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NUMBER 154, JUNE 2003
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
AOU NEEDS YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS The AOU is undertaking several initiatives to increase the flow of
information between the Council, Officers and Committees and the general membership. One aspect will involve
the use of email messages to provide information to and to solicit input from members. Email addresses in the
OSNA database will be used; these will not be released for any other purposes. Therefore it is important that all
AOU members provide their current email address to OSNA. This information can be entered or modified on-line on
the OSNA web site (URL: http://osna.allenmm.com/common/TNT_Frontpage.cfm). The AOU is also working on a
complete revision of the AOU web site (URL: http://www.aou.org) to make it more useful in delivering information
to members, and in allowing them to provide input on issues of interest. For further information, contact AOU
Secretary M. ROSS LEIN (EM: mrlein@ucalgary.ca).
AOU FELLOWS AND ELECTIVE MEMBERS ARE REMINDED that ballots for election of new Elective Members must be returned by mail by 16 July 2003. The deadline for nominations for EMs and Fellows has already passed. Newly-elected ELECTIVE MEMBERS will be announced at the Business Meeting of Members (7 August 2003) at the 121st Stated Meeting at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. In early July 2003, FELLOWS will be sent balloting and other information related to their upcoming meeting (6 August 2003 at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign), during which they will elect new Fellows and conduct other business. Contact Secretary M. ROSS LEIN (EM: mrlein@ucalgary.ca) for more information.
NOMINATIONS HAVE BEEN RECEIVED FOR AOU OFFICERS AND ELECTIVE COUNCILORS to be elected at the 2003 Business Meeting of Members (7 August 2003) at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. To be elected are a 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 that the Secretary and Treasurer also be elected or re-elected annually. At the conclusion of the August 2003 meeting, Fred Cooke will begin the second year of his two-year term as President, and James A. Kushlan will begin the second year of his two-year term as President-Elect. The incumbent Secretary (M. Ross Lein) and the incumbent Treasurer (Jeffrey D. Brawn) are willing to stand for re-election. Because nominations are allowed up until 7 May, after the deadline for this newsletter, a list of nominees is not being printed. However, the list can be obtained by contacting Secretary M. ROSS LEIN (EM: mrlein@ucalgary.ca).
THE WILSON ORNITHOLOGICAL SOCIETY held its Annual Meeting 19-23 April 2003. The 2003 Margaret Morse Nice Medal was awarded to Robert E. Ricklefs, University of Missouri-St. Louis, who presented the plenary lecture, "The cognitive face of avian life histories." This award was established in 1997 to recognize the lifetime accomplishments of ornithologists and to provide them a venue for describing their scientific inquiry within the context of their careers in ornithology. The scientific program included 28 oral papers, 8 papers in the Clark Ornithology Symposium on the Evolution of Galapagos birds, and 32 posters. Wilson Ornithological Society student travel awards were presented to ANNA BIRRENKOTT, Clemson University, JEFFREY J. KOVATCH, Syracuse University, and SCOTT RUSH, York University. The Wilson Prize for the best student oral presentation was awarded to NATALIE DUBOIS, Michigan State University for "Does cavity availability affect female mate choice or maternal investment in House Wrens," and the Lynds Jones Prize for the best student poster was awarded to DAVID A. LIEBNER, Canisius College for "Estimating stopover duration: comparing minimum stopover to estimates derived from open population models." The Louis Agassiz Fuertes Award was awarded to RYAN NORRIS, Queen's University, for his study "Linking events of the annual cycle in a long-distance migratory bird using stable-carbon isotopes." LILIANA NAVES, Universite Pierre et Marie Curie was awarded the George A Hall/Harold F. Mayfield Award for her project, "Female choice of young sperm in a monogamous bird: an experimental approach in Kittiwakes." Paul A. Stewart Awards were awarded to: ANGELA D. ANDERS, Pennsylvania State University, "Post-breeding and post-fledging habitat use and survival of Yellow-billed Cuckoos," SUZANNE LANGRIDGE, University of California, Santa Cruz, "Crying havoc on the slug and snail: effects of riparian restoration on trophic relationships of birds and arthropods in the agriculture-riparian interface," MARC C. PEDERSEN, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, "Extra-territorial movements of male and female Common Yellowthroats in relation to a male ornamental trait," and DANIEL M. SCHEIMAN, Purdue University, "Effects of field quality on dispersal rates of Bobolinks: a metapopulation approach." The Edwards Prize for best paper published in volume 114 of The Wilson Bulletin was awarded to KARL E. MILLER for "Nesting success of the Great Crested Flycatcher in nest boxes and in tree cavities: are nest boxes safer from nest predation?" (Wilson Bull 114:179- 185). Annual election results for officers and council members were as follows: President-CHARLES R. BLEM, First Vice-President-DORIS J. WATT, Second Vice-President--JAMES D. RISING, Secretary-SARA R. MORRIS, Treasurer-MARTHA VAUGHAN, Editor-JAMES A. SEDGWICK, Members of Council for 2003-2006-MARY GUSTAFSON and ROBERT BEASON
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BIRDING CHECKLIST SOFTWARE for PALM handheld devices--R. James Frith & Associates Inc. wishes to thank the A.O.U. for their kind permission to use the Official North American Checklist. To show our appreciation, we are offering a 20% discount to members of the A.O.U. Product details can be reviewed at http://www.rjamesfrith.com A demo copy is also available at this site. For purchase information please contact sales@rjamesfrith.com.
INTERNATIONAL CRANE FOUNDATION REUNION Calling all former International Crane Foundation (ICF) staff, interns, and volunteers! On 19 Jul, at the ICF headquarters in Baraboo Wisconsin, we are hosting a reunion to celebrate ICF's 30th Anniversary. All former ICF staff, interns, and volunteers are invited to an evening filled with fun, live music, food and reminiscing! The reunion is being held in conjunction with ICF's first Prairie Fest. Prairie Fest will run from 9 a.m.-5 p.m. At 4:30, the reunion will begin. Cost is $25.00 per person. To commemorate the reunion, plans are underway to publish a Yearbook. Even if you are unable to attend, we would love to hear from you! Please contact ANN BURKE (EM: aburke@savingcranes.org).
NABC CERTIFICATION--Eastern Bird Banding Association is scheduling its 5th NABC certification session at the bander level for 3-5 Oct 2003 at Braddock Bay Bird Observatory near Rochester, NY. This session is for persons seeking or already possessing U.S. or Canadian banding permits or subpermits. Applications may be obtained from, and submitted (no later than 25 Aug) to, ELIZABETH W. BROOKS, 1435 Waterwells Rd., Alfred Station, NY 14803 (PH: 607-587-9571; EM: brookser@infoblvd.net). NABC manuals and further details are available from the NABC website (URL: http://www.nabanding.net/nabanding/). Accepted candidates will be notified no later than 5 Sep, and are encouraged to contact an NABC Trainer (see website) to proctor the written examination portion of the certification prior to coming to BBBO For those not able to do so, however, the examination may be taken at BBBO by prior arrangement. See also the EBBA website (URL: http://www.pronetisp.net/~bpbird). ROBERT P. YUNICK (EM: anneboby@aol.com).
RAVEN 1.0 SOUND ANALYSIS SOFTWARE NOW AVAILABLE: The first public version of Raven for Windows, an interactive sound recording and analysis program developed by the Bioacoustics Research Program at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology, is now available online at http://www.birds.cornell.edu/Raven. Raven includes flexible signal displays that can show multiple simultaneous waveform, spectrogram, and spectral slice views both for saved signals and in real time during signal acquisition. Spectrograms can be displayed using any one of eight predefined color maps. Each signal window displays measurements of selected portions of a signal in a table that can easily be exported to spreadsheet or statistical programs. Signals can contain any number of channels. Configuration presets allow you to switch easily among frequently used configurations for window layouts, spectrogram parameters, and other aspects of signal display and program behavior. A free demonstration version of the program, including the comprehensive Raven User's Manual and a set of example sound files, is available at this web site, and the fully functional version can also be purchased there. Work is in progress on a version of Raven for Mac OS X. This version will offer the same functionality as Raven for Windows, and will be released this coming summer.
BIRD NEST BLOW FLY: Researchers studying nests of altricial birds may be able to expand their studies to include the bird nest blow fly (Protocalliphora, Diptera: Calliphoridae). Since I first requested bird nests from ornithologists in 1999 I have received over 5000 nests which led me to describe 3 new species of this genus. I have an article scheduled for publication in October which provides a key to the puparia of 27 North American species with known puparia (two species immatures are unknown). This key will make it possible to identify species from empty puparia in old bird nests. I have examined enough nests from nest boxes. I especially need nests that are hard to find such as those of ground nesters, warblers, flycatchers, dippers, and raptors, I will provide researchers a detailed accounting of species in their nests at no cost to them. I have the appropriate Federal Permit to study bird nests throughout the United States. For more information check my website (URL: http://www.birdblowfly.com) or e-mail me (EM: wpctwbug@aol.com). TERRY WHITWORTH, Ph.D., Entomologist.
THE ASPEN FIELD BIOLOGY LABORATORY (AFBL) is a non-profit organization dedicated to providing facilities for research and education in the biological sciences. The AFBL offers an opportunity for inspired intellectual exchange immersed in natural surroundings dominated by views of the Continental Divide and the Roaring Fork River flowing toward the historic town of Aspen. The AFBL lies in proximity to four major life zones: upper sonoran, montane, sub-alpine, and alpine, with a variety of habitats. Access to four major watersheds provides opportunities for field experiments and comparison of ecological processes. The AFBL is funded by grants and contributions. Scientists conducting research in conservation biology, earth resources, geology, geography, ecosystem sciences, applied ecology, or related disciplines are invited to send a letter of interest. An effort will be made to select a diverse assemblage from a variety of fields. Participants must provide their own salaries and benefits package. Participation is by invitation only. The AFBL will facilitate individual research, summer workshops, guest lectures, and winter conferences. Scientists who wish to take advantage of the facilities to write-up work, will also be considered. The AFBL follows a policy of non-discrimination and equal opportunity. If you are interested, please contact: MR. ROBERT LEWIS, PO Box 2190, Aspen, CO 81612.
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NEWS FROM THE ORNITHOLOGICAL COUNCIL
Provided by DAVID E. BLOCKSTEIN, Chair, and ELLEN PAUL, Executive Director, The Ornithological Council, (EM: 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.
COMMISSION ON ENVIRONMENTAL COOPERATION releases factual record on petition alleging that the U.S. fails to enforce MBTA against logging - In 1999, several environmental groups filed a petition with the Commission for Environmental Cooperation (an offshoot of the North American Free Trade Agreement) alleging that the U.S. failed to enforce the Migratory Bird Treaty Act against logging. The CEC decided in December 2000 that a "factual record" should be developed but limited that factual record to two specific instances. After an investigation, the factual record was prepared and the United States was given an opportunity to comment on its accuracy. On 24 April 2003, the CEC made the factual record public. The full factual record--134 pages in length--can be found at http://www.cec.org/files/pdf/sem/MigratoryBirds-FFR_EN.pdf. The report itself is about 60 pages, and the rest comprises the case documentation, including the responses made by the U.S. government. The factual record is strictly a report of an investigation. There is no conclusion, and even had there been a conclusion (e.g., that the U.S. is failing to enforce the MBTA), there is no enforcement or penalty mechanism. However, the report does state that with respect to the two migratory bird cases, "these examples are consistent with the federal government's record to date of never having enforced the MBTA in regard to logging operations."
OC JOINS WITH 40 OTHER GROUPS IN PROTESTING EPA PLAN to give short shrift to endangered species - The Ornithological Council has joined with The Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology, Archbold Biological Station, Raptor Research Foundation, and dozens of other organizations in signing a letter circulated by the American Bird Conservancy, protesting the Environmental Protection Agency's attempt to weaken protections for endangered and threatened species. These proposed changes would allow the EPA to grant itself exemption from Section 7 of the Endangered Species Act. Section 7 requires federal agencies to consult with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service or the National Marine Fisheries Service on agency actions or decisions that may impact ESA-listed species. The decision whether or not consultation is required is currently made by the USFWS or NMFS. The proposal would allow EPA to unilaterally make that decision. According to the ABC, EPA has failed over the past 10 years to complete a single Section 7 consultation on a pesticide it has registered or re-registered, despite repeated formal requests from the USFWS. For example, the USFWS Director Steve Williams requested consultation on the pesticide fenthion that is known to have killed an endangered species (Piping Plover) in Florida. The failure of the EPA to consult with the USFWS on fenthion led to a lawsuit by Defenders of Wildlife, ABC, and the Florida Wildlife Federation. This, and similar requests for consultation on diazinon, chlorpyrifos, and chlorfenapyr, were all ignored, ABC says..
ROUND 2: FEDERAL EMPLOYEES SERVING ON BOARDS OF OUTSIDE ORGANIZATIONS - OC Executive Director Ellen Paul met in early April with the director and general counsel for the Office of Government Ethics , the supervising office for the Executive Branch of the U.S. government, to discuss the impact of a law that prohibits federal employees from serving on the boards of corporations on federally-employed scientists. The law is actually a criminal statute that provides for waivers. While most federal agencies grant these waivers liberally, other federal agencies have not only been reluctant to grant waivers and have also issued memoranda that have the effect of dissuading employees from applying for waivers. This issue has come to the attention of the OC periodically since 1998. At that time, we addressed the issue directly with the agency that had been troublesome. Recently, our colleagues in the Wildlife Society and the Society of American Foresters have heard concerns about this situation from their members. Therefore, we have joined together to attempt to develop a strategy to resolve the problem. Federally-employed scientists who have been dissuaded from requesting waivers or who have had a request for a waiver denied should contact ELLEN PAUL at epaul@concentric.net.
OC NOMINEE TO SERVE ON FOREST SERVICE RESEARCH PANEL - The USDA Forest Service has accepted OC's nomination of ornithologist John Hagan, program director of the Manomet Bird Observatory's Forest Conservation Program, to serve on the USDA federal advisory committee on forestry research. The Forestry Research Advisory Council was established to provide advice to the Secretary of Agriculture on efficiently accomplishing the purposes of the McIntire-Stennis Act of 1962 (16 U.S.C. 582a-4, et seq.). The Council also provides advice related to the Forest Service research program, authorized by the Forest and Rangeland Resources Research Act of 1978 (Pub. L. 95-307, 92 Stat. 353, as amended; 16 U.S.C. 1600). The Council is composed of 20 voting members from the following membership categories: federal and state agencies concerned with developing and utilizing the nation's forest resources. In particular, committee membership will include representation from the National Forest System and Forest and Range Experiment Stations leaders, Forest Service; the forest industries; the forestry schools of the state-certified eligible institutions, and state agricultural experiment stations; and volunteer public groups concerned with forests and related natural resources.
POSTDOC ORGANIZATION FORMED--The National Postdoc Association, conceived of during a meeting of SCIENCE (magazine)'s postdoc network in April 2002, was launched in January with a $450,000 grant from the Alfred P.Sloan Foundation. The group will hire an executive director and will serve to represent the concerns of the 60,000 postdocs in the U.S. The organization's website can be found at (URL: http://www.nationalpostdoc.org/).
USGS COALITION - OC is an organizing member of a new coalition of scientific societies that have come together out of mutual concern about the dire funding shortage faced by the U.S. Geological Survey. The mission statement of the USGS Coalition is as follows: "The USGS Coalition is an alliance of organizations united by a commitment to the continued vitality of the unique combination of biological, hydrological, geological, and mapping programs of the U.S. Geological Survey. The USGS provides independent, high-quality data, information, research support, and assessments needed by federal, state, local and tribal policymakers, resource and emergency managers, engineers and planners, researchers and educators, and the public. The Coalition supports increased federal investment in USGS programs that underpin responsible natural resource stewardship, improve resilience to natural and human-induced hazards, and contribute to the long-term health, security, and prosperity of the nation." Led by the American Geological Institute, other organizing members include the National Council for Science and the Environment, the National Association of State Universities and Land Grant Colleges, and the American Institute of Biological Sciences. The Wildlife Society is among the two dozen organizations that have accepted an invitation to join the coalition.
OC JOINS CALL FOR STUDIES ON IMPACTS OF CAPE COD WIND FARMS - In comments to the Army Corps of Engineers regarding the environmental impact studies that should be conducted prior to the development of a 130-tower wind farm in Nantucket Sound, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has stated that it is absolutely necessary to extensively utilize remote sensing (radar and acoustic) to identify the spatial and temporal uses of the habitat by birds. The agency also stated that from a scientific and regulatory perspective, the preferred study plan would consist of three years of avian field studies using a combination of radar (horizontal and vertical), acoustic detection, direct field sampling and visual observation by boat, barge and aircraft. The Army Corps has not required that the applicant follow these and other recommendations of federal and state agencies with expertise and management authority for wildlife. OC has joined with a number of other organizations in calling on the Army Corps to adhere to the research plans recommended by the USFWS and other agencies for this and for any future wind or wave energy projects.
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HELP US FIND COLOR-BANDED CASPIAN TERNS: Adult and juvenile Caspian terns have been banded at several tern colonies throughout the Pacific Northwest in order to measure survival, post-breeding dispersal, and movements among colonies. Each tern was banded with a federal numbered metal leg band and a unique combination of colored leg bands that allows for the identification of individual terns at a distance (i.e., at roosts or on colonies). A web site was developed to allow observers an easy way to report resightings of color-banded Caspian terns and immediately view the banding location and resighting history of a reported bird. These terns are part of the Pacific Coast/Western subpopulation and may be seen along the Pacific Coasts of South, Central, and North America, or at interior sites in the west. For more information or to report a resighting of a color-banded Caspian tern, please go to http://www.columbiabirdresearch.org.
LOOKING FOR BEACHED BIRD SURVEY DATA: In the 70's, a Malcolm Simons recruited volunteers to conduct beached bird surveys up and down the Atlantic coast. Some of his findings were published in American Birds, Fall 1985. Malcolm Simons has since died, but we are interested in locating his raw data for comparison to data from current surveys. At Tufts Center for Conservation Medicine we are starting volunteer monitoring of beaches for bird mortality, a project called the Seabird Ecological Assessment Network (SEANET). If you have any relevant information, please contact BECKY HARRIS (EM: becky.harris@tufts.edu, PH: 508- 887-4933, FX: 508-839-7930), Wildlife Medicine Building, Tufts University School of Veterinary Medicine, 200 Westboro Rd., North Grafton, MA 01536.
REQUEST FOR INFORMATION: NORTHERN SPOTTED OWL AND MARBLED MURRELET: The USFSW has agreed to complete a 5-year review of the Northern Spotted Owl and Marbled Murrelet(under section 4(c)(2)(A) of the Endangered Species Act) by December 31, 2003, during settlement negotiations of two lawsuits, "Western Council of Industrial Workers v. Secretary of the Interior," Civil No. 02-6100-AA (D.Or.) and "American Forest Resource Council v. Secretary of the Interior" Civil No. 02-6087-AA(D.Or.). The settlement agreements for these two lawsuits are currently pending consideration by the District Court in Oregon. A 5-year review is an assessment of a species status examined in light of any new biological information available since its original listing, and will be based on the best scientific and commercial data available at the time of this review. The review will assess: (a) whether new information suggests that the species' population is increasing, declining, or stable,; (b) whether existing threats are increasing, the same, reduced, or eliminated; (c) if there are any new threats; and (d) if new information or analysis calls into question any of the conclusions in the original listing determination as to the species' status. The review will also apply this new information to consideration of the appropriate application of the Policy Regarding the Recognition of Distinct Vertebrate Population Segments (61 Federal Register 4722) to the Marbled Murrelet. We request your assistance in this effort by providing any new information that you may have on the Marbled Murrelet and/or Northern Spotted Owl since their original listing in 1992 and 1990, respectively. Specifically, we request any new information, analysis, or reports for either species that summarize and interpret: population status and threats, demographic or population trends; genetics and competition; dispersal and habitat use; habitat condition or amount; and adequacy of existing regulatory mechanisms, management, and conservation planning. We are requesting this information for all applicable land ownerships within the range of both species. The information submitted should be supported by documentation such as maps, bibliographic references, methods used to gather and analyze the data, and/or copies of any pertinent publications, reports, or letters by knowledgeable sources. We will consider all information submitted, however, raw data that has not been analyzed or summarized may have limited usefulness in the review process. We realize that some parties may have extensive amounts of information pertinent to these reviews, so we request that, if appropriate, you provide a contact name (and phone number or email address) so that we may be able to discuss the information as appropriate or needed during these reviews. To allow us adequate time to conduct this review within the time frame of the agreement, we request that you submit any information by 20 Jun 2003 to insure that your information contributes to our review. Please send your response to: Field Office Supervisor, Attention Owl and Murrelet 5-year Review, Oregon Fish and Wildlife Office, 2600 SE 98th Ave., Suite 100, Portland, OR 97266. Information regarding the Northern Spotted Owl may be sent electronically to owl_information@r1.fws.gov); and for the Marbled Murrelet to murrelet_information@r1.fws.gov. If you have any questions regarding this request, contact LEE FOLLIARD concerning Marbled Murrelets or ROBIN BOWN for Northern Spotted Owls at the above address, or at 503-231-6179.
REQUEST FOR ASSISTANCE - SANDHILL CRANES, Please keep your eyes on the legs of sandhill cranes throughout Wisconsin, and also possibly Eastern Minnesota, Northern Illinois, or Northeastern Iowa during spring, summer, and fall. These cranes were banded as part of a long term study by the International Crane Foundation in south-central Wisconsin near the town of Briggsville. We are hoping to gain more information on breeding dispersal of cranes that were banded as juveniles. Each crane has a three-inch band in green, blue, or yellow on one leg above the hock joint. These bands are engraved with a unique three-digit number. On the opposite leg, is a combination of one-inch color bands. There is also a silver U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service band either in the combination of one-inch color bands, or down on the toes. For a picture of the different banding schemes of all sandhill crane banding projects in the eastern half of the United States, please visit the International Crane Foundation's website (URL: http://www.savingcranes.org/getinvolved/Banded_index_page.asp). It is important to record as accurately as possible the exact sequence of color bands on each leg, which leg holds the three-inch band, and which leg holds the one-inch color bands. Send observations with as much information as possible, along with your contact information, to: JEB BARZEN, International Crane Foundation, P. O. Box 447, Baraboo, WI 53913-0447, (EM: jeb@savingcranes.org) or MATT HAYES, International Crane Foundation, P. O. Box 447, Baraboo, WI 53913-0447, (EM: matt@savingcranes.org). Thank you.
INFORMATION NEEDED ON CERULEAN WARBLERS SOUTH OF THE UNITED STATES BORDER--Cerulean Warbler (Dendroica cerulea) populations have declined substantially in the past 35 years. Stimulated in part by consideration of listing the Cerulean Warbler as threatened in the United States under the Endangered Species Act, a group of ornithologists from South and North America has begun exploring the possibility that the population size of this species may be partially or largely limited by conditions in its wintering range or during migration. This consideration will hopefully lead to conservation measures beneficial to the Cerulean Warbler and the many other species with which it shares habitat in South and Central America. El Grupo Cerúleo, the Cerulean Warbler Conservation Initiative, is a large and diverse group, including representatives from the five northern Andean nations, Canada, various international non-governmental organizations, the academic community, the forest products industry, and federal and state agencies in the United States. We are reasonably confident that we have reviewed existing specimen data and published information on wintering records from the northern Andes and in transit records from South and Central America, Mexico, and the Caribbean. Convinced that unpublished observations can significantly increase our understanding of the non-breeding distribution of this bird, and thus opportunities to undertake conservation measures, we request interested people to send us details on Cerulean Warbler sightings outside of the United States and Canada. Please include the following information for each observation: observer, date, precise locality (country, province, and as much detailed information on locality as possible, including lat-long coordinates if known), elevation, time of day, conditions or quality of observation, number of Cerulean Warblers observed (with age and sex if possible), habitat description, and any other potentially useful comments (nature of flocks and associated species with which the Cerulean Warblers co-occur, etc.). Please submit your records to: PAUL HAMEL, Center for Bottomland Hardwoods Research, P.O. Box 227, 432 Stoneville Road, Stoneville, MS 38776 USA (PH: 662-686-3167; FX: 662-686-3195; EM: phamel@fs.fed.us).
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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://birds.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 .
The SEA DUCK JOINT VENTURE (SDJV) is a partnership-based conservation program under the North American Waterfowl Management Plan that promotes the conservation of sea ducks by providing greater knowledge for effective management. The SDJV currently has a limited amount of USFWS seed money for projects/studies that advance our understanding of sea duck biology and ecology and is seeking proposals from interested parties. Proposal guidelines and format are available on our web site (URL: http://seaduckjv.org). Submitters are encouraged to peruse the SDJV web site to learn more about the SDJV, its priorities, and examples of studies it has, or is currently, supporting. Proposals are due 1 Oct 2003.
SANDPIPER TECHNOLOGIES ISSUED EQUIPMENT GRANTS to students from the U.S. and Canadian for use in the spring/summer 2003 field season. Grants that involved avian research are given below. TreeTop Peeper Elevated Nest Surveillance Systems were awarded to the following students: Elizabeth DeVries, Eckerd College, "Assessing the success of replacing fallen Least Tern chicks back onto rooftop nesting areas" and to Kirk Roth, Ball State University, "Cerulean Warbler breeding biology." A Burrow Video Probe was awarded to: Mazeika S.P. Sullivan, University of Vermont, "Links between the biological integrity and geomorphic condition of rivers and streams: The Belted Kingfisher (Megaceryle alycon) and aquatic community composition." Sentinel Time-lapse Surveillance Systems were awarded to: Jeanne Hammond, Humboldt State University, "Identification of nest predators at the Cosumnes River Preserve," Sunny Scobell, University of Oklahoma, "Hormonal mediation of female aggression in a sex-role reversed species," and Anne Duncan, University of Western Ontario, "How does food availability affect nest predation?" Sandpiper Technologies has loaned its rental fleet to U.S. and Canadian university students since 1998 and recently added the AquaPeep Underwater Surveillance System to the roster of available equipment. 1 Dec is the deadline for applying for the Equipment Grant Program for the spring/summer field season. Students applying for grants during the off-season can apply at any time. For more information about this program go to: http://sandpipertech.com
NORTH STAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, LLC announces AWARD WINNERS--North Science and Technology, LLC and American Bird Conservancy are pleased to announce the awards from the first Annual North Star Science and Technology Grant Program. The grant program was established in the spirit of giving back to the science community that has made North Star's first few years of operation so successful. American Bird Conservancy handles program publicity and administration, including the proposal review process. Three satellite PTTs are being awarded to each of the following two projects: "Foraging Ecology of Pink-footed Shearwaters (Puffinus creatopus) Breeding on the Juan Fernandez Islands, Chile" (Peter Hodum, California State University at Long Beach; and Michelle Wainstein, University of Washington and Wildlife Conservation Society, principal investigators) and "Blue-eyed Shags and Productivity: Linking Foraging Patterns and Reproductive Success with Remotely-Sensed Oceanographic Data" (P. Dee Boersma and Amy Van Buren, University of Washington, principal investigators). As a condition of receipt of the awards, the researchers have agreed that their data will be available for use in an educational program entitled, "Eye of the Falcon," which uses satellite tracking data to teach young people about bird migration and conservation. For information on North Star Science and Technology, LLC, including information on the grant program, see http://www.northstarst.com or contact GEORGE E. WALLACE (PH: 540-253-5780; EM: gwallace@abcbirds.org). For information on the "Eye of the Falcon" program, visit Earthspan's web site at http://www.earthspan.org/Education.htm. For information on American Bird Conservancy and its programs, see http://www.abcbirds.org. North Star and American Bird Conservancy expect to announce the 2004 award program later in summer 2003.
2001 PIF AWARDS: Individual Awards: Stewardship - ROBERT ALTMAN, American Bird Conservancy, Washington. Bob was responsible for authoring or co-authoring 5 Bird Conservation Plans that cover all landbird habitats in Oregon and Washington. Recommendations in these plans are shaping research and land management priorities within several State and Federal agencies, and on private lands. He has also been instrumental in promoting and implementing grassland conservation techniques for private landowners and oak woodland restoration stretching from Oregon to British Columbia. Stewardship - WALKER GOLDER, Audubon North Carolina Coastal Office. As manager of Audubon's North Carolina Coastal Island Sanctuaries, Walker has been instrumental in protecting key habitats for nesting colonial waterbirds. He is also the state coordinator of the Important Bird Areas program in North Carolina, which now has 90 IBA's located in all habitats across the state. Leadership - CHRIS EBERLY, Department of Defense PIF Program Manager, Virginia. Chris was responsible for greatly expanding the role and participation of the DoD in the PIF initiative. Chris works extensively with natural resources managers to integrate bird conservation plan information into installation land-management planning, is webmaster for the PIF web site, helped create the NABCI web site, is the current Chair of the PIF Federal Agency Committee and Vice Chair of the PIF Northeast Working Group. Investigations - DR. RICHARD FISCHER, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Research and Development Center, Mississippi. Rich received the PIF Investigations Award for his work on conducting avian inventory, monitoring, and management projects on numerous military installations around the country. As the Corps of Engineers national representative to Partners in Flight, Dr. Fischer has been instrumental in working with Corps Districts and the military to improve avian habitats on DoD lands. Public Awareness - DR. JOHN SAUER, USGS Patuxent Wildlife Research Center, Maryland. John's instrumental efforts made trend, map, and summary data from the Breeding Bird Survey database available to a broad audience on the World Wide Web. John has also contributed significantly to developing appropriate analysis procedures for BBS data, and for using these data for novel research investigations. Group Awards: Public Awareness - ROCKY MOUNTAIN BIRD OBSERVATORY. The RMBO administers the Prairie Partners program that includes monitoring prairie birds, outreach with private landowners to increase public awareness of the importance of prairie habitat, and providing incentives to landowners interested in habitat improvement projects on their lands. The RMBO has also formed several partnerships with government agencies and non- governmental organizations primarily for monitoring and outreach. Stewardship - FORT RILEY, KANSAS, DIRECTORATE OF ENVIRONMENT AND SAFETY received the Stewardship Award for their Threatened and Endangered Species Management Program. The installation, which has been designated an Important Bird Area, conducts extensive inventory and monitoring programs for a variety of groups of birds, and implements an extensive prescribed burning program (25,000 acres of grassland annually on a rotational basis) specifically for priority species such as Greater Prairie-Chickens, Upland Sandpipers, Grasshopper Sparrows, Dickcissels and Henslow's Sparrows. Investigations - FORT HOOD, TEXAS, NATURAL RESOURCES MANAGEMENT BRANCH. Fort Hood, which is a Globally Important Bird Area, has extensively studied population trends and productivity of Golden-Cheeked Warblers and the Black-Capped Vireos, to maintain and enhance populations and habitats while maintaining military mission readiness. The Fort also has conducted extensive research on the influence of Brown-Headed Cowbirds on warbler and vireo nest success, subsequently implemented a successful control program to reduce such parasitism, and partnered with biologists in Guatemala to enhance overall knowledge of the year-round life history requirements of the Golden-Cheeked Warbler. Special Achievement Award DR. ALLEN FARRIS--In the years just prior to his retirement, Al Farris chaired the International Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies Partners in Flight Working Group. In that capacity, Al helped communicate PIF goals and objectives to other IAFWA committees and partners able to play a role in advancing PIF goals and objectives. Al also provided a great deal of encouragement to PIF Regional Coordinator's as they worked to develop a full set of PIF Bird Conservation Plans that address the needs of landbirds across the United States and beyond. Al's own agency, Iowa DNR, was the first in the Midwest to act to acquire land specifically to serve as a core area for a grassland Bird Conservation Area, and was the first to invite a PIF Regional Coordinator to talk with DNR managers and other staff about how their conservation areas could better serve the needs of landbirds. The success of that effort inspired Al to work with IAFWA staff to acquire a grant that would fund other workshops of this sort across the United States.
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FOR SALE: Studer's Popular Ornithology - The Birds of North America (1881), in Very Good to Excellent condition - all 119 plates. It appears that this copy was never used, and it is from the personal library of Edward Thomas, a well known Ohio Naturalist. If you are interested please contact me for more information on the selling price, book condition, etc. JOHN VEVERKA, (PH: 517-651-5441, EM: jvainterp@aol.com).
FOR DONATION: The family of the late Eirik A. T. Blom (Co-Chief Consultant: National Geographic Society Field Guide to the Birds of North America; Project Coordinator: Atlas of the Breeding Birds of Maryland and the District of Columbia; Editor: Birding, American Birds, Bird Watcher's Digest) is seeking to donate Rick's REFERENCE JOURNAL ARTICLE LIBRARY to an interested educational or research facility. The collection is current and covers at least the last twenty-five years. It runs the gamut from scientific journals (Auk, Condor, Waterbirds, Wilson Bulletin, etc.) to foreign journals (Alula, British Birds, etc.) to various state and local publications. The articles cover a wide range of topics including identification, subspecies and races, distribution, behavior, etc. There are seven file cabinets of articles that are filed by bird family, as well as a few boxes that still needed to be filed. There would be no charge for the collection but they would need to be picked up in Baltimore, Maryland. For further information, contact GENE SCARPULLA (EM: ejscarp@comcast.net, PH: 410-388-0852 after 7PM ET).
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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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The ANIMAL BEHAVIOR SOCIETY's 40th annual meeting will be held 19-23 Jul 2003 at Boise State University, in Boise, Idaho. We have an exciting schedule planned, including a keynote address by Ken Dial, a special talk by Richard Alexander winner of the ABS Distinguished Animal Behaviorist Award and an ABS Fellows lecture by Peter Narins. Planned symposia include "The neuroethology of decision making," among others. For further information see http://www.animalbehavior.org/ABS/Program, or contact the local hosts JIM BELTHOFF (EM: jbeltho@boisestate.edu) and AL DUFTY (EM: adufty@boisestate.edu).
HUMCONFERENCE 2003, the 5th biennial Hummingbird Research Group conference, will be held 30 Jul - 2 Aug 2003 at the Audubon California Kern River Preserve in Weldon, CA. There will be banding sessions, workshops, demonstrations, and paper sessions. For more information contact DONALD MITCHELL (EM: dmitchel@pressenter.com; PH: 715-381-9685)
LIMNOLOGY AND WATERBIRDS CONFERENCE The 4th Conference of the Working Group on Aquatic Birds of the International Society of Limnology (SIL) "Limnology and Waterbirds 2003" will be held in Sackville, New Brunswick, Canada, 4-9 Aug 2003. You will find the Preliminary Announcement and the return form of Expression of Interest at: http://www.links.umoncton.ca/lw/. Please return the completed form to receive further notices. (If you previously received this notice, please note that the web address changed from the earlier notice.) The Proceedings will be published in the journal Hydrobiologia as well as a separate volume published in the "Advancements in Hydrobiology" series of Kluwer Publishers, [similar to that of an earlier symposium: "Aquatic Birds in the Trophic Web of Lakes" (Dev. in Hydrobiology 1994, vol. 96, 524p. or Hydrobiologia, 1994, vol. 279/280)]. The Proceedings of the 2nd Conference of the SIL Aquatic Birds Working Group, held in Mérida, México, November 1997, are available. The Table of Contents of the Proceedings and other information are listed at: http://www.ramsar.org/w.n.book_limnology.htm. One other matter: you may find the web page of the Diver/Loon Specialist Group of Wetlands International at: http://www.briloon.org/diver.htm. For additional information, please contact: DR. AL HANSON, Wetlands and Waterfowl Ecologist, Canadian Wildlife Service, 17 Waterfowl Lane, Sackville, N.B. E4L 1G6 (PH: 506-364-5061, EM: al.hanson@ec.gc.ca).
AMERICAN ORNITHOLOGISTS' UNION 121st Stated Meeting will be held at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 5-9 Aug 2003. For Information on local arrangements contact ELAINE WOLFE, Conferences and Institutes, 202 Presidential Tower, 302 East John St., Champaign, IL 61820; (PH: 217-333-2880; FX: 217-333-9561; EM: aoumeeting@ad.uiuc.edu). For information on the Scientific Program contact PETER E. LOWTHER, The Field Museum, 1400 South Lake Shore Dr, Chicago, IL 60605-2496, (PH: 312-665-7953; EM: lowther@mail.fmnh.org). Circular of Information will be distributed to members in March 2003. Webpage for meeting is: http://www.conted.uiuc.edu/aou.
*INLAND BIRD BANDING ASSOCIATION 2003 ANNUAL MEETING in Southern Illinois-- The Inland Bird Banding Association Annual Meeting will take place 15-17 Aug 2003 at the Touch of Nature Environmental Center on the campus of Southern Illinois University, in the midst of the Shawnee National Forest, an area having both northern and southern species of flora and fauna and a variety of habitats including oak/hickory forests, cypress swamps, and the floodplains of both the Mississippi and Ohio Rivers. Conference activities will include banding sessions of both passerines and hummingbirds, afternoon paper sessions, evening programs, and a banquet. Housing and meals for the conference will be provided at Touch of Nature, which has both hotel and dormitory accommodations. Motels are available in Carbondale, camping is available at Giant City State Park, and several bed and breakfast facilities are nearby. Abstracts can be submitted for paper sessions on topics related to bird banding and its usefulness in the advancement of our understanding of birds, and demonstrations of new or improved techniques developed for bird banding. Along with topics, abstracts should list the title, the name(s) of the presenter(s), address, and list of AV equipment required. Please send by 15 Jun via email to Kleen@QuixNet.net or hutche@siu.edu. Please check for registration information on the IBBA web site (URL: http://aves.net/inlandbba/ibbamain.htm).
*INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY FOR ANTHROZOOLOGY ANNUAL MEETING--The 12th annual meeting of ISAZ will take place at the new conference center of the Kent State University Stark Campus, Canton OH, 15-16 Aug 2003. ISAZ is a multi-disciplinary scholarly society focusing on the study of the human/nonhuman animal bond. The theme will be "The Social Lives of Animals: Human/Nonhuman Cognition, Interactions, Relationships". Both theme and non-theme presentations and posters will be featured. The Call for Papers has passed, but details about the conference, registration forms, and information about the area can be found at the Society website (URL: http://www.vetmed.ucdavis.edu/CCAB/ISAZ.htm). Nature in Legend and Story will be meeting just prior to ISAZ, at the same facility, on 13-14 Aug. Information about that conference can be found at (URL: http://www2.h-net.msu.edu/~nilas/). For further information about either conference, please contact PENNY BERNSTEIN, Kent State University Stark, 6000 Frank Avenue, Canton, OH 44720 (EM: pbernstein@stark.kent.edu) or visit the website.
*The SOCIETY OF CANADIAN ORNITHOLOGISTS/SOCIÉTÉ DES ORNITHOLOGISTES DU CANADA 2003 ANNUAL MEETING will be held 16-19 Oct 2003 at the Delta Bessborough Hotel, in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. The meeting theme is 'Conservation and Ecology of Canadian Birds'. Planned symposia include 'conservation and ecology of prairie birds', 'conservation and ecology of boreal forest birds', and 'current topics in bird conservation' (including hemispheric bird conservation, West Nile Disease, climate change, and pesticides). The meeting is timed to coincide with Whooping Crane migration, as well as migration of Sandhill Cranes and waterfowl. Members and other ornithologists are invited to contribute to the scientific sessions. Deadline for receipt of an abstract for poster or oral presentation is 1 Aug 2003. The registration form and further information can be found in the latest issue of Picoides, and the SCO/SOC website: http://www.nmnh.si.edu/BIRDNET/SocCanOrn/index.html or contact CHERI GRATTO-TREVOR, Canadian Wildlife Service, Environment Canada, 115 Perimeter Road, Saskatoon, SK S7N 0X4 Canada (EM: cheri.gratto-trevor@ec.gc.ca).
*RAPTOR RESEARCH FOUNDATION 2003. Come North to Alaska as the raptors head south! The Raptor Research Foundation 2003 annual meeting will be held 3-7 Sep 2003 at the Hilton Hotel in Anchorage, Alaska. This year's conference is hosted by the Alaska Bird Observatory. Abstracts for oral and poster presentations on any aspect of raptor biology, ecology, conservation, or management are welcome. Deadline for presentation abstracts is 1 Jun 2003. Details and instructions will be posted at http://www.alaskabird.org as they become available. Three asynchronous field trips are planned around the conference: a one-day Kenai Fjords National Park wildlife tour, a day of raptor migration viewing in the Matanuska Valley, and a three-day tour of Denali National Park. Space on these trips is limited, so register early! Watch the conference web site for updates. For information regarding the conference, contact NANCY DEWITT, Alaska Bird Observatory, P.O. Box 80505, Fairbanks, AK 99708 (PH: 907-451-7159; EM: birds@alaskabird.org).
*AN ALL-DAY INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM on the Ecology and Management of Northern Goshawks will be held in conjunction with The Raptor Research Foundation 2003 annual meeting. The goal of the symposium is to assemble researchers and managers from around the world for an exchange of information with which to assess the current state of knowledge on northern goshawks. Topics of special interest are 1) population ecology and demographics, 2) linkages between habitat and demographic performance; and 3) landscape level management, but submissions dealing with any aspect of northern goshawk ecology and management will be considered. For information regarding the goshawk symposium, contact DR. CLINT BOAL, Texas Cooperative Fish & Wildlife Research Unit, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX 79409-2120 (EM: clint.boal@ttu.edu).
WORKSHOP--The Centre for Research into Ecological and Environmental Modelling (CREEM) is hosting Introductory and Advanced Distance workshops (10-17 Sep 2003). The aim of these workshops is to train participants in the latest methods for design and analysis of distance sampling surveys, including line and point transects, automated survey designs, adaptive sampling, incorporating covariates into the detection function, methods for where g(0) <1, and spatial modeling of density. Participants will also learn to use the Distance software program. Further information and forms can be found on http://www.ruwpa.st-and.ac.uk/workshop2002/workshoppage.php or contact CATHERINE BROWN, CREEM, University of St Andrews, The Observatory, Buchanan Gardens, St Andrews, Fife, KY16 9LZ, Scotland (PH: +44 1334 461829, FX: +44 1334 461800, EM: cathy@mcs.st-and.ac.uk).
2003 MEETING OF THE WATERBIRD SOCIETY will be held 24-27 Sep in Cuiabá, Brazil, the capital of the state of Mato Grosso. This is in the area of the famous Pantanal, the largest freshwater wetland in the world, home to over 700 species of birds. The scientific program will consist of symposia, contributed papers and posters. If you would like to sponsor a symposium please contact BETTY ANNE SCHREIBER (EM: SchreiberE@aol.com). Further details on submitting contributed papers and posters will be on the society web site, accessible through BIRDNET on the web. For travel: direct flights are available to Cuiabá from S o Paulo or Rio de Janeiro International Airports and costs US$100 - 120. Flights to Cuiabá from most major cities in the USA average between US$650-US$1000. The Hotel Fazenda Mato Grosso offers inexpensive, comfortable rooms right next to the meeting conference center (US$23/ person, double occupancy). Additional, more luxurious, accommodations are available at the Best Western Hotel (US$26/person, double occupancy) which is located in the center of Cuiabá, approximately 6 km from the Conference Center. Transport between the two hotels will be provided. Field trips will be offered before and after the meeting. For further information on the location see the website. Registration information will be posted on the web after 1 Mar 2003.
*THE VIITH NEOTROPICAL ORNITHOLOGICAL CONGRESS will take place in Chile's Puyehue National Park, 5-11 Oct 2003. The Congress is sponsored jointly by the Neotropical Ornithological Society (NOS) and the Unión de Ornitólogos de Chile (UNORCH). The scientific program will include plenary lectures, concurrent symposia sessions, oral papers, poster sessions, and round-table discussions. English and Spanish will be the working languages of the Congress. Members as well as non-members of the NOS and UNORCH are encouraged to plan on attending this 2003 quadrennial meeting in Chile. The site and the accommodations are beautiful, comfortable, and only steps away from excellent nature trails through the park. An exciting scientific program is planned. Visit the Puyehue National Park web site (URL: http://www.gochile.cl/eng/Guide/ChileNationalParks/Puyehue/Puyehue-1.asp) for information on the region, but do not attempt to use this site for reserving accommodation. CALL FOR PAPERS AND MEETING INFORMATION SOURCES: The deadline for proposals for Symposia, Workshops, and Round-tables has been extended to 30 Jun 2003. A rolling acceptance system is in use. The Scientific Program Committee will notify submitters of acceptance or rejection shortly after receipt of each abstract or proposal. This system will allow submitters to begin seeking funding immediately. Submitters are encouraged to submit proposals as early as possible. If all time slots for oral presentations are filled, late submissions may have to be presented as posters. To be sure of getting a time slot for an oral presentation, be sure to submit as early as possible. Submit the proposals and abstracts through the Congress website (URL: http://www.nocchile.cl - the website is available in both English and Spanish). Details about the Scientific Program and Instructions to Authors (for Plenary and Symposia talks) also can be found on the website The Proceedings of the VIIth Neotropical Ornithological Congress will be published after the congress as a special issue or supplement of Ornitologia Neotropical. This publication will be peer-reviewed and edited and will include the full texts of the plenary lectures and of the symposia papers, and abstracts of the contributed papers. A variety of pre- and post-Congress tours throughout Chile will be offered. The Congress web page (URL: http://www.nocchile.cl) should be used for registration, accommodation, student travel awards, travel, and tour information. Membership in the NOS is inexpensive and open to all with interests in the study of Neotropical resident and wintering migratory birds. See the NOS web page for more information (URL: http://www.neotropicalornithology.org).
The EURING 2003 CONFERENCE will be held 6-11 Oct 2003, at the Radolfzell Ornithological Institute (Germany). Details on EURING 2003 can be found at http://www.phidot.org/euring/main_ie.html.
THIRD NORTH AMERICAN DUCK SYMPOSIUM--Please mark your calendars for the Third North American Duck Symposium to be held in Sacramento California (5-9 Nov 2003). Continuing in the tradition of the 1st North American Duck Symposium, held in Baton Rouge, Louisiana in 1997, and the 2nd Symposium held in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan in 2000, the conference program will include invited plenary papers by internationally recognized speakers, contributed oral and poster paper session and evening workshops. Our goal is to provide a forum for managers, researchers, students and other concerned individuals to share their concerns, ideas and solutions to the issues facing North American ducks in the new century. Plan on visiting one of North America's premier wintering waterfowl areas and enjoying our pleasant fall weather! More information can be found at our website (URL: http://www.ducksymp3.com). Important dates are: Abstract deadline: 1 May 2003. Early Bird Registration: 30 Jun 2003. Special hotel rates: 5 Oct 2003. The Conference: 5-9 Nov 2003.
3RD INTERNATIONAL WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT CONGRESS (1-5 Dec 2003) "Ki te raki ki te tonga - Ki uta ki tai (From North to South - From Mountains to Sea); Christchurch, New Zealand; hosted by Manaaki Whenua/Landcare Research (New Zealand), the Wildlife Society (USA), Australasian Wildlife Management Society, Ngai Tahu (Maori tribe of New Zealand's South Island), and the New Zealand Department of Conservation/Te Papa Atawhai. For information, please contact: 3rd IWMC, Conference Office, Centre for Continuing Education, University of Canterbury, Private Bag 4800, Christchurch, New Zealand (EM: wildlife@cont.canterbury.ac.nz, PH: 64 3 364 2915, FX: 64 3 354 2057, URL: http://www.conference.canterbury.ac.nz/wildlife2003).
*THE XIXTH INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS OF ZOOLOGY, 23-27 Aug 2004, Beijing, China. Sponsored by The National Natural Science Foundation of China, The Chinese Academy of Sciences, and The State Forestry Administration. Student prizes: The scientific committee will award 10 students with "Best Oral" or "Best Poster" presentations. The official language: during the congress will be English. The scientific program will include plenary sessions, symposia, workshops, special-interest group meetings, as well as contributed papers and poster sessions. The program will probably be divided into the following sections: (A) Palaeontology; (B) Systematics and Evolution; (C) Zoogeography; (D) Morphology and Anatomy; (E) Animal Behaviour; (F) Animal Ecology; (G) Conservation Biology; (H) Physiology; (I) Health and Diseases; (J) Comparative Immunology; (K) Reproduction, Development and Genetics; (L) Environmental Impact Assessment; (M) Bioethics (N) Laboratory Animal; (O) Zoological Teaching and Education; (P) The Fate of National Zoos; (Q) Philosophy of Zoology; (R) Veterinary Medicine. A proceedings volume of mini-papers (2 A4 pages for each paper briefly covering introduction, method, result and discussion) is planned. The Acta Zoologica Sinica will publish some selective full papers. For further information and to register on-line visit the home page (URL: http://www.icz.ioz.ac.cn). For additional assistance, email icz2004@panda.ioz.ac.cn.
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JASON A. MOBLEY, a member of the AOU, COS, WOS, SFO, and NOS since 1995, recently finished his Ph.D. degree in the Department of Integrative Biology and Museum of Vertebrate Zoology at the University of California, Berkeley. He has been serving as Research Associate and Instructor for the Home Study Course in Bird Biology at the Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology since January of 2003. His new contact information is Cornell Lab of Ornithology, 159 Sapsucker Woods Road, Ithaca, NY 14850. PH: 607-254-2121, FX: 607-254-2415, EM: jam276@cornell.edu.
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THE FLOCK, the 2001 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 (PH: 913-843-1221; FX: 913-843-1274; EM: osna@allenpress.com ). To alert your colleagues of your new address information contact theOrnithological Newsletter Editor, CHERYL L. TRINE (address below). Additional copies ofThe Flock can be purchased from the OSNA Business Office.
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DONEY, GREGG. EM: gdoney@cybertrails.com
EWERT, DAVID, 101 East Grand River, Lansing, MI 48906. PH: 517-316-2256, FX: 517- 316-9886, EM: dewert@tnc.org
PATTEN, MICHAEL A., Director of Research, Sutton Avian Research Center, University of Oklahoma, P. O. Box 2007, Bartlesville, Oklahoma 74005. PH: 918-336-2473, EM: mpatten@sdnhm.org.
RAMOS, MARIO A. EM: MRamos@theGEF.org
DAVIS, STEPHEN, Wildlife Biologist, Environment Canada, Northern & Prairie Region, Canadian Wildlife Service, 2365 Albert St. Rm. 300, Regina, SK. S4P 4K1. PH: 306-780-5342, FX: 306-780-7614, EM: stephen.davis@ec.gc.ca.
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