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NUMBER 156, OCTOBER 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
OSNA WELCOMES JOYCE LANCASTER as the new Executive Director of OSNA. Joyce is located in the OSNA
Business Office in Lawrence, KS and can be reached at osna@allenpress.com. OSNA extends our thanks for the dedicated
service Tammy Reasoner provided during her four years as Association Manager and Executive Director of OSNA.
ADDITION AND CORRECTION FOR COOPER ORNITHOLOGICAL SOCIETY 2003 MEETING REPORT-- The Society's 2002-2003 Painton Award was presented to Charles R. Brown and Mary Bomberger Brown for their paper entitled "Fitness Components Associated with Laying Date in the Cliff Swallow," published in 1999 in Condor 101:230-245. The Painton Award, which includes a cash prize of $1,000, is awarded every other year and honors the author(s) of the best paper published in The Condor during the previous 4 years. The 2003 Grinnell Student Research Awards were presented to three students to support their graduate research projects. First place went to SARAH HUBER, University of Massachusetts - Amherst, "Performance trade-offs in the flight song displays of Melospiza melodia." Second place winners were JENNIFER LONG, University of Maine - Orono, "Hormonal and cellular mechanisms of increased lipid synthesis during migratory fattening in the dark-eyed junco," and BONNIE GULAS, University of Chicago, "A phylogenetic review of the Pelecaniformes."
KATMA AWARD. The Cooper Ornithological Society is pleased to announce a major new award to be known as the Katma Award, proposed and sponsored by Dr. Robert W. Storer. This award is intended to encourage the formulation of new ideas that could change the course of thinking about the biology of birds. It will be given to the author(s) of an outstanding paper published in The Condor or Studies in Avian Biology that offers unconventional ideas or innovative approaches, backed by a well-reasoned argument. The Katma Award will be given only when it is merited, no more than once a year. A 3-person Selection Committee will annually review all papers published by the COS in the previous year, but may decide that none deserve the award that year. The award will be approximately $2500 plus a suitable certificate and will be given at the COS annual meeting. In addition, Katma funds may be used for activities that are consistent with the award, such as plenary lectures, symposia, and support of publication. Since the award is intended to stimulate new thinking, it will be given only to papers published subsequent to this announcement. A full explanation of the Katma Award will be published in a forthcoming issue of The Condor.
THE AMERICAN ORNITHOLOGISTS' UNION held its 121st Stated Meeting at the University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana, IL, 6-9 Aug, 2003. AOU Officers elected or re-elected were President: FRED COOKE, President-Elect: JAMES A. KUSHLAN, Vice-President: RICHARD T. HOLMES, Secretary: M. ROSS LEIN, Treasurer: JEFFREY D. BRAWN. Newly-elected Councilors were PETER P. MARRA, KATHY MARTIN and PATRICIA G. PARKER. The Fellows elected one new Honorary Fellow: SOEKARJA SOMADIKARTA (Indonesia), and three new Corresponding Fellows: CARLOS BOSQUE (Venezuela), FABIAN M. JAKSIC (Chile) and MANUEL NORES (Argentina). Newly-elected Fellows are: LOUIS B. BEST, JOHN G. BLAKE, BONNIE S. BOWEN, JANIS L. DICKINSON, GEOFFREY E. HILL, DAVID B. LANK, BETTE A. LOISELLE, MICHAEL T. MURPHY, and JAMES S. SEDINGER. New Elective Members are: ALEXANDER BADYAEV, ERIN M. BAYNE, ALAN E. BURGER, DIRK E. BURHANS, RUSSELL D. DAWSON, JOHN P. DUMBACHER, FREDERICH R. GEHLBACH, MICHEL GOSSELIN, MARK E. HAUBER, MATTHIAS LEU, KEVIN G. MCCRACKEN, SCOTT R. MCWILLIAMS, BRIAN D. PEER, MARCO RESTANI, RICHARD T. REYNOLDS, W. DOUGLAS ROBINSON, KATHRYN E. SIEVING, DAVID L. SWANSON, JORGE H. VEGA RIVERA, MARC-ANDRÉ VILLARD, BRET M. WHITNEY, and TONY D. WILLIAMS.
The Council re-elected KIMBERLY G. SMITH as Editor of The Auk, and JOHN R. FAABORG as Editor of Ornithological Monographs.
The Elliott Coues Award for 2003 was presented to DONALD E. KROODSMA and the William Brewster Memorial
Award for 2003 was presented to DOUGLAS W. MOCK. PETER STETTENHEIM received the Marion Jenkinson AOU
Service Award for 2003.
THE 122nd STATED MEETING OF THE AOU will be held at the Université Laval in Québec City, QC, Canada, 16 - 21
Aug 2004.
AOU PRESENTATION AWARDS were given to three students for excellence in the rigor and quality of their scientific papers at the 121st Stated Meeting at the University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana, IL, 6-9 Aug, 2003. These awards, which are unranked, were presented to the winners at the annual banquet. The NELLIE JOHNSON BAROODY AWARD for 2003 was given to Amy K. MacDougall, Queen's University, "Reproductive correlates of carotenoid-based plumage coloration in American Goldfinches". Two AOU COUNCIL AWARDS for 2003 were give to Marni E. Koopman, University of Wyoming, "Impact of matrix composition on dispersal among subpopulations of Boreal Owls in North America"; and Kevin J. McGraw, Cornell Universisy, "New plumage pigments in parrots and penguins". MARCIA BRADY TUCKER TRAVEL AWARDS were granted to 36 outstanding students to help defray expenses for transportation to the 121st Stated Meeting of the AOU at the University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana, IL, 6-9 Aug, 2003. The AOU Committee on Student Awards is pleased to announce the winners for 2003: KELLY A. ATCHINSON, Ohio State University, "Local and landscape-level consequences of urbanization on wintering birds"; CHRISTOPHER N. BALAKRISHNAN, Boston University, "Are sympatric, conspecific indigobirds reproductively isolated by host association: a test using multiple marker paternity analysis"; ELENA C. BERG, University of California - Davis, "A test of sex ratio in the white-throated magpie-jay, a cooperative breeder with female helpers"; KARL S. BERG, Florida International University, "Sequential signaling in a tropical dawn chorus"; ALICE M. Z. BRYLAWSKI, University Wisconsin-Milwaukee, "An experimental study of mate guarding and paternity in House Wrens"; SARAH E.BUSH, University of Utah, "Does melanin deter feather feeding ectoparasites?"; ANNA M. CALVERT, Université Laval, "Heterogeneity of Greater Snow Goose hunting mortality and management implications"; MATTHEW DENMAN SMITH, University of Arizona, "Conservation of Burrowing Owls on golf courses"; KEVIN ELLISON, University of Manitoba, "Sympatric brood-parasites: consequences for host use and enemy recognition"; GUILLERMO FERNANDEZ, Simon Fraser University, "Flocking and vigilant behavior in Western Sandpipers during the non-breeding season"; PABLO GARCIA BORBOROGLU, Centro Nacional Patagonico, "Habitat requirements and selection by Olrog's Gulls in Argentina"; CHRISTOPHER M. HOFMANN, University Maryland - Baltimore County, "Spectrophotometric analysis of color among New World Orioles (Icterus): evidence of multiple pigment types"; PETER J. KAPPES, York University, "Does ornamental pigmentation correlate with pairing success in the American Redstart? "; DWIGHT R. KLIPPENSTINE, University of Manitoba, "Acceptance in grassland songbirds: Evolutionary lag or equilibrium?"; JESSICA KOEDERITZ, University Wisconsin - Milwaukee, "Barriers to gene flow and high divergence within the Black-Spotted Barbet (Capito niger) species complex"; MARNI E. KOOPMAN, University of Wyoming, "Impact of matrix composition on dispersal among subpopulations of Boreal Owls"; KENNETH KRIESE, University of California, "An analysis of habitat use by Orinoco geese (Neochen jubata) in the Venezuelan Ilanos: The paradox of a tropical grazer"; AMY K. MACDOUGALL, Queen's University, "Reproductive correlates of carotenoid-based plumage coloration in American Goldfinches."; CURTIS A. MARANTZ, University of Massachesetts, "Within and among population variation in songs of the Buff-throated Woodcreeper (Xiphorhynchus guttatus: Dendrocolaptidae)"; DANIEL F. MAZEROLLE, University of Saskatchewan, "Survival and productivity of a Neotropical migrant songbird: effects of large-scale climatic fluctuations"; KEVIN MCGRAW, Cornell University, "Parrots, penguins, and new plumage pigments"; JAMES A. NICHOLLS, University of Queensland, "Does habitat influence call variation in the Satin Bowerbird?"; JENNIFER C. OWEN, University of Southern Mississippi, "Immunological condition of long-distance migrants improves during stopover"; JEFFREY L. PETERS, University of Maryland - Baltimore County, "Population genetic structure and range expansion in the widespread Gadwall"; MELANIE K. RATHBURN, Queen's University, "Tail coloration indicates male quality in White-winged Fairy-wrens."; MELISSA ROSE, Trent University, "Do overwintering Semipalmated Plovers select habitats with the most invertebrates?"; SCOTT A. RUSH, York University, "The effects of forest fragmentation on the post-fledging survival and dispersal of Hooded Warblers"; REBECCA JO SAFRAN, Cornell University, "Geographic differences in the function of sexual ornaments: plumage coloration, not tail-streamers, is a sexually selected trait in North American Barn Swallows"; ANNETTE SAUTER, University of Zurich, "Does the availability of anthropogenic food cause suburban scrub-jays to fall into an evolutionary trap?"; MATTHEW S. SHRADER, Florida State University, "Parental effort and parasite resistance in the Red-bellied Woodpecker"; JUSTIN G. SCHUETZ, Cornell University, "Consequences of single versus multiple parasitism for nestlings of the brood parasitic Pin-tailed Whydah"; EMILIE SNELL-ROOD, University of Arizona, "Ecological gradient of sexual selection: elevation and song complexity in finches"; VANESSA M. TORTI, University of Wisconsin- Milwaukee, "Effects of climate change on the breeding biology of North American birds"; CHRISTOPHER D. VALLIGNY, Villanova University, "Effects of an intense winter fire on Florida Scrub-Jay (Aphelocoma coerulescens) habitat use"; ANDREW C. VITZ, Ohio State University, "Habitat use of early successional forests by post-breeding mature forest birds"; SCOTT WILSON, University of British Columbia, "El Nino drives timing of breeding but not population growth in the Song Sparrow".
CORRECTION: The winner of the COS Francis F. Robert's award for the paper "Winter foraging behavior of hairy woodpeckers following wildfire" was KRISTIN COVERT.
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STUART AND MARY HOUSTON PROFESSORSHIP IN ORNITHOLOGY--Research and teaching in ornithology at the Department of Biology of the University of Saskatchewan have been given a real boost. The Houstons are well known and active contributors to the ornithological community, both locally and internationally. They have banded over 125,000 birds and have produced more books and publications than seems humanly possible, especially for "non-professionals". Stuart has been vice-president of the AOU and chair of the memorials committee for 19 years. To support future avian research and to recognize the importance of undergraduate and graduate teaching, they have endowed a professorship, the first recipient of which is DR. GARY R. BORTOLOTTI.
FRENCH NAMES FOR NORTH AMERICAN BIRDS A French name is provided for each species appearing in the main list and the appendix of the 7th Edition of the AOU CHECK-LIST OF NORTH AMERICAN BIRDS. Except for a few cases, the French names are those of the Standing Committee on French Names of the Birds of the World (Commission internationale des noms français des oiseaux) (International Ornithological Committee--I.O.C.), and derived from the publication: Noms Français des Oiseaux du Monde. 1993. Éditions MultiMondes, Sainte-Foy, Québec, Canada. 452 pages. Some French names have been added or modified because of new taxonomic decisions and reflect these taxonomic changes. They have been reviewed by the North American members of the Standing Committee on French Names and will be included in the next edition of the world list of French names. This list follows the taxonomic sequence and arrangement of the Check-list. A list of French names for North American birds, including those reflecting changes contained in the 42nd (2000), 43rd (2002) and 44th (2003) Supplements to the Check-list, is available on the AOU web site (URL: http://www.aou.org/aou/birdlist.html).
SEABIRD SPECIMENS available for museum, collection, scientific study, etc. We have a variety of seabird, waterbird, shorebird, and waterfowl species available to anyone interested and able to pick up or pay postage. They have been necropsied and are frozen, and most are suitable for study skins. We will continue to get a variety of species over the next few years, with common loons being the most abundant. If you are interested, 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.
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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.
OC SUBMITS COMMENTS ON PROPOSED MUTE SWAN MANAGEMENT PLAN-On 2 Jul 2003, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) published for comment a Draft Environmental Assessment on the Management of Mute Swans in the Atlantic Flyway. The purpose of the DEA was to determine how to respond to applications for permits to take Mute Swans (Cygnus olor) under authority of the Migratory Bird Treaty Act for the purpose of minimizing the environmental damage that they can cause. Permit issuance became necessary after a federal court ruled that the USFWS must protect Mute Swans under the Migratory Bird Treaty Act. The DEA evaluated the need for continuing management of mute swans in the Atlantic Flyway to minimize environmental damage. The proposed action, designated "integrated population management," (URL: http://migratorybirds.fws.gov/issues/muteswan/swanea2003.pdf) entailed the reduction of the Atlantic Flyway population from 14,300 to 4,675 individuals through a combination of techniques, including lethal control, over a period of 5 - 10 years. After a brief comment period, the USFWS published on 7 Aug 2003 a "finding of no significant environmental impact," and a Final Environmental Assessment (URL: http://migratorybirds.fws.gov/issues/muteswan/RecordofDecision.htm). This finding would have permitted the USFWS and the affected States to initiate implementation of the proposed action, but the Fund for Animals and individuals have filed suit in the federal courts to block implementation. A hearing was scheduled for 2 Sep 2003. Comments submitted by the Ornithological Council were generally supportive of the proposed action, but questioned the ability of the USFWS to adjust the plan on an annual basis without annual surveys. The OC also noted that there is no biological basis to sustain a population of a non-native, invasive species and pointed out that resources needed for the conservation of many other species would be diverted to the reduction of the Mute Swan population and maintenance of that "desirable" population size, apparently in perpetuity.
USFWS PROPOSES FEE INCREASES FOR PERMITS-The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service on 26 Aug 2003 proposed the first fee increase for permits since 1982. The proposal, which can be found at http://policy.fws.gov/library/03-21489.html, covers a wide range of permits, including research permits such as those required for scientific collecting (which would quadruple to $100), bird import/export, salvage, special purpose, and endangered species research. Comments on the proposed increases are due by 10 Oct 2003. You may mail or deliver comments to the Division of Migratory Bird Management, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, 4401 North Fairfax Drive, MBSP 4107, Arlington, Virginia 22203-1610. Alternatively, you may submit your comments via the Internet (EM: permitspart13@fws.gov). Please submit Internet comments as an ASCII file, avoiding the use of special characters and any form of encryption. Please also include your name and return address in your e-mail message. The Ornithological Council plans to submit comments and would appreciate hearing from you so your comments and concerns can be considered. We also encourage you to file your own comments. Note that revenue generated from permit fees is returned to the offices that issue permits. This past year, the Division of Migratory Bird Management documented a substantial funding shortfall. It is hoped that the increased revenues will allow this office and others to improve the processing of permit applications by developing an on-line application and reporting website and to implement other planned improvements that have been delayed in part due to a lack of adequate funding.
OC JOINS IN EFFORT TO SECURE FULL FUNDING for the Neotropical Migratory Bird Conservation Act-The National Audubon Society has led an effort to persuade the U.S. Congress to appropriate the full $5 million authorized for the Neotropical Migratory Bird Conservation Act (NMBCA). This law, enacted 3 years ago, establishes a matching grants program to fund projects that promote the conservation of these birds in the United States, Latin America, and the Caribbean. The Act's purposes are to perpetuate healthy populations of neotropical migratory birds, assist in the conservation of these birds by supporting conservation initiatives in the United States, Latin America, and the Caribbean, and provide financial resources and foster international cooperation for those initiatives. The Ornithological Council, with the approval of a majority of its member societies, joined the many other organizations that signed this letter to Congress.
USFWS ISSUES FINAL ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT on cormorant management plan-On 11 Aug 2003, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Division of Migratory Bird Management issued a Final Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) on the management of double-crested cormorants in the United States. The document analyzes various options for managing rapidly growing cormorant populations to reduce resource conflicts. The preferred alternative in this EIS will give local authorities a more active role in double-crested cormorant management. A formal 30-day comment period opened on 22 Aug 2003. The Final EIS can also be downloaded from the Division of Migratory Bird Management web site (URL: http://migratorybirds.fws.gov/issues/cormorant/cormorant.html). After this period, the Service will publish a final rule and record of decision. The EIS evaluates six management alternatives including continuing current management practices, implementing only non-lethal management techniques, issuing depredation permits with more flexible criteria, issuing a "public resource depredation order" to address public resource conflicts, reducing regional cormorant populations, and establishing frameworks for a cormorant hunting season. The Service believes a "public resource depredation order "will be the most effective alternative. This "public resource depredation order" will authorize States, Tribes, and U.S. Department of Agriculture's Wildlife Services to manage and control double-crested cormorants to protect public resources (fish, wildlife, plants, and habitats). The order applies to 24 states (Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Vermont, West Virginia, and Wisconsin). Agencies acting under the order must have landowner permission, may not adversely affect other migratory bird species or threatened and endangered species and must satisfy annual reporting and evaluation requirements. The Service will ensure the long-term conservation of cormorant populations through annual assessments of agency reports and through regular population monitoring.
OMB ISSUES PROPOSED GUIDELINES FOR PEER REVIEW OF SCIENCE used by federal agencies-The White House Office of Management and Budget, Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, on 29 Aug 2003, issued draft peer review standards. The standards are intended to make uniform the process by which federal agencies conduct peer review of the scientific information upon which they base their regulatory decisions. The standards, which would take effect in Jan 2004, purport to be an extension of the data quality guidelines that were issued last year, and would apply only to "significant regulatory information." That term is defined in the data quality guidelines as "influential information" which in turn is defined as that which "the agency can reasonably determine that the dissemination will have or does have a clear and substantial impact on important public policies or important private sector decisions." Much of the guidance (URL: http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/pubpress/2003-34.pdf) addresses the qualifications, independence, and real or perceived biases of reviewers. It establishes a rebuttable presumption that research that has been published in peer-reviewed journals will satisfy the standards established by the guidance. The Ornithological Council is studying the guidance and will likely file comments.
USFWS SEEKS COMMENTS ON ITS DRAFT STRATEGIC PLAN for USFWS role in migratory bird conservation and management-The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has embarked upon a strategic planning effort to recommit to its migratory bird trust responsibilities and set a course for migratory bird conservation over the next decade. A Steering Committee comprised of USFWS employees has produced a draft strategic plan entitled "A Blueprint for the Future of Migratory Birds" - for public review and input. The USFWS seeks comments from a broad audience, including all Service employees and numerous partners and constituents. In issuing the request for comments, the USFWS wrote, "The Service is keenly aware that effective management of migratory birds depends upon the collective efforts of many individuals, organizations, agencies, and nations. That is why it is absolutely essential that the Service develop its migratory bird strategic plan in consultation with the many partners and constituents who share an interest in, responsibility for, and active involvement in migratory bird conservation." Comments will be compiled by a team of reviewers and brought to the attention of the Steering Committee, but the USFWS states that "we will not be able to address every recommendation in the final plan nor will we be able to respond individually to every commentor."The Steering Committee will report on the results of this consultation to a diverse set of partners at a Migratory Bird Conservation Forum to be held in Jan 2004. The Forum will provide an opportunity for the Service and its partners to refine and focus outstanding issues on the strategic plan and gain consensus on priority actions. The draft strategic plan can be found at http://migratorybirds.fws.gov/mbstratplan/mbstratplan.pdf and comments (6,000 words or less) can be submitted through a webpage: (URL: http://migratorybirds.fws.gov/mbstratplan/mbstratplan.htm). Note: if you submit comments through the website, you may want to copy and paste from a word-processed document, so you can retain a copy of your comments! Longer comments can be sent by mail to Migratory Bird Strategic Plan Steering Committee, US Fish and Wildlife Service, 4401 North Fairfax Drive, Mailstop 4075,Arlington, VA 22203. The Ornithological Council congratulates the USFWS on taking this measure, which represents a considerable effort. While many federal agencies are involved in bird conservation, the USFWS has a central role, and this planning effort will help the agency better fulfill its role. Your comments can be invaluable in helping to shape the plan, which will benefit not only the USFWS, but bird conservation as well. The Ornithological Council strongly encourages ornithologists to read and comment on this plan; we ask that you copy your comments to us (EM: epaul@concentric.net). Knowing what you think of the plan will be helpful to us in drafting our own comments.
ORNITHOLOGICAL COUNCIL CONVENES PANEL ON REGULATORY AFFAIRS at annual meeting of the Council of Engineering and Scientific Society Executives-At the invitation of session chair Peter Farnham, Public Affairs Director for the American Society for Biochemistry and Microbiology, the Ornithological Council organized a panel of experts to speak on the importance of regulatory affairs to scientific societies and effective ways to participate. Ellen Paul, OC Executive Director, chaired the session and explained why scientific societies should pay close attention to a wide array of regulations that affect their members, such as the data quality guidelines, research integrity policy, and the peer-review guidance (discussed above). She also outlined effective methods to track and analyze regulations, and discussed the importance of participating in federal advisory committees. Cindy Howard, Chief of Regulatory Analysis and Development at the USDA Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, spoke on various options for effective public involvement, focusing on early and continuing discussions with the regulatory agency. Howard Bellman, a noted arbitrator with extensive experience in negotiated rule-making, explained the mechanics, costs, and benefits of that procedure.
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REQUEST FOR BIRD SPECIMENS-The Department of Biology at Simpson College is in need of prepared bird skins or frozen specimens. We will gladly accept birds from anywhere in the world, but we are particularly interested in birds from the mid-western U.S. Please contact BRIAN PEER (PH: 515-961-1823; EM: brian.peer@simpson.edu)
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POSITIONS AND OPPORTUNITIES AVAILABLE
NOTE the printed version of the Ornithological Newsletter no longer contains job advertisements. As of the August '97 issue, the Positions and Opportunities section is available only in the on-line edition. This edition can be accessed directly at http://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 FRANCIS M. PEACOCK SCHOLARSHIP for college seniors and graduate students-The Francis M. Peacock Scholarship for Native Bird Habitat grants financial aid ($4-5,000) to an advanced student to study areas in the United States that provide winter or summer habitat for threatened or endangered native birds. Awarded by the Garden Club of America, in cooperation with the Cornell Lab of Ornithology, it offers scholars the opportunity to pursue real habitat-related issues that eventually benefit bird species and lend useful information for and management decisions. Application deadline: 15 Jan 2004. For application guidelines, please write or e-mail SCOTT SUTCLIFFE, Cornell Lab of Ornithology, 159 Sapsucker Woods Road, Ithaca, NY 14850 [EM: lh17@cornell.edu (no phone calls, please)].
THE TRUMPETER SWAN SOCIETY is accepting proposals for its first annual North American Swan Fund awards to support research on Trumpeter Swans or Tundra Swans in the U.S. or Canada. Awards will be for up to $2,000. Applicants must provide a resume, specific study objectives, an account of how the funds will be spent, and an explanation of how the research will improve understanding and management of North American swans. Proposals should be submitted by 1 Dec 2003 to: The Trumpeter Swan Society, 3800 County Road 24, Maple Plain, MN 55359 (EM: ttss@threeriversparkdistrict.org)
SANDPIPER EQUIPMENT GRANTS-Sandpiper Technologies has extended availability of its rental/grant equipment to include off-season research. The company has issued Equipment Grants to U.S. and Canadian students since 1998, and now makes the equipment available during the fall and winter months. Although there is no deadline for applications during the off-season, students must follow the requirements detailed on the website (URL: http://peeperpeople.com). The deadline for the Equipment Grant Program during the 2004 spring/summer field season is 1 Dec 2003. Available Rental/Grant equipment: TreeTop Peeper 1 (IR or monochrome cavity camera and 16-foot pole); TreeTop Peeper 2 (Monochrome cavity camera and either a 35- or 50-foot pole. Please specify the height of the nests you hope to survey.); Peeper Video Probe (2.3-inch diameter, 3 meter gooseneck probe with head mounted video display); Peeper-A-Roo Video Probe (1.0-inch diameter, 3 meter gooseneck probe with head mounted video display); Basic Sentinel System 1 (AutoColor camera with VCR and 25-meter camera cable. Batteries are not included.); AquaPeeper Video Probe (16-foot pole with waterproof color camera and head mounted video display). For more information about the Sandpiper Equipment Grant Program (URL: http://peeperpeople.com).
SOUTHWESTERN RESEARCH STATION STUDENT SUPPORT FUND-The American Museum of Natural History awards several grants each year of approximately $400 -$800 to graduate or postdoctoral students pursuing research at its Southwestern Research Station in the Chiricahua Mountains, Portal, Arizona. Information and application forms for this program and other Museum grant programs can be obtained by contacting: Office of Grants and Fellowships, American Museum of Natural History, Central Park West at 79th Street, New York, NY 10024-5192 (URL: http://research.amnh.org/grants/index.html). Applications due: 15 Feb 2004. Address questions concerning the Station to DAWN S. WILSON, Director, Southwestern Research Station, American Museum of Natural History, Portal, AZ 85632 USA (PH/FX: 520-558-2396; EM: swrs@amnh.org).
TRAVEL GRANTS: INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY FOR BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY, JYVASKYLA, FINLAND, 10-15 Jul 2004. Thanks to the National Science Foundation, the ISBE American Committee is offering partial travel support to US citizens and permanent residents to facilitate attending the 10th ISBE meeting in Jyväskylä, Finland. Priority for funding will be given to those who (1) are planning to give a presentation (oral or poster) at the meeting; (2) have received or are about to receive their Ph.D. but that are junior in level or otherwise not yet established in the field; and (3) have limited or no access to institutional or external funding that can be used to attend the meeting. In an attempt to increase the racial and ethnic diversity of attendees from the US, we especially encourage minority applicants. To apply for a travel award, submit (preferably by email) (1) a 1-2 page curriculum vita, (2) an expanded abstract (1 page maximum) of the work you plan on submitting for consideration to the ISBE program, (3) a proposed budget, including any additional sources of travel support available, and (4) names and email addresses of two references, to WALTER D. KOENIG, Hastings Reservation, 38601 E. Carmel Valley Road, Carmel Valley, CA 93924 (EM: wicker@uclink4.berkeley.edu). Application deadline is 31 Dec 2003. We will notify successful applicants by 31 Jan 2004. For additional information, please contact WALT KOENIG (PH: 831-659-5981).
NORTH STAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY TRANSMITTER GRANT PROGRAM-North Star Science and Technology, LLC and American Bird Conservancy announce the second annual North Star Science and Technology Transmitter Grant Program. The grant program will award a total of six satellite transmitters (Argos Platform Transmitter Terminals (PTTs)), to one or two recipients (6 PTTs to one project or 3 PTTs to each of two projects). PTTs are powerful, cutting-edge tools for the study of bird migration that greatly extend the range over which individual birds can be tracked. Studies using PTTs can teach us much about avian biology and contribute invaluable data for bird conservation. North Star is providing the PTTs in the spirit of giving back to the research community they serve, with the condition that the resulting data are available for use in an Earthspan (URL: http://www.earthspan.org) educational program entitled, "Eye of the Falcon," which uses satellite tracking data to teach young people about bird migration and conservation. American Bird Conservancy (URL: http://www.abcbirds.org) will handle the proposal submission process, review proposals, and select the winning projects. Please see http://www.northstarst.com for more information and proposal guidelines. Deadline for proposals is 1 Feb 2004. Any further questions about the program can be directed to GEORGE E. WALLACE, American Bird Conservancy (EM: gwallace@abcbirds.org, PH: 540-253-5780 FX: 540-253-5782).
2002 PARTNERS IN FLIGHT AWARD WINNERS
Leadership - POINT REYES BIRD OBSERVATORY (PRBO), California, has been significantly involved in numerous
avian conservation efforts across the State of California and more broadly in the West. They spearheaded the collaborative
development of 7 habitat conservation plans now in wide use by land managers in California. PRBO also has been
instrumental in developing the Riparian Habitat Joint Venture that has spawned many riparian enhancement and avian
conservation projects in the state. PRBO also helped organize and run the very successful 3rd International Partners in
Flight Conference during 2002. Leadership-In 1991, ERNESTO RUELAS INZUNZA helped launch the Veracruz River
of Raptors conservation initiative with a goal of establishing the first standardized migration count and conservation
initiative for migratory raptors and water birds ever conducted in Mexico. The project records over 4 million migrants
annually including nearly 95% of the world's populations of Mississippi Kites, Swainson's Hawks and Broad-winged
Hawks. Through his efforts our understanding of population size and concentration of over 30 raptors and other species
has been expanded greatly.
Leadership-MEGAN HILL, National Fish and Wildlife Foundation, has coordinated the international component of the
Park Flight Migratory Bird Program since 2000, including provision of technical assistance to projects in six
Mesoamerican countries. Through her Guatemala-based work as Director of International Programs for National Fish and
Wildlife Foundation, Megan is credited with creating, organizing, coordinating, and supporting the Partners in Flight -
Mesoamerica Group. She has played a pivotal role in expanding the vision of Partners in Flight throughout the Western Hemisphere.
Leadership-STEVE WENDT, Canadian Wildlife Service, has played a central role in Partners in Flight since its inception,
and has served as the Chairman of PIF-Canada since 1993. Steve initiated the funding mechanism by which PIF Canada's
National Working Group is maintained, which has led to the development of national level tools like the Framework for
Landbird Conservation in Canada and the PIF Canada newsletter. He has played similar roles in the waterfowl and
shorebird communities, making him truly a force towards the North American Bird Conservation Initiative goal of
conserving all birds in all habitats.
Stewardship-MISSOURI DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION, NATURAL HISTORY DIVISION staff have written
numerous grants to raise funds for acquisition, management and monitoring in focal areas identified by the Missouri
Grassland Coalition, and have worked closely with partners to restore or enhance habitat for prairie-chickens and other
high priority grassland birds. They have conducted numerous workshops for both private landowners and government
employees to improve knowledge of prairie and grassland habitat management for priority bird species.
Stewardship-TERRY SHARPE, North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission, has dedicated much of his 20+ year
career to promoting conservation of early successional bird habitat. He has diligently worked to improve and implement
federal Farm Bill conservation programs on private lands. Terry played a large role in creating and implementing NC's
Cooperative Upland Habitat Restoration and Enhancement (or CURE) program, which focuses on restoration and
management of early-successional habitat on a landscape scale. The CURE program has established management plans for
habitat improvement on over 38,000 acres of public and private land.
Investigations-DR. DANIEL TWEDT, USGS Patuxent Wildlife Research Center, has been instrumental in developing
Bird Conservation Plans and conducting research that furthers our understanding of bird habitat relationships in the
Mississippi Alluvial Valley (MAV). He has been instrumental in developing the biological models that relate bird
populations to habitat objectives which have since become the foundation for many PIF bird plans. Dan has used his
extensive knowledge of GIS to assist the Lower Mississippi Valley Joint Venture in developing a spatially-explicit
decision support model to prioritize reforestation activities in the MAV.
Investigations-ERICA DUNN, Canadian Wildlife Service, was the first Canadian to actively contemplate the concept of
priority setting. Her landmark publication "Setting priorities for conservation, research and monitoring of Canada's
landbirds" in 1997 first developed an approach that included the concept of conservation responsibility. She also has been
the Canadian leader in developing "landbird action sheets" that summarize the status and main conservation, research or
monitoring needs of approximately 200 species of landbirds in Canada.
Public Awareness-JONI ELLIS initiated Optics for the Tropics in Sep 2001 to provide binoculars to ornithologists in the
Caribbean and Latin America where equipment is lacking, and to provide an opportunity for partnerships to develop
between people in North America and the Caribbean. Joni's ceaseless commitment and energy led to the acquisition of
significant grant money not only for purchase of binoculars, but also field guides, tape recorders, scopes and other
materials desperately needed by projects.
Public Awareness-SUSAN BONFIELD has been the full-time coordinator for International Migratory Bird Day (IMBD)
since 1999, responsible for annual promotion, product development, sales, budgeting, and coordination with partners. Sue
designs and publishes a catalog of IMBD sale items that is used at hundreds of events, reaching hundreds of thousands of
people each year. Her efforts to provide useful and unique resources provide an outstanding source of educational material
that otherwise may not be available.
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The Howard and Moore Complete Checklist of the Birds of the World, 3rd ed., edited by Edward C. Dickinson, 2003. Princeton University Press.1056 pp., 7½ x 10½. ISBN: 0-691-11701-2, Cloth $69.50. This new edition of the highly respected reference volume has been fully revised and updated throughout. Enlarged significantly, it has benefitted from the input of five regional consultants. All species and subspecies described since the mid-1980s fully referenced; around 4,000 footnotes explaining taxonomic choices, and 3,000 references; introductory sections discuss the rationale behind the list sequence, as well as key concepts and new developments in the study of avian taxonomy; all authorities for newly described taxa (whether recognized now or not) are given with full references; all taxa fully indexed by English and scientific names--the latter to subspecies level. Available from Princeton University Press (URL: http://www.pupress.princeton.edu).
Raptors of Western North America, Brian K. Wheeler, 2003. Princeton University Press. 456 pp., 559 color illus., 37 maps.
6 x 9 , cloth. ISBN 0 691-11598-2, $45.00
Raptors of Eastern North America Brian K. Wheeler, 2003. Princeton University Press. 560 pp., 622 color illus., 56 maps.
6 x 9 , cloth. ISBN 0 691-11599-20 $49.50. These books are arguably the best and most thorough guides to North
American Hawks, eagles, and other raptors ever published. Both books navigate the pitfalls of raptor identification,
including raptors' often extreme variation by age and sex as well as the existence of numerous "confusion" species;
discuss more plumage variations than any previously published guide; provide the most up-to-date information available
on status and distribution; include the most accurate and largest every range maps (which include "city" plotting) ever
produced for North American raptors; cover all aspects of raptor biology in an easy-to-read format, which was gathered by
years of study and consultation with local, state, provincial, and regional experts. Contact Princeton University Press
(URL: http://pupress.princeton.com)
Birding on Borrowed Time, by Phoebe Snetsinger, illustrated by H. Douglas Pratt, 2003. American Birding Association. 336 pp., 16 full-color plates, 29 b&w illustrations, 1 map. ISBN: 1-878788-41-8. $19.95 (ABA Sales price $17.95). This book is the posthumous memoir of Phoebe Snetsinger, one of the great legends of the birding world. Four years after her tragic death in Madagascar, she remains the world's all-time top lister, with more than 8,400 bird species on her list. She made her record-breaking run to 8,000 while battling malignant melanoma. Distributor: ABA Sales (PH: 800-634-7736; URL: http://www.americanbirding.org/abasales).
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FOR SALE: Set of the two volume Birds of Colorado by Bailey and Niedrach (895 pp. total) for sale at $l50 including postage anywhere in the continental U.S. This set is in immaculate, unused condition, being in the original box in which it was received from the publisher. WILLIAM R. TURNER, EM: SMUparent@aol.com
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, please note the new telephone number (PH: 517 347-2166, EM: jvainterp@aol.com).
RARE OUT-OF-PRINT BOOKS AND MORE --The Kentucky Ornithological Society has a detailed listing of books and items for sale at http://www.biology.eku.edu/KOS/kosbooks.pdf. 1817 Observations of the Natural History of Swallows book, U.S. National Museum paperback and hardback A.C.Bent's Life Histories volumes, and many more. KATHY CAMINITI (EM: krzy4owls@fuse.net, PH: 859-689-4166).
WANTED: Back journals and reference books and textbooks. The Wildlife Conservation Society Papua New Guinea Program runs an advanced training program for conservation biologists in PNG. We provide housing, research expenses, lab/desk space, computers and access to our two field stations. We mentor interns through honours to PhD degrees. We lack adequate reference materials. We are looking for donations of basic biology/ecology/conservation biology etc. textbooks, reference books, symposium volumes and back journal runs. Even dated material is extremely useful (the University of PNG has not had an acquisitions budget for a decade). WCS-PNG will cover shipping back to PNG if donors can ship to our US contact point. Please email if you have material you would be willing to donate. Contact: ANDY MACK (EM: amack@wcs.org) with a list of what you can donate and I will provide a US shipping address. Cleaning that old review copy of a book off your shelf could really help a knowledge-hungry conservationist working in one of earth's last pristine rainforests.
FOR SALE: Auk, Oct 1983-Oct 2002 (except Jan 1991). Best offer (including. Postage). BEN KING, Ornithology Department, American Museum of Natural History, Central Park West @ 79th Street, New York, NY 10024 (PH: 212-866-7923).
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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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RAPTOR WORKSHOP: "Introduction to Raptor Field Techniques" will be held 5-9 Oct 2003 in Stevens Point, WI by Eugene Jacobs of the Linwood Springs Research Station, and Loren Ayers of the Wis. Dept. Natural Resources. Cost: $395; space is limited. For more information visit http://www.raptorresearch.com for reservations contact EUGENE JACOBS (EM: lsrs@raptorresearch.com).
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 Congress web page (URL: http://www.nocchile.cl) should be used for registration, accommodation, student travel awards, travel, and tour information. See the NOS web page for more information (URL: http://www.neotropicalornithology.org).
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.
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. 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).
THIRD NORTH AMERICAN DUCK SYMPOSIUM, Sacramento, CA (5-9 Nov 2003). 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).Special hotel rates: 5 Oct 2003.
A CALIFORNIA BURROWING OWL SYMPOSIUM will be held 11-12 Nov 2003, at the Radisson Hotel in Sacramento, California. The Western Section of The Wildlife Society and Albion Environmental, Inc., invite you to join researchers, conservationists, resource managers, representatives of resource agencies and others interested in burrowing owl conservation in California to a 2-day symposium to share information about owl research, management, status and policy. Registration and general symposium information is available on the Western Section's website (URL: http://www.tws-west.org) or by contacting BARBARA ROCCO, Executive Director of the Western Section of The Wildlife Society (EM: lobolady23@aol.com).
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).
69TH NORTH AMERICAN WILDLIFE AND NATURAL RESOURCES CONFERENCE (17-21 Mar 2004), Spokane, WA. Resource Stewardship in the 21st Century: A Voyage of Rediscovery. Sessions of potential interest for ornithologists include: Wildlife on Wheels, the Marketing of Today's Outdoor Experience; Chair: ROBERT CLEVENSTINE (EM: robert_clevenstine@fws.gov, PH: 309-793-5800 x521); Our Water Resources: A Candidate for Listing?; Chair: JACK KAPP (EM: jcapp@fs.fed.us, PH: 202-273-4725); Energy and Wildlife; Chair: ROB MANES (EM: wmimanes@prattuse.com, PH: 620-672-5419); Fire Management: Burning Issues; Chair: DEBORAH PRESSMAN, (EM: dpressman@fs.fed.us, PH: 202-295-1281).
*INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON GALLIFORMES 4 - 11 Apr 2004, India. The World Pheasant Association (WPA) is delighted to announce plans of its 8th International Symposium, which will be organized jointly with the Pheasant Specialist Group and the Partridge, Quail and Francolin Specialist Group, in collaboration with WPA-India and the concerned Government Agencies in India. The Symposium will focus on the conservation and sustainable management of all species of Partridge, Quail, Francolin, Guineafowl and Pheasant, with particular emphases on threatened species and their habitats. In 2004, the objective again is to hold a major international gathering of all those with interests in this group of birds. We hope to be in a position to give financial assistance to a good number of young scientists and conservationists wishing to attend the symposium. Such help will come in the form of symposium fee exemption and subsidies for accommodation and subsistence. In order to receive all future updates, prices and a booking form, please complete the Preliminary Registration Form as soon as possible and send it to: MRS PAT SAVAGE, World Pheasant Association, PH: +44 (0) 1425 657129, FX: +44 (0) 1425 658053, EM: admin@pheasant.org.uk, or go to our web links http://www.gct.org.uk/pqf/ or http://www.pheasant.org.uk/
THE ANNUAL MEETINGS OF THE WILSON ORNITHOLOGICAL SOCIETY and the ASSOCIATION OF FIELD ORNITHOLOGISTS will be held 22 - 24 Apr 2004 at the Laboratory of Ornithology at Cornell University in Ithaca, NY. The Councils will meet in the afternoon on Thursday, 22 Apr. The Margaret Morse Nice Medal Lecture will open the joint meeting on Friday, 23 Apr, and will be followed by paper sessions. Saturday morning field trips will explore local favorite birding areas. The local host is SCOTT SUTCLIFFE.
2004 COOPER ORNITHOLOGICAL SOCIETY MEETING--The Cooper Ornithological Society will hold its 76th annual meeting 4-9 May 2004, in La Crosse, Wisconsin. Symposia topics will include avian diseases, hierarchical models, and migration stopover ecology. A website for the meeting will be up in Dec 2003 and registration can be accomplished via the web site. A meeting brochure will be mailed to all Cooper Ornithological Society members in Dec 2003 or Jan 2004. Conference materials can be sent to those without internet access upon request after Dec 2003. La Crosse is a beautiful small city (pop 51,000) nestled in the amid the bluffs along on the shores of the Mississippi River in southwestern Wisconsin. Birding opportunities abound in the area and in town as early May is peak time for spring warbler and sparrow migration. For more information please contact Local Committee Chair: EILEEN M. KIRSCH, USGS Upper Midwest Environmental Sciences Center, 2630 Fanta Reed Rd, La Crosse, WI, 54603, (PH: 608-781-6226, FX: 608-783-6066, EM: eileen_kirsch@usgs.gov), or Scientific Committee Chair: TODD ARNOLD, Dept. of Fisheries, Wildlife, & Conservation Biology, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN 55108, USA (PH: 612-624-2220, EM: tarnold@fw.umn.edu).
*2004 SOCIETY FOR CONSERVATION BIOLOGY (SCB) ANNUAL MEETING (New York City). Contact: EVA FEARN (EM: 2004@conservationbiology.org). SCB's 18th annual meeting, 30 Jul- 2 Aug 2004, will be hosted by the Center for Environmental Research and Conservation (CERC) at the Earth Institute at Columbia University in New York City. CERC is a consortium of five research and education organizations: Columbia University, the American Museum of Natural History, The New York Botanical Garden, Wildlife Conservation Society, and Wildlife Trust. The Society for Conservation Biology annual meeting theme is "Conservation in an Urbanizing World." This year, for the first time in history, more of the world's population will live in urban rather than non-urban settings. The urbanization process poses conservation challenges by changing patterns of consumption, trade and ecosystem use and affecting wildlife. Conservation biology must analyze and address these global changes. The SCB 2004 Conference will consider this theme and other emerging topics through symposia, workshops, organized discussions, contributed oral presentations and posters. The meeting is open for registration in Nov 2003. Please check the meeting website (URL: http://www.conbio.org/2004) for deadlines and updates or contact (EM: 2004@conservationbiology.org) for more information. All proposals for symposia, workshops, and organized discussions must be submitted to 2004@conservationbiology.org by 31 Oct 2003. Field trips to several sites in the New York City region will be organized, including: A land and sea tour of the Gateway National Seashore and Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge where 25-30% of all bird species in the United States spend some part of the year; visits to New York area parks and recreational areas to see ecological restoration projects and species reintroduction programs; a visit to Black Rock Forest to learn about long-term forest monitoring and the impacts of invasive species; a visit to Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory on the Hudson River; visits to CERC partner organizations.
*122nd STATED MEETING OF THE AMERICAN ORNITHOLOGISTS' UNION, and ANNUAL MEETING OF THE SOCIETY OF CANADIAN ORNITHOLOGISTS (SOCIÉTÉ DES ORNITHOLOGISTES DU CANADA) will be held at Université Laval, Québec, P.Q., CANADA, 16-21 Aug 2004. The conference will consist of symposia, workshops and roundtables, contributed oral presentations, and poster sessions. The deadline for submitting proposals for symposia and workshops is 1 Feb 2004. For submissions for symposia and workshops please contact one of the co-chairs of the Scientific Program Committee, ANDRÉ DESROCHERS (EM: andre.desrochers@sbf.ulaval.ca), or JEAN-PIERRE SAVARD (EM: jean-pierre.savard@ec.gc.ca). We expect the general announcement, including the call for papers, details of the plenary talks, registration forms, pre/post-conference trips, social events, etc., to be mailed with The Auk early in 2004. All information regarding the meeting will be posted on the conference home page at http://www.sbf.ulaval.ca/aou-soc-2004/. For more information concerning the conference, please contact ANDRÉ DESROCHERS (EM: andre.desrochers@sbf.ulaval.ca).
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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KEN ABLE has retired from University at Albany, SUNY and moved to Bob's Creek Ranch, 535-000 Little Valley Road, McArthur, CA 96056. The current email address will remain functional for the immediate future. The only phone option at the moment will be a cell phone: 518-368-9302.
H. LEWIS BATTS, JR., a member of the AOU since 1948, elected Elective Member in 1959; member of COS since 1947; member of WOS since 1965; and life member of AFO, died recently.
ERIC G. BOLEN, retired as of 1 Jul 2003. He was appointed to the emeritus faculty at the University of North Carolina at Wilmington and will continue to maintain an office on campus.
JOHN P. DUMBACHER (Jack) has started a new position as Assistant Curator of Birds and Department Chair of Birds and Mammals at the California Academy of Sciences. His new address: Department of Birds and Mammals, California Academy of Sciences, 55 Concourse Drive, Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, CA 94118. EM: jdumbacher@calacademy.org.
JENNIFER HILL has completed my Ph.D. at the University of New Mexico and have taken the position of Director of NorthWings, a raptor rehabilitation and education program through SEE-North, an environmental education center in Petoskey Michigan. Her new address: SEE-North, 220 Park Avenue, Petoskey MI 49770, EM: northwings@seenorth.org.
ROXIE C. LAYBOURNE, member of the AOU since 1962, elected Elective Member in 1968 and Fellow in 1995; and WOS member since 1967, died peacefully at her log cabin in Manassas, Virginia, on 7 Aug 2003.
DANIEL L. LEEDY, a member of the AOU since 1937, and elected Elective Member in 1984; and member of WOS since 1936, died in Washington, DC on 20 Jan 2003 at the age of 90. He was a biologist as supervisor for the U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service from 1945 until his retirement in 1974. He received the American Motors Conservation Award, the Wildlife Society's Aldo Leopold Memorial Award, and the Interior Department's Distinguished Service Award. The National Institute for Urban Conservation established a conservation award in his name.
DONALD A. MCCRIMMON has accepted the position of Vice President for Academic Affairs and Dean of the Faculty at Cazenovia College, where in the near future he also hopes to re-institute his previous surveys of Great Blue Herons in New York State. Current address: Cazenovia College, Cazenovia NY 13035. PH: 315-655-7117, EM: damccrimmon@cazenovia.edu
RALPH S. PALMER, member of the AOU since 1932, elected Elective Member in 1947 and Fellow in 1956; member of COS since 1951; member of WOS since 1934; and member of AFO since 1989; died after a brief illness in Bangor, ME on 21 Jul 2003 at the age of 89. He served as State Zoologist of New York for 27 years, but was perhaps best known as the author and editor of the five volumes of the Handbook of North American Birds.
RAYMOND A. PAYNTER, JR., who has been a member of the AOU, COS, and WOS since 1946, and AFO since 1973; and elected Elective Member of the AOU in 1952 and Fellow in 1963; died 10 Jul 2003 after a long illness. Paynter specialized in the biogeography and systematics of South American birds and edited many volumes of Peter's Checklist of Birds of the World. In 2002, along with Melvin A. Traylor, Jr., he received the Elliot Coues Award from the AOU in recognition of their contributions to South American ornithology.
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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.
CHANGES/ADDITIONS:
DONNELLY, ROARKE Department of Biology, Oglethorpe University, 4484 Peachtree Road N.E., Atlanta, GA 30319. PH: 404-364-8401, FX: 404-364-8500, EM: rdonnelly@facstaff.oglethorpe.edu
FISH, ALLEN M. EM: afish@parksconservancy.org
GROVES, FRED. 4141 East Oak Knoll, Springfield, MO 65809. EM: fgroves@mchsi.com
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