellows.org. You can also request a copy of the guidelines by sending an e-mail or writing to: Smith Conservation Research Fellowship Program, The Nature Conservancy, 4245 N. Fairfax Drive, Suite 100, Arlington, VA 22203-1606 (EM: postdoc@tnc.org). The Nature Conservancy is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
THE PAMELA AND ALEXANDER F. SKUTCH FUND AWARD will be given by the Association of Field Ornithologists for the first time in 2002 to support life history studies with a minimum of disturbance (especially social relations and reproduction), on little known birds of the Continental Neotropics including Trinidad and Tobago. The award from the Fund should be adequate for the intended study to avoid the need to seek additional funding elsewhere. The grantee may be an amateur or professional ornithologist of any nationality. It is highly desirable that he or she has some previous experience of the region and birds (and if possible, the locality) where he or she will study. One award of up to $10,000 will be given annually. Application deadline: 15 Feb 2002. For application guidelines, please visit the AFO Website: http://www.afonet.org or write ELISSA LANDRE, Broadmoor Sanctuary, Massachusetts Audubon, 280 Eliot St., Natick, MA 01760. (EM: elandre@massaudubon.org. No phone calls, please.)
LESLIE BROWN MEMORIAL GRANT-In memory of one of the most inspired and productive raptor conservation biologists of recent decades, the Raptor Research Foundation, Inc. makes available this grant, for up to $2,000, to promote the research and/or the dissemination of information on birds of prey. Applicants must provide a resume, specific study objectives, an account of how funds will be spent, and (if applicable) an indication of how the proposed work would relate to other work by the applicant and to other sources of funding. Proposals regarding African raptors will receive highest priority among the proposals of otherwise equal merit. Please note that the application deadline has changed. A complete application (see above) must be received by 15 Feb. Recipients will be notified by 15 Apr. Proposals, donations, and inquiries about tax-exempt contributions to the fund should be sent to : DR. JEFF LINCER, Director of Research, Wildlife Research Institute, Inc., 9251 Golondrina Dr. La Mesa, CA 91941 USA (EM: jefflincer@tns.net).
REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS for the 2002 Sigurd T. Olson Loon Research Award--The LoonWatch program of the Sigurd Olson Environmental Institute at Northland College is accepting proposals for the 15th annual Sigurd T. Olson Loon Research Award. This award program is named after biologist Sigurd T. Olson, whose 1952 paper with William H. Marshall, The Common Loon in Minnesota, continues to be cited as one of the premier baseline reports on the biology of the Common Loon. Since 1986, the STO Award has provided funding for original research that leads to better understanding and management of loon populations. We are accepting proposals for research on any of the Gavia species in North America. Research on behavior, breeding ecology, migration, winter ecology, and evolution of loons are considered, as are education proposals relating to loons and their aquatic habitats. Proposals addressing human impacts to loons will be given special consideration, particularly those dealing with water level fluctuation, recreational use of lakes, and shoreline development. Maximum grant award is $3,000. Proposal deadline is 18 Jan 2002. To request proposal guidelines send an e-mail to LoonWatch@northland.edu or write to: STO Research Award Sigurd Olson Environmental Institute Northland College Ashland, Wisconsin 54806
BREWSTER AND COUES AWARDS. Nominations are invited for the Brewster and Coues Awards for 2002. These awards are given annually by the AOU in public recognition of avian research of special significance. The Brewster Award is given for the most important work on birds of the Western Hemisphere published in the last ten years. The Coues Award is for work that has had a major impact on ornithology in the Western Hemisphere, and has no time restriction. To qualify for the Brewster Award, the work must have been done entirely, or nearly so, on birds of the Western Hemisphere; for the Coues Award, the work may have been on birds anywhere in the world. The Coues Award may be given in recognition of important or innovative work or new techniques that may have been published in relatively brief articles or in non-ornithological journals. Each nomination must include (1) the name and institution of the nominee; (2) a written description of the contributions of the nominee to ornithology; and (3) a bibliography that documents these contributions. The Auk (89: 436-438, 1972) describes the important differences in qualifications necessary for the Brewster and Coues Awards. Nominations should be submitted by 1 Mar 2002 to: DR. KENNETH P. ABLE, Dept. of Biology, State University of New York, Albany, NY 12222 (PH: 518-442-4330; FX: 518-442-4767; EM: preferred: kpa@csc.albany.edu).
AOU MEMBERSHIP GRANTS NOW AVAILABLE FOR STUDENTS. The American Ornithologists' Union will provide several hundred grants in the form of a three year AOU membership to qualifying graduate students in the Western Hemisphere interested in pursuing a career in ornithology. To qualify, students must: 1.) Have no current or prior membership in the AOU; 2.) Send a letter of interest and a 2-3 page cv to the AOU Membership Chairman (see below). Letters of interest should outline ornithological interests and professional goals, clearly specify the degree program in which the student is registered, his/her expected date of completion, and the name and email address of the academic advisor. 3.) Provide a one-page letter of support from an academic advisor on letterhead from the institution in which the student is currently enrolled. Membership grants will provide full membership in the AOU (including subscription to The Auk) for three consecutive years and are not renewable. Deadline for materials is 10 Mar 2002. Mail all materials together to DR. SUSAN HAIG, AOU Membership Committee, USGS/FRESC, 3200 SW Jefferson Way, Corvallis, OR, 97331.
CALL FOR NOMINATIONS--The Society of Canadian Ornithologists would like to receive nominations for the Doris Huestis Speirs Award. Nominees are individuals (regardless of nationality) or Canadian organizations having made a major lifetime contribution to Canadian ornithology. To nominate a candidate, with or without supporting information, please contact the committee chair for the Doris Huestis Speirs Award: MARC-ANDRÉ VILLARD, Chair, D.H. Speirs Award Committee, Chaire de recherche du Canada en conservation des paysages et Département de biologie, Université de Moncton, Moncton, NB E1A 3E9 Canada (PH: 506-858-4334; FX: 506-858-4541; EM: villarm@umoncton.ca). Please note that nominations (with supporting information) should be made no later than 15 Feb 2002.
TIM SCHANTZ, recognized ornithologist, died of a heart attack at the Nome, AK Airport at the age of 36 on May 27, 2001, as he was leading a group of birders to the remote village of Gambell on St. Lawrence Island. Birds were the passion of Tim's life. His friends and family want his passion to live on through others, so they plan to send an aspiring student of ornithology to the Kachemak Bay Shorebird Festival 9-12 May 2002. This student will be on the festival program and will make a presentation on some aspect of ornithology for the other participants, and also act as a leader during the shorebird festival. Request an application for this opportunity, by sending email to SchantzBird@aol.com. Application deadline: 31 Dec 2001.
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"BIRD MIGRATION: A GENERAL SURVEY, 2ND ED" by Peter Berthold (translated by Hans Günther-Bauer and Valerie Westhead 2001. Oxford University Press. Paperback, 253 pp, $45.00. Some topics included are an overview of the origin of bird migration, a history of its investigation and study, an overview of methods currently used to study migration and its basic control mechanisms, the physiological basis of migration, orientation mechanisms, current threats faced by migratory birds and conservation measures for their protection, and the significance of bird migration for human society. Information on availability can be obtained online at: http://www.oup-usa.org.
"PUERTO RICO'S BIRDS IN PHOTOGRAPHS, 2nd ED.," by Mark W. Oberle (EM: oberle@mindspring.com). 2000. Editorial Humanitas. 132 pp, softcover + CD-ROM. ISBN 0-9650104-1-4. Retail price: U.S. $29.95. The first book with color photos of all breeding birds and common migrants of Puerto Rico--310 photos of 181 species. The English language book is designed for students, teachers, tourists, and island residents. Species' life histories are written for the general reader. The book contains a CD-ROM with detailed Spanish and English accounts of 350 species, background essays, extensive bibliography, plus audio clips and 1,250 photos. The CD-ROM is written in HTML, for PC and Macintosh computers, and allows access to files for student projects in biology, geography, music and art. Distributed by: Sociedad Ornitológica Puertorriqueña, PO Box 1112, Ciales, PR 00638-1112 (EM: sopi@coqui.net). Orders: http://home.coqui.net/tody/tiendita.html. Sample text, photos, and audio at: http://ww.mindspring.com/~oberle/PRbirds.htm.
"SHOREBIRDS" by Des Thompson and Ingvar Byrkjedal. 2001. Series: WorldLife Library. Paperback,10 x 9, 72 pp., 50 color photos. ISBN: 0-89658-561-1. $16.95. This book concentrates on the species common to North American and Europe. It is one of the latest volumes in the WorldLife Library series, an expanding series of books that draws on the knowledge, personal experiences and research of the world's leading naturalists. It can be purchased in bookstores and online bookstores, or directly form Voyageur Press with a Visa or MasterCard (PH: 800-888-9653, FX: 651-430-2211, URL: http://www.voyageurpress.com). Orders may also be mailed with a check or money order payable to Voyageur Press, P.O. Box 338, Stillwater, MN 55082. Please add $4.95 for shipping and handling per order.
"RESOLVING HUMAN WILDLIFE CONFLICTS" by Michael Conover. 2001. This book is a comprehensive overview of human--wildlife conflicts and the emerging field of wildlife damage management. It discusses the issues facing wildlife managers when they deal with interactions between wildlife and humans. The author stresses the inter-relatedness of wildlife damage management within the larger discipline of wildlife conservation and provides an extensive review of the scientific literature. He includes case-studies that document how an integrated approach to wildlife management can resolve human-wildlife conflicts. Chapter topics include philosophical underpinnings, history, threats to human safety, zoonoses, economics, environmental damages, exotic species, lethal control, fertility control, wildlife translocation, fear-provoking stimuli, chemical repellents, diversion, exclusion, habitat manipulation, and human dimensions. Copies are available for $69.95 from CRC Press, 2000 NW Corporate Blvd., Boca Raton, FL 33431-9868 (URL: http:// www.crcpress.com).
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FOR SALE: University of Kansas, Museum of Natural History, vol. 1-17 with several miscellaneous numbers, $20 per volume. University of Kansas, Museum of Natural History, Miscellaneous Publications; 19 Numbers on the Biota of Kansas, contact for specific topics. Handbook of North American Birds, edited by Ralph S. Palmer, vol. 1, Loons through Flamingos; vol. 2, Waterfowl (part 1); vol. 4 Diurnal Raptors (part 1); vol. 5, Diurnal Raptors (part 2); $60 each or $200 for set. Calipers, made in Germany, never used, like new; dial face; One caliper 15 cm length $50; one caliper 20 cm length $75. Contact: JOHN BUSHMAN, 9516 Narragansett Place, Vienna, VA 22180 (PH: 703-281-4443).
FOR SALE: Auk Vol. 101-118 (1984-2001, plus Index to 1981-1990) and J. Raptor Res. Vol. 17-35 (1983-2001). Best offer plus shipping. DIANA LETT, 1309 N. 1st Ave., Tucson, AZ 85719-4004 (EM: dwl@dakotacom.net).
FOR SALE: About birds of Lesotho-- We would like to offer you the following recently published (by the National University of Lesotho) books relevant to South African biodiversity: 1. Atlas of Birds of Bloemfontein; 48 pages; $6 2. Birds of Roma Valley; 40 pages; $4. 3. Lesotho state of biodiversity; 120 pages; $12. If you are interested in these titles please contact us for further information. DR. GRZEGORZ KOPIJ (EM: g.kopij@nul.ls).
WANTED: Looking for a copy of C. Weed and N. Dearborn's " Birds and their relations to man." GREG JONES (EM: greg.a.jones@santafe.cc.fl.us)
FOR SALE: personal library: Condor vol 93-96, J. Field Ornith. vol 65-70, Auk 10-year index (1991), Northwestern Naturalist vol 71-81, Pacific Seabirds vol 19-27, Birding 1996-2000, other journals and books. Listing at http://www.aves-specta.com/exchange.htm or (207) 698-4461.
WANTED: I would like to purchase a copy of "Mark Catesby; The Colonial Audubon", by G.F.Frick & R.P. Stearns. Published 1961 by Univ. Illinois Press. ISBN 0598622594. ALAN BRUSH. (EM: Brushes2@juno.com).
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A 'permanent' meeting list is maintained on BIRDNET (http://www.nmnh.si.edu/BIRDNET/BIRDMEET.html) that focuses mainly on meetings of the Societies that are members of the OC, showing the planned sites and dates of ornithological meetings as far into the future as possible. Note that BIRDNET also maintains a site for the International Ornithological Committee, which includes links to past and future Congresses, at: http://www.nmnh.si.edu/BIRDNET/IOC/index.html.
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SOCIETY FOR INTEGRATIVE AND COMPARATIVE BIOLOGY 2002 Annual Meeting (2-6 Jan 2002), Anaheim Marriott, Anaheim, CA. For information see the SICB web page at http://www.SICB.org or contact the SICB business office (PH: 703-790-1745, FX: 703-790-2672, EM: SICB@BurkInc.com).
*PACIFIC SEABIRD GROUP, 29th Annual Meeting (20-23 Feb 2002) will be held at the Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History in Santa Barbara, California. The meeting will feature symposia on "Oil and California's Seabirds" and "Biology and conservation of the White Pelican", within a full scientific program on 21-23 Feb; committees will meet on 20 Feb. Plenary speakers will be David Ainley and Hugh Drummond; Philip and Myrtle Ashmole will receive Lifetime Achievement Awards. Student travel awards are available. Field trips to the Channel Islands will be offered before (19-20 Feb) and after the meeting (24 Feb). For general information, contact HARRY CARTER, U.S. Geological Survey, 6924 Tremont Road, Dixon, CA 95620 (PH: 707-678-0682 x625; EM: Harry_Carter@usgs.gov) or SARAH FANGMAN, Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary, 113 Harbor Way, Santa Barbara, CA 93109 (PH: 805-884-1473; EM: sarah.fangman@cinms.nos.noaa.gov). For information about the scientific program, contact LISA BALLANCE, NOAA, NMFS, SW Fisheries Science Center, 8604 La Jolla Shores Drive, La Jolla, CA 92037 (PH: 858-546-7173; EM: lisa.ballance@noaa.gov). For information on meeting details, travel, all field trips (also including condors, Salton Sea, and Western Foundation of Vertebrate Zoology), accommodations, awards, registration, and abstract submission, check the PSG web page (URL: http://www.pacificseabirdgroup.org).
BIRDS OF TWO WORLDS: ADVANCES IN THE ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION OF TEMPERATE-TROPICAL MIGRATION SYSTEMS 6-10 Mar 2002, National Conservation Training Center in Sheperdstown, WV. The Smithsonian Environmental Research Center and Smithsonian Migratory Bird Center at the National Zoo are hosting a conference to synthesize cutting-edge findings about the basic ecology and evolution of migratory birds. The 6 main symposium topics are: 1) Evolution of Migration Systems, 2) Adaptations for Two Worlds, 3) Migration Itself: When, Where, and How to Go, 4) Social Systems: Bridging the Seasons, 5) Population Structure of Migrants throughout the Annual Cycle, and 6) Population Limitation and Regulation in Migratory Birds: When and Where is the Crunch?. For additional information and to register for the conference please visit our website: http://www.si.edu/Smbc/birdsof2worlds.htm.
*THE 9th ALASKA BIRD CONFERENCE, hosted by the Alaska Bird Observatory, will be held at Wedgewood Resort in Fairbanks, Alaska, 6-8 Mar, 2002. The conference will follow the Alaska Shorebird Working Group Meeting on Mar 4 and the regional North American Bird Conservation Initiative All Bird Workshop on Mar 5, both at Wedgewood Resort. For conference information, visit the ABO web site: http://www.alaskabird.org. Registration materials and a call for abstracts will be mailed in Nov. Questions should be directed to NANCY DEWITT (PH: 907-451-7159; EM: ndewitt@alaskabird.org).
*THIRD INTERNATIONAL PARTNERS IN FLIGHT CONFERENCE: a Workshop on Bird Conservation Implementation and Integration, 20-24 Mar 2002, at the Asilomar State Park Conference Center near Monterey, California. The focus will be on implementing all-bird conservation actions identified by Partners In Flight, the North American Waterfowl Management Plan, the U. S. Shorebird Conservation Plan and the North American Waterbird Conservation Plan. The conference will have a strong international component with session chairs and presenters from the U. S., Canada, Mexico, Central America, and the Caribbean. Please visit the conference web site (URL: http://www.prbo.org/PIF/NPIF2002.htm) and read through the Draft Program (URL: http://www.prbo.org/PIF/program.htm) to better understand the scope and intent of this conference. For additional details, visit the conference web site at http://www.prbo.org/PIF/NPIF2002.htm.
*AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES 53rd Annual Meeting, 22- 24 Mar 2002, "Evolution: Understanding Life on Earth."Register and/or submit a poster via http://www.aibs.org or direct at http://www.aibs.org/meeting2002/index.ldml. Need help registering? Call 703-790-1745 or 800-992-2427, email: meeting2002@aibs.org. Early registration prices in effect until 1 Mar 2002. All sessions take place in the Key Bridge Marriott Hotel (across the Key Bridge from Georgetown DC, in the Washington DC metro area). The 2002 AIBS Annual meeting presents an excellent opportunity for biologists to share the latest developments in evolution research, education, and applications to today's world. Attendees will hear distinguished plenary speakers present synthesizing lectures from the forefront of their fields, then will join those speakers and other equally notable scholars in informal discussion groups. Group topics include the plenary subjects as well as broader pedagogical and social aspects of contemporary evolutionary biology. The rest of the AIBS meeting's program is rounded out by events such as a session on online resources for research and education; a session on the central role of organismal biology; contributed posters; a diversity scholars competition; and a presentation by Darwin scholar and stage performer Richard Milner of his popular musical, "Charles Darwin: Live and in Concert." Speakers and discussion leaders include: Francisco Ayala, Rodger Bybee, Joel Cracraft, Niles Eldredge, Douglas Futuyma, Peter and Rosemary Grant, Alison Jolly, John Jungck, Joe Levine, Paula Mabee, Kenneth Miller, Loren Rieseberg, Eugenie Scott. Topics include: evolutionary mechanisms and patterns, replication studies, genomics and development, conservation and population biology, formal education K-16, public education, anti-evolution, public policy and politics, and faith-based issues. Contact the Key Bridge Marriott Hotel directly to arrange for accommodations: 1401 Lee Highway, Arlington VA 22209, http://www.marriotthotels/waskb, 1-703-524-6400 or 1-800-228-9290.
67TH NORTH AMERICAN WILDLIFE AND NATURAL RESOURCES CONFERENCE, 3-7 Apr 2002, at the Hyatt Regency, Dallas. The theme is "Compassionate, Conservative Conservation through the Lens of T.R.'s Legacy."Among the six special sessions are: "Amending the Endangered Species Act: Is ESA Threatened or Endangered?", "Energy and Conservation: Does Big Oil Mix with Big Game?", and "Conservation and the 2002 Farm Bill: Plowing New Ground." For additional information about the conference contact JAMES WOEHR or RICHARD MCCABE, Wildlife Management Institute, 202-371-1808. For detailed information sessions, go to http://www.wildlifemgt.org/wmi.
THE 83RD ANNUAL MEETING OF THE WILSON ORNITHOLOGICAL SOCIETY, 11-14 Apr 2002, will be held in conjunction with the Association of Field Ornithologists at Florida Gulf Coast University in Ft. Myers, Florida. The meeting will be held in the new Whitaker Center for Science, Mathematics, and Technology Education. The meeting will be co-hosted by Florida Gulf Coast University, Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary, and the Florida Ornithological Society. The local host, JEROME A. JACKSON, can be reached at picus@fgcu.edu
*EASTERN BIRD BANDING ASSOCIATION annual meeting 19-21 Apr 2002 at the Comfort Inn "The Pointe" at Niagara Falls, New York. For information please contact MARY & JOHN FORNESS, 3086 Haskell Road, Cuba, New York 14727-9432 (PH/FX: 716-968-1978, EM: rlhawk@eznet.net).
16TH ANNUAL MEETING OF THE SOCIETY FOR CONSERVATION BIOLOGY, co-hosted by the British Ecological Society (Theme: People and Conservation). 14-18 Jul 2002, Durrell Institute of Conservation and Ecology, University of Kent at Canterbury, Canterbury, UK. Contact: NIGEL LEADER-WILLIAMS, SCB2002 Programme Chair (EM: scb2002@ukc.ac.uk) or ANDREW PULLIN, BES (EM: a.s.pullin@bham.ac.uk). Conference web site: http://www.ukc.ac.uk/anthropology/dice/scb2002/
23rd INTERNATIONAL ORNITHOLOGICAL CONGRESS, Beijing, 11-17 Aug 2002: The first brochure for this congress has been posted on the congress home page which can be reached at URL: http://www.ioc.org.cn. Persons without access to the Internet can obtain a copy of this brochure by contacting MR. LIEU FENG, Assistant Secretary-General of the 23rd Congress, China International Conference Center for Science and Technology, Xueyuan Nan Road, Beijing 100081, CHINA. (PH: + 861062174952; FX: +861062180142; EM: liufeng@public.bta.net.cn. All ornithologists are encouraged to take part in this first ornithological congress of the millennium and the first in Asia.
3RD NORTH AMERICAN ORNITHOLOGICAL CONFERENCE, New Orleans, Louisiana, 24-30 Sep 2002. Hosted by Tulane University, the theme is "Birds on the Bayou: In the footsteps of Audubon". The main venue will be the Intercontinental Hotel, located just 3 blocks from the famous French Quarter. The Conference is being hosted by The American Ornithologists' Union, The Cooper Ornithological Society, The Raptor Research Foundation, and the Society for Canadian Ornithologists/ Société des Ornithologistes du Canada, all of which will hold their annual meeting at the Conference. A number of other ornithological societies such as The Wilson Ornithological Society will be Co-sponsors, but will be holding their annual meeting at another time. Other groups wishing to meet in conjunction with the 3rd NAOC should contact the Chair of the Scientific Program Committee, PHIL STOUFFER (EM: stouffer@selu.edu) as soon as possible. The Conference will consist of symposia, workshops and roundtables, contributed oral presentations, and poster sessions. The deadline for symposia and workshops is 15 Nov 2001. The general announcement for the Conference and call for contributed papers and posters will appear in Jan 2002. Plenary addresses will be presented by: Thomas E. Martin, University of Montana, A New View of Avian Life History Evolution Applied to Parental Care, Clutch Size, and Developmental Patterns Across the World; Theo Colborn, World Wildlife Fund, On a Wing and a Prayer: Is Endocrine Disruption Affecting Birds?; John Avise, University of Georgia, The Ongoing Transformation to Molecular-genealogical Thought in Avian Microevolution: Conceptual Springboard, Quicksand, or Both; Kenneth Able, State University of New York, Albany, Migratory Orientation: Development and Adaptive Plasticity. Social events will showcase the rich traditions of New Orleans: great food, wonderful music, and the arts. The Tuesday night opening reception will be at the Audubon Institute's Aquarium of the Americas, featuring a variety of Cajun dishes. Thursday night is a "picnic" at the House of Blues, featuring Blues and Zydeco music and traditional New Orleans fare. Saturday night's banquet will be preceded by a reception featuring a New Orleans jazz band, and followed by dancing to a traditional Cajun French band, Les Freres Michot. A highlight of the meeting will be an art exhibition featuring the works of artists who also are research ornithologists. Sep in New Orleans features the beginning of fall migration, which will complement the rich avifauna of its abundant wetlands, bottomland hardwoods, and pine woods nearby. A variety of field trips will be designed to highlight both typical and distinctive birds. As more information becomes available, it will be posted on the Conference homepage at http://www.tulane.edu/~naoc-02/ . For more information concerning the Conference, contact the co-organizers: TOM SHERRY (EM: tsherry@tulane.edu) or KIMBERLY SMITH (EM: kgsmith@uark.edu).
*THE NINTH NORTH AMERICAN CRANE WORKSHOP will be held 21-25 Jan 2003 in Sacramento, California. Scientific sessions and a field trip to the Sacramento River Delta are planned. A proceedings will be published immediately following the meeting. Abstracts are due 1 Dec 2001. For information and updates, including instructions on the CALL FOR PAPERS contact SCOTT G. HEREFORD (EM: Scott_Hereford@fws.gov, PH: 228-497-6322 ext 28).
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THE June 2001 issue of BIOSCIENCE announced the 2001 Tyler Prize for Environmental Achievement, to JARED DIAMOND and TOM LOVEJOY, both AOU Fellows.
ROBERT S. KENNEDY has left the Cincinnati Museum of Natural History & Science and is now Director of Natural Science at The Nantucket Maria Mitchell Association. His new address is: Maria Mitchell Association, 4 Vestal Street, Nantucket, MA 02554. PH: 508-228-1782, FX: 508-228-1031, EM: rkennedy@mmo.org
ALFRED H. GREWE, JR., died from bone cancer in the St. Cloud hospital St. Cloud, MN on 6 Jan 2001. He was a life member of the AOU since 1964. He banded up to 2500 flightless young Am White Pelicans each year at Marsh lake, MN and co-authored the paper, Movements and Mortality of American White Pelicans banded at Marsh Lake, Minnesota. In North American Bird Bander 26(2):57-60, Apr-Jun 2001. With an "in memory" at end of the paper, page 60.
CHARLES HAGNER has joined Kalmbach Publishing Co. as Editor of Birder's World.
JEFF LINCER is now Director of Research for the Wildlife Research Institute, Inc. He can be reached at Wildlife Research Institute, Inc., 9251 Golondrina Dr. La Mesa, CA 91941 USA. PH/FX: 619-668-0032, EM: jefflincer@tns.net.
AUDREY L. MAYER has moved to the Sustainable Environments Branch of the US EPA's National Risk Management Research Laboratory in Cincinnati, OH. She can now be reached at: USEPA, NRMRL, MS 498, 26 West Martin Luther King Dr., Cincinnati, OH 45268. PH: 513-569-7398. EM: mayer.audrey@epa.gov.
JOSEPH J. NOCERA has moved to the University of New Brunswick- Fredericton to become a Ph.D. candidate in the lab of Graham Forbes where he is pursuing studies of grassland birds in managed agro-ecosystems. His new contact information is: NB Coop. Fish & Wildlife Research Unit, Dept. Biology, Univ. New Brunswick, Bag Service # 45111, Fredericton, NB, Canada E3B 6E1. PH: 506-452-6033, FX: 506-453-3538; EM: v39k9@unb.ca.
JAMES R. NORTHERN, Collections Manager, Moore Laboratory of Zoology, Honorary Life Member COS, retired on 1 Oct 2001. He worked in the field of Museum Ornithology for 45 years (24 at NHMLACo, 12 at UCLA (Dickey Collection and 9 years at Occidental College). EM: jandcnorth@pcmagic.net
DAVID B. PEAKALL, one of the pioneers of avian environmental toxicology, a member of the AOU since 1961, elected Elective Member in 1972, and Life Member of WOS, died on 18 Aug 2001.
JENNIFER SLATER, a member of the AFO since 1997, died 19 May 2001.
JEFF WALK has taken an assistant professor position with the University of Dubuque in the Biology Department and Environmental Sciences Program. His new contact information is: 310 Goldthorp Hall, 2000 University Avenue, Dubuque, IA 52001; PH: 563-589-3147, EM: jwalk@dbq.edu.
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THE FLOCK - SPECIAL SECTION
THE FLOCK, the 1999 Membership directory of all six OSNA societies has been mailed. 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:
BAYARD DE VOLO, SHELLEY, Graduate Degree Program in Ecology, Department of Biology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO 80523. PH: 970-295-5953, EM: sbdv@cnr.colostate.edu.
ECKERLE, KEVIN. Department of Biology, Hope College, Holland, MI 49422-9000. PH: 616-395-7192, FX: 616-395-7125, EM: eckerle@hope.edu.
GARBER, GAIL. EM: gail@hawksaloft.org
KLINGLER, GLENN. P.O. Box 796, Meeker, CO 81641. PH: 970-878-3746, EM: alala70@hotmail.com
KOCHERT, MICHAEL N. EM: mkochert@eagle.boisestate.edu
KUS, BARBARA. USGS Western Ecological Research Center, 5745 Kearny Villa Road Suite M, San Diego, CA 92123-1136. PH: 858-637-6881, FX: 858-974-3563, EM: bkus@sunstroke.sdsu.edu.
SMITH, KIMBERLY G. EM: kgsmith@uark.edu.
TRINE, CHERYL L. PH: 616-471-7886, EM: ctrine@andrews.edu
VANDEN BERGE, JAMES. PH/FX: 630-548-0563, EM: vandenberge@aol.com
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