July - August 2001
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Partners In Flight--La Tangara: July - August 2001 |
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Newsletter of the International Working Group of Partners in Flight
a
Hemisphere - Wide Bird Conservation Initiative
July - August 2001
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Sponsored
by: U.S. Agency for International Development, National Fish and Wildlife
Foundation, and U.S.D.A Forest Service. Produced
by: International Working Group of Partners in Flight, in collaboration with
National Fish and Wildlife Foundation.
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CONTENTS:
News
and Announcements
NFWF announces new bird conservation projects
Workshop by BirdLife International
Tools for Bird Conservation
Request for information on quetzals
New shorebird monitoring group in Puerto Rico
Upcoming publication of book on wetlands of the West Indies
Web
News
Funding
Training
/ Job Opportunities
Meetings
Publications
Available
Recent
Literature
Dear
readers:
La
Tangara's database will soon be on the Web!, and will be available for those who
wish to search for information on people and organizations that work with birds
in 28 countries in America and Europe. This
way we will be able to increase the links between countries and people that
share the hard task of bird conservation.
I
am aware that the information in the database is personal.
Therefore, before starting this project I would like to request that if
you wish to have your email and regular address, or any other contact
information, included in the web directory, please contact me (see my contact
information at the end of the bulletin). I
will NOT include anyone who does not do so, this way the confidentiality of your
personal information will be ensured.
Sincerely,
Jose
M. Zolotoff-Pallais
Editor
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The
international working group of Partners in Flight – Mesoamerica (PIF-Mesoamerica)
announces the activities performed by the national coordinators in their own
countries: 1) Guatemala (Ingrid Arias): Training workshop on bird
monitoring techniques, organized by FUNDAECO and directed to biology students
and staff from protected areas, and taught by Chandler Robbins and Barbara
Dowell, of USGS, and Melinda Welton, from the TNC’s Tennessee chapter;
Bird watching trip to the Florencia Farm (a municipal park);
Donation of books to the Guatemalan Ornithology Society by PIF’s
Montana chapter. 2) Nicaragua (Jose
Zolotoff-Pallais): During the week of the International Environment Day,
Fundacion Cocibolca and the Guardabarranco bird group announced the program
Adopt a Bird, which will help to publish the illustrated bird guide of
Nicaragua; Presentation of the
activities of the Important Bird Area Program;
Advertising of La Tangara newsletter;
Bird Watching Trips to the Mombacho Volcano Natural Reserve and El
Chocoyero – El Brujo Natural Reserve. All
the activities were aimed to NGO’s that are working in environmental
conservation, communication media, tour operators and general public;
Donation of books from the PIF’s Colorado chapter.
3) Panama (Karla Aparicio): Painting contest in elementary
schools, organized by the Audubon Society and promoted internationally by
Birdlife International, where the winners will be able to travel to other
countries and share their experiences with other children of another Audubon in
America. The pictures of the
winners can be viewed at: http://communities.msn.com/Audubon/photoalbums.
Also books from PIF Idaho are expected to arrive.
For further information contact: Ingrid Arias, Coordinator of PIF-Mesoamerican
group, Tel/Fax: (502) 474-3660 / 440-4615, Email: avesnfwf@guate.net
NFWF
ANNOUNCES NEW BIRD CONSERVATION PROJECTS
The
following new projects for Latin American bird conservation have been approved
under the Neotropical Migratory Bird Conservation Program of NFWF and USAID: In
Mexico, Pronatura Noreste will work with private landowners to establish
easements on important grasslands; an environmental education program about
migratory birds will be held at the Ajusco Medio forest near Mexico City with
the Autonomous National University of Mexico (UNAM as initialed in Spanish); the
Proyecto Ecologico Quetzal will continue its cloud forest conservation program
in Guatemala; the Panama Audubon Society will publish a guide to the birds of
Panama City and conduct an education and outreach program with shorebirds and
the national bird of Panama, the Harpy Eagle; the Guatemalan Environmental Trust
(Fideicomiso para la Conservacion de Guatemala) will support university thesis
projects with birds; and Fundacion Cocibolca will continue its training and
surveys of important bird areas in Nicaragua. The next deadline for pre-proposals for the Neotropical
Migratory Bird Conservation Program is October 15, 2001.
For more information on any of the projects, contact: Eloise Canfield,
Coordinator of International Programs, NFWF, Email: canfield@nfwf.org.
WORKSHOP
BY BIRDLIFE INTERNATIONAL ON THE WORLD BIRD DATA BASE
The
event took place on April 24-26, 2001, in Mexico City.
Among the participants were representatives of BirdLife International (BLI),
as well as of countries that are in the process of becoming one.
The participating countries were: Mexico, Salvador,
Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama, Jamaica, Venezuela, Brazil, Paraguay,
Uruguay, Argentina. The
workshop was offered by BLI personnel with the purpose of training the national
coordinators of the Important Bird Areas (IBA’s) of the Americas Program in
collecting, using and managing bird biodiversity data by making use of the World
Bird Database (WBDB). During this
time, each country took the opportunity to explain its advances in the IBA’s
Program. Finally, unresolved
pending tasks were established, among them: check the lists of bird species for
each country, provide a list of the political division in lower scale to each
state/district, as applicable to each country, create a consulting committee to
discuss, revise and produce a final and uniform list on the habitat
classification for America. For
further information, or to obtain a copy of the complete summary of the
workshop, contact: Angelica Estrada, Museo de Historia Natural, 2da. seccion del Bosque de Chapultepec
s/n, Apartado Postal 22-012, CP 14091, Mexico, DF, Mexico, Tel: (52) (5) 729689,
Fax: (52) (5) 156882, Email:
ehma@servidor.unam.mx
Birders’ Exchange was founded in 1990 by Manomet Center for
Conservation Sciences, and in 1997 became partner with the American Birding
Association. The main purpose of
the Exchange is to collect new and used optics, Neotropical field identification
guides, ornithology texts, backpacks, and laptop computers and distribute them,
free of charge, to people working to conserve birds in their habitats in Latin
America and the Caribbean. Over the
past decade, the program has successfully distributed a remarkable array of
equipment to hundreds of conservation scientists, resource managers, educators,
and students working in conservation in more than 250 organizations in 36
countries. There are three simple
ways to participate in Birders' Exchange efforts:
1) Those living and working in the U.S. and Canada can collect and donate
appropriate equipment that may no longer be useful to the original owner, but
may be very useful to someone else. Optics
must be in alignment, and all equipment must be in working order.
Birders' Exchange also accepts financial donations in order to purchase
equipment at discount prices. 2)
Latin American and Caribbean projects may request equipment from Birders'
Exchange by filling out and mailing in equipment applications,
3) If you are traveling to Latin America or the Caribbean, you could
deliver a package of much-needed equipment to an important bird conservation
project. For more information contact: Betty Petersen, Manomet Center
for Conservation Sciences, Email:
bpetersen@manomet.org;
or Lina
DiGregorio, American Birding Association, Email: edcon@aba.org;
or visit: http://americanbirding.org/programs/consbexap.htm
for
equipment applications in English and in Spanish.
A
doctoral study on the Quetzal (Pharomachrus moccino) is being carried out
in the area where it is distributed, between Mexico and Panama.
The author is trying to determine the genetic variation existing among
populations of Quetzals due to displacement of cloud forests, which are their
natural habitat, and the areas used by them as biological corridors.
The author is requesting from ornithologists of Central America and
Southeast Mexico information on record data of quetzals, location data, dates,
and record types. For further
information, or to send data, contact: Sofia Solorzano Lujano, Ecologia, UNAM,
Antigua Carretera a Patzcuaro No. 8701, San Jose La Huerta. Morelia, Michoacan,
58341, Mexico, Email: slsofia@ate.oikos.unam.mx
NEW SHOREBIRD MONITORING GROUP IN PUERTO RICO
The Society of Puerto Rican Ornithology has created a
shorebird-monitoring group to increase the knowledge of shorebird abundance and
distribution on the island. The
group, which began fieldwork in January 2001, consists of 17 volunteers who
conduct monthly censuses in 12 localities.
The data are intended to promote conservation efforts and will be shared
with international shorebird groups. For
more information contact: Adrianne Tossas, Coordinator, Email: agtossas@hotmail.com
This Wetland Education Workbook is intended to be presented at the
2001 meeting of the Society of Caribbean Ornithology, July 15-22 in Topes de
Collante, Cuba. There will be a
workshop at the meeting to introduce the workbook, which focuses on Caribbean
wetlands. The book is being
published in the United Kingdom at Archmain Publications (contracted out by the
Royal Society for the Protection of Birds).
In Cuba the West Indian Whistling-Duck Working Group (WIWD-WG) will host
a meeting to discuss future directions for the Working Group and how to utilize
the new Wetlands Workbook as well as other educational materials.
For more information about the book or on the WIWD-WG meeting contact:
Lisa G. Sorenson, Co-chair, West Indian Whistling-Duck Working Group of
the Society of Caribbean Ornithology, Tel: (617) 353-2462, Fax: (617) 353-6340,
Email: lsoren@bio.bu.edu
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ARTICLE ON GLOBAL CONSCIOUSNESS FOR THE IMPORTANCE OF WETLANDS AND
SHOREBIRDS, at:
http://washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A1132-2001May8.html
INTERNATIONAL PARTNERS IN FLIGHT EMAIL LIST.
The objective of this list is to encourage communication and facilitate
exchange of information. To subscribe, send an email to pdohara@sfu.ca
with "subscribe" in the subject.
NEOCONS,
Neotropical Conservation Biology
Bulletin. To
subscribe, or send articles, contact: Jon Paul Rodriguez, Editor NeoCons, Centro
de Ecologia - IVIC, Apartado 21827, Caracas 1020-A, Venezuela, Tel: ++ 58 212
504 1194, Fax: ++ 58 212 504 1088, Email: jonpaul@ivic.ve;
or visit: http://www.conservationbiology.org/SCB/Publications/NeoCons/
NEW WEB PAGE FOR CIPAMEX, at:
http://www.iztacala.unam.mx/wwwcampus/cipamex/index.html
South American Wetland Assessment website,
a report that catalogues the biological, social and economic importance of
wetlands in South America, at: http://www.wetlands.org/SAA/
WILDLIFE
WORLDWIDE DATABASE, an index to literature on wild mammals, birds, reptiles, and
amphibians, at: http://www.nisc.com/factsheets/ww.htm
BIRD WEB SITES OF INTEREST:
Web site for the endemic bird species from Jamaica: http://www.birdlifejamaica.com/fromccc/endemics.html
Birdscapes: News from International Habitat Conservation
Partnerships at: http://library.fws.gov/Birdscapes/birdindex.htm
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INTERNSHIP
OPORTUNITIES FOR THE PARK FLIGHT PROGRAM
The
Park Flight Program offers the opportunity to Mesoamerican biologists and
environmental educators to apply for internships in different National Parks in
the United States. The applicants
that obtain an internship will participate in activities related to bird
monitoring, interpretation and environmental education during the migration of
Fall 2001 or Spring 2002. The
internships have a variable duration of 1 to 3 months.
The Program will cover expenses related with the trip and will provide a
modest stipend during the time of the internship.
To apply, the interested person must be a biologist or an environmental
educator working in bird conservation in Central America or Mexico, have
previous experience in bird monitoring and environmental education, be able to
speak and write English, preferably be a member of the PIF-Mesoamerica Group,
and be flexible regarding travel dates. Interested
applicants must send a resume, a support letter from the institution in which
the person works and an application letter that explains your experience en bird
conservation, principal interest subject, importance in participating in the
internship, and how you are going to apply what you learn in the work area.
For further information, or to send an application and your resume,
contact: National Fish and Wildlife Foundation, 5 Avenida 20-17, Zona 14,
Guatemala City, Guatemala, Tel: (502) 363-5014, Fax: (502) 363-5015, Email: avesnfwf@guate.net
SCHOLARSHIPS
AVAILABLE FROM THE CENTER FOR DEVELOPMENT RESEARCH IN GERMANY
The Center for Development Research (ZEF) in Bonn, Germany is
soliciting applications from young scientists and students from developing
countries to participate in its International Doctoral Program for Development
Studies. The doctoral degrees may
be in Social or Political Science, Economics, Agricultural Economics,
Agriculture, Forestry or Natural Science. The
entire program is in English. A
two-month conversational German language course is offered at the beginning of
the course program. The empirical
research has to be conducted at their specific location abroad, in developing
countries or international institutions, in an environment with quality advisors
and supervisors. ZEF supports
individual students with funds for field research.
Qualified candidates who cannot be offered a scholarship will receive a
letter of qualification and acceptance. It
will help them to seek financial assistance at other institutions and
foundations that provide grants for living expenses and research costs.
Therefore, students are encouraged to apply for those institutional
scholarships, if they are already accepted as doctoral students at a university
in their home country. Those students will receive a scholarship to study at ZEF.
They will participate as the other students, in the doctoral courses at
ZEF and conduct their empirical research in their home country.
The next deadline for applications for scholarships and admission to the
International Doctoral Program is September 30, 2001.
For additional information contact: Dr. Günther Manske, Co-ordinator,
International Doctoral Program for Development Studies Center for Development
Research (ZEF), Walter-Flex-Str. 3, 53113 Bonn, Germany, Tel: ++49 (0)
228-73-1794 / 1727, Fax: ++49 (0) 228-73-1889, Email: docp.zef@uni-bonn.de;
or visit: http://www.zef.de for details.
Request for Small Grants Proposals for Year 2002
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the North American Wetlands
Conservation Council are currently entertaining proposals that request match
funding for wetland and wetland-associated upland conservation projects under
the Small Grants program. Projects
must meet the purposes of the North American Wetlands Conservation Act of 1989,
as amended. Funding priority will
be giving to projects from new grant applicants with new partners, where the
project ensures long-term conservation benefits. However, previous Act grantees are eligible to receive
funding and can compete successfully on the basis of strong project resource
values. The grants are only for
applicants from Canada, United States and Mexico. Proposals must be postmarked no later than Friday, November
30, 2001, to: Dr. Keith A. Morehouse, Small Grants Coordinator, Division of Bird
Habitat Conservation, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, 4401 North Fairfax Drive,
Suite 110, Arlington, Virginia 22203, USA, Tel: (703) 358-1784; Fax: (703)
358-2282, Email: keith_morehouse@fws.gov;
or visit: http://northamerican.fws.gov/.
Request for Proposals by The World Parrot Trust's
Actions Grants Program
The goal is to support the implementation of the Parrot Action Plan
by funding conservation action on behalf of the nearly 100 species of parrots
that are globally threatened with extinction. Projects will be reviewed by the Trust’s Scientific
Committee and priority will given to projects directed toward effective
conservation of parrot species included in the Parrot Action Plan. The committee is requesting a pre-proposal of 300 words or
less, and a skeleton budget that outlines the broad categories of expenses.
For this first Action Grant round, the deadline for submitting the one
page pre-proposal is August 1, 2001. If
the pre-proposal is approved, the details will be sent to you for submitting a
full proposal by September 1, 2001. Pre-proposals
may be submitted electronically to: ActionGrants@WorldParrotTrust.org.
However, they may also be submitted by fax, in the United Kingdom: (44)
1736 751 028; and in the United States: (651) 275-1891; or mailed to: WPT-UK
Action Grants, Glanmor House, Hayle, Cornwall TR27 4HB,UK; or to: WPT-USA Action
Grants, PO Box 353, Stillwater, MN 55082, USA.
For further information, or to obtain a copy of the pre-proposal format,
contact: Dr. James D. Gilardi, Director, The World Parrot Trust, Email: gilardi@worldparrottrust.org;
or visit: http://www.worldparrottrust.org.
REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS BY THE ROYAL SOCIETY FOR THE PROTECTION OF
BIRDS
The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB), the BirdLife
Partner in the United Kingdom, has available a limited sum of money to award as
small grants. These grants, to a maximum of around $1,500 USD, are specifically
for research into, or surveys of, the world's rarest birds.
To qualify, the survey or research project must focus on species falling
into one of the three following groups: species with no currently known occupied
sites; species listed as "Critical" in "Threatened Birds of the
World"; species listed as "Data Deficient" in "Threatened
Birds of the World". Priority will be given to work carried out by BirdLife
Partners, or others working within their own countries or in neighboring
countries which do not have a Partner. Full
proposals should be submitted with full justification, a clear description of
the aims and methods of the project and an indication of how the work will aid
the conservation of the species. To
apply contact: Dr Paul Donald, Royal Society for the Protection of Birds, The
Lodge Sandy, Bedfordshire SG19 2DL,UK, Tel: ++44 1767 680551, Fax: ++44 1767
682118.
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"RESERVA" COURSE IN MEXICO
Ducks Unlimited of Mexico, A.C (DUMAC), the Autonomous University
of Yucatan (UADY as initialed in Spanish), the Secretariat of the Environment,
Natural Resources and Fishing (SEMARNAT as initialed in Spanish), the US Fish
and Wildlife Service (USFWS), the US Forest Service (USFS) and Ducks Limited (DU
Inc.) will offer the 20th RESERVA Course, to be held at the Calakmul
and Rio Lagartos Biosphere Reserves, Yucatan Peninsula, from October 3 to
December 3, 2001. The event is
aimed at professionals who manage protected areas, are natural area coordinators
or are involved in research, environmental education or community development.
Each candidate should send Curriculum Vitae with a recent picture, a
cover letter, two recommendation letters, and a letter from the institution that
specifies the amount of time worked at the company, the job and the activities
she/he is performing at the moment. The
deadline to receive applications is July 31, 2001.
For further information, or to send an application, contact: Programa
RESERVA, DUMAC (Oficina Regional Sureste), Calle 59 No. 180 entre 42 y 44, Frac:
Francisco de Montejo, C.P. 97200, Merida, Yucatan, Mexico, Tel/Fax: (52) (5) 9
946 86 84, Email: davidalonzo@dumac.com.mx,
or visit: http://www.dumac.com.mx
Antigua seabird monitoring needed
The
Environmental Awareness Group (EAG), in Antigua, is currently seeking: 1) An
individual to travel to Antigua to conduct a preliminary survey of seabird
populations, develop a long-term monitoring plan, and to train local
counterparts (EAG and government field staff, as well as amateur birders) in
monitoring techniques. Funding for this project is being sought.
The person would have to spend considerable time in Antigua or make
several visits to encompass the major nesting seasons, peaking December to
August, 2) Any leads on potential funding sources for this particular type of
activity would also be appreciated. The
Antiguan Racer Conservation Project (ARCP) has been working for 6 years to
conserve the indigenous fauna and flora of Antigua's offshore islands located in
the North area, and would like to monitor bird populations more formally.
For further information contact: Carole McCauley, Education Officer,
Environmental Awareness Group, PO Box 2103, St. John's, Antigua, West Indies,
Tel: (268) 462 6236, Fax: (268) 463 7740, Email: eag@candw.ag;
or visit: http://eagantigua@cjb.net
GRADUATE
VOLUNTEERS NEEDED FOR TROPICAL FOREST RESEARCH IN PUERTO RICO
The
Institute for Tropical Ecosystem Studies of the University of Puerto Rico is
carrying out a census in a 16-ha plot of tropical forest in the Luquillo
Experimental Forest (Caribbean National Forest) in Puerto Rico.
The census started in July 2000 and will continue throughout 2001.
Eight volunteers are needed to assist in the census.
After training in tree identification, census protocol, and data base
management the volunteers will work in the forest to locate, tag, measure,
identify, and map trees, then enter the data into a computer.
The work period is from September 5 to December 12 2001, with a stipend
of $500/month and free accommodation at El Verde Field Station.
Applications should be submitted by July 25, 2001.
Only people with USA citizenship are eligible.
Application must be sent by regular mail, not email, and will include a
resume, letter of interest, university transcripts and two references.
For further information, or to send an application, contact: Nicholas
Brokaw, Institute for Tropical Ecosystem Studies, University of Puerto
Rico, P.O. Box 363682, San Juan, Puerto Rico 00936-3682, U.S.A, Tel: 787
764-0000, ext 4940, Fax: 787 772-1481, Email:
nbrokaw@sunites.upr.clu.edu
AMERICAN
BIRDING ASSOCIATION SEEKS DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT
The
American Birding Association (ABA), is seeking a Director of Development
responsible for planning and implementing fund raising strategies that will
spearhead the growth of the organization The
successful candidate must have experience in membership recruitment and member
development, corporate and foundation relations as well as a working knowledge
of major, annual and planned giving programs.
The Director of Development has one direct staff report and oversees the
activities of the other staff in membership.
Office location is at Colorado Springs.
A bachelor's degree plus three to five years of fund raising experience,
including at least two years of supervisory experience is required.
For more information contact Laura Jensen, Principal, L/J Consultants, PO
Box 803, Chapel Hill, NC 27514, Tel: 919-545-9610, Fax 919-545-9693 or visit:
www.americanbirding.org
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INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS ON WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT IN AMAZONIA AND LATIN AMERICA,
September 10-14, 2001, in Cartagena de Indias, Colombia.
The preliminary academic program includes 15-minute short presentations
and poster cycles, magisterial conferences, workshops, symposia, and three short
courses based on the event's central theme: definition and application of
sustainable criteria. For further information contact: Fundacion Natura, Apartado
Aereo 55402, Calle 61 No. 4-26, Bogota, Colombia, Tel: (571) 248-5820, Fax:
(571) 346-1382, Email: quintocongreso@internodos.com;
or visit: http://www.vcongresofauna.org.
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CONGRESS OF THE MESOAMERICAN SOCIETY FOR BIOLOGY AND CONSERVATION, October
15-19, 2001. The Congress will be
held in San Salvador, El Salvador. For
those interested in presenting a paper or report, and/or organizing a symposium,
please submit to: Eunice Echeverria, Email: eeecheverria@hotmail.com,
or Roberto Rivera, Email: rrbiosis@es.com.sv,
with an attached copy to mesoamerica2001@yahoo.com.mx.
For further information contact: Juan Pablo Dominguez, Coordinador, Tel:
(503) 270-0320, Email: simbios@es.com.sv;
or visit: http://geocities.com/smbc_elsalvador_2001/
V CONGRESS ON THE STUDY AND CONSERVATION OF BIRDS OF MEXICO,
November 20-22, 2001. The meeting
will take place at the Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolas de Hidalgo, Morelia,
Michioacan. The congress will
include speeches, symposia, posters, thesis and poster competition for students,
field trips, book and equipment exhibitions and sale. For further
information contact: Maria del
Coro Arizmendi, ENEP-Iztacala UNAM, Unidad de Biologia, Tecnologia y Prototipos,
Laboratorio de Ecologia, Av. de los Barrios s/n, Los Reyes Iztacala, Mexico D.F.
54090, Mexico, Tel: (52) 5-6231130, Fax: (52) 5-6231225, Email:
coro@servidor.unam.mx
IV CARIBBEAN BIODIVERSITY CONGRESS, January 21-24, 2002.
The meeting will take place in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.
The Congress will welcome original presentations on Caribbean
biodiversity in the fields of systematics, biogeography, ecology, conservation,
bio-ethics, environmental education, and sustainable development, which may be
presented in either podium or poster session.
Please contact the coordinator prior to July 30, 2001, if you wish to
organize or moderate a session. For
further information contact: Prof. Carlos Ml. Rodriguez, Coordinator, Organizing
Committee, Caribbean Biodiversity Congress IV, Department of Biology, Autonomous
University of Santo Domingo (UASD), Dominican Republic, Tel/Fax: (809) 686-3346,
Email: carlos_rguez96@hotmail.com;
or visit: http://caribbeanfish.org
III International Partners In Flight
Conference, "Partners In Flight Conservation Plans: Implementation and
Integration in the Americas", March 20-24, 2002.
The conference will take place at the Asilomar State Park Conference
Center in Monterey, California. Concurrent
technical sessions and workshops will provide ideas and tools for putting bird
conservation plans on the ground in cooperation with other bird initiatives and
partners. There will be
opportunities for adjunct meetings of committees and working groups.
If you are able to help with conference funding or are otherwise
interested in contributing, contact Terry Rich, Email: terry_rich@fws.gov,
or C. J. Ralph, Email: cjr2@axe.humboldt.edu.
For further information contact: Sandy Scoggin, 4990 Shoreline Hwy,
Stinson Beach, CA 94970, USA, Tel: (415) 868-1221 ext. 16, Email: sscoggin@prbo.org;
or visit: http://www.prbo.org/PIF/NPIF2002.htm
conference on "Birds of two worlds:
advances in the ecology and evolution of temperate-tropical migration
system", Spring 2002, to be held in Washington DC, and hosted by the
Smithsonian Institute. The
conference will include a series of invited talks organized into symposia, round
table discussions and poster session. The
organizers are soliciting proposals to fill conceptual gaps in the conference
and eventual book. The deadline to
submit a paper is August 15, 2001. For
further information, or to send an abstract, contact: Pete Marra, Email: marra@serc.si.edu;
or Russell Greenberg, Email: antbirds@erols.com
23rd INTERNATIONAL ORNITHOLOGICAL CONGRESS, August
11-17, 2002. The meeting is to be
held in Beijing, under the auspices of International Ornithological Committee.
The Congress features ten plenary lectures, 40 symposia, round-table
discussions, oral presentations, and poster presentations.
The deadline for submission of abstracts is July 1, 2001.
For further information, or to obtain a copy of the brochure, contact:
Liu Feng, Assistant Secretary General, 23rd. International
Ornithological Congress, Email: infocenter@ioc.org.cn,
or visit: http://www.ioc.org.cn
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"CONDORS AND VULTURES" by David Houston. 2001.
World Wildlife Series. 10 x 9, paperback, 72 pp., 50 color photos.
Price: $16.95 USD. Condors
and Vultures discusses their diversity and distribution, how these birds fit
into natural wildlife communities, and the special adaptations that are required
to be an efficient scavenger. It explains why in many parts of the world they
are endangered by human activities and need active conservation.
Available in bookstores or it can be ordered directly from Voyageur Press
with a Visa or MasterCard via phone (800-888-9653), fax (651-430-2211), or on
the web: http://www.voyageurpress.com.
Orders may also be mailed with a check or money order payable to:
Voyageur Press, P.O. Box 338, Stillwater, MN, 55082.
Please add $3.95 for shipping and handling per order.
"WILDLIFE STUDY DESIGN" by Michael L. Morrison, William
M. Block, M. Dale Strickland, and William L. Kendall. April 2001. 255 pages.
Price: $69.95 USD. The book
covers all major aspects of study design as applied to wildlife and conservation
studies, including surveys of major types of studies and variables, impact
assessment, sampling techniques, inventorying and monitoring, and data analysis. The book is aimed at resource managers, researchers, and
students of wildlife and conservation biology. Ordering information at
1-800-777- 4643; or visit: http://www.springer-ny.com.
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NOTE:
For thorough searches of the ornithological literature consult ROL in the web
at: www.nmnh.si.edu/BIRDNET/ROL (# 81 now posted)
Contents of Cotinga 15
Predation
of Yellow-winged Tanager Thraupis abbas by an arboreal snake in Belize - Thomas
R. Rainwater, Marcus C. England, Steven G. Platt and Scott T. McMurry,
Identification of Least Tern Sterna antillarum and Yellow-billed
Tern S. superciliaris, with a sight record of Yellow-billed Tern from
Tobago, West Indies - Floyd E. Hayes; An albino Olivaceous Cormorant Phalacrocorax
brasilianus in the Brazilian Amazon - Francisco Mallet-Rodrigues;
A partial albino Red-legged Honeycreeper Cyanerpes cyaneus
in Costa Rica - AndrewW. Kratter and Brian Nice;
Cecropia fruits and Müllerian bodies in the diet of Chestnut-bellied
Seedeater Sporophila castaneiventris - Sergio Henrique Borges and
Ingrid Torres de Macêdo; Nesting of Rufous-capped Motmot Baryphthengus ruficapillus
in a tatu burrow - Jorge J. Protomastr;
An ornithological survey of Serra do Caraça, Minas Gerais, Brazil - Marcelo
Ferreira de Vasconcelos and Tadeu Artur de Melo Junior ;
Registros del Cuitlacoche de Cozumel Toxoxtoma guttatum
posteriores al Huracan Gilberto - Tania Macouzet F. y Patricia Escalante
Pliego; Turquoise Dacnis Dacnis
hartlaubi, a Colombian endemic in shade coffee plantations - Jorge E.
Botero and Juan C. Verhelst; First
breeding records of Black-chinned Mountain-tanager Anisognathus notabilis
and first nesting records in the wild of Blue-winged Mountain-tanager Anisognathus
flavinucha with ecological notes - Ralf Strewe;
Population dynamics and natural history of the Sierra Madre Sparrow Xenospiza
baileyi at La Cima, Mexico - Adan Oliveras de Ita, Hector Gomez de Silva
and Manuel Grosselet; Additional
information on the avifauna of Queretaro, Mexico - Octavio R. Rojas Soto,
Francisco Javier Sahagun Sanchez and Adolfo G. Navarro S.;
Sight records of new species for Nicaragua and noteworthy records on
range and occurrence - David A. Wiedenfeld, Jose Morales M. and Martin Lezama
L; Una nueva subespecie del
Siju de Sabana Speotyto cunicularia para Cuba - Orlando H. Garrido;
First nest of Grey-bellied Comet Taphrolesbia griseiventris - Richard
L. Garrigues; Notes on some birds from central and northern Peru
Alfredo
J. Begazo, Thomas Valqui, Mark Sokol and Elaine Langlois;
Observations of seabirds in Peruvian and Chilean waters during the 1998
El Niño - Gail Mackiernan, Peter Lonsdale, Noam Shany, Barry Cooper and
Peter Ginsburg.
Blake, John G & Loiselle, Bette A. 2001. Bird
assemblages in second-growth and old-growth forest, Costa Rica: Perspective from
mist nets and point counts. The Auk
118 (2):304-327.
Canaday, C. & Rivadeneyra, J.
(2001). Initial effects of a
petroleum operation on Amazonian birds: terrestrial insectivores retreat.
Biodiversity and Conservation 10, 567-595.
Caparroz, R., Miyaki, C. Y., Bampi, M. I.
& Wajntal, A. (2001).
Analysis of the genetic variability in a sample of the remaining group of
Spix's Macaw (Cyanopsitta spixii) by DNA fingerprinting. Biological
Conservation 99, 307-311.
Johnson, Ned K & E. Robert.
2001. A new species of Tody-Tyrant
from northern Peru. The Auk:118
(2):334- 342.
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