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Arizona Field Ornithologists
8th Annual Meeting
Globe-Miami
October 3-5, 2014
Bullion Plaza Auditorium
150 N. Plaza Circle
Miami, AZ 85539
Papers and Posters Guidelines click here
Information on youth Scholarships click here
Featuring: Presentations, Dinner Speaker, Mini-Field Expeditions
List of accommodations click here
Area Restaurants suggestions click here
Detailed Meeting Agenda click here (draft)
Mini- Field Expeditions Details click here
Friday, 3 October
Afternoon Mini-Expeditions click here;
For Friday trips- pre-register by sending an email to the trip leader for the Friday expedition you
wish to participate in.
- Jones Water Campground
- Boyce Thompson Arboretum State Park
- Arnett Creek
Saturday, 4 October
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Bell's Sparrow, photo by Chris McCreedy |
MEETING
8:30 A.M. -- 4 :45 P.M.
Detailed Agenda click here (draft)
Used Book Sale
WANTED: USED BOOKS, we ask for donations of gently used bird-related books and audiovisual materials. Donations are tax deductible. Books should be received by 1 October, or brought to the meeting.
Local contacts:
Flagstaff area- Geoff Bland at GeoffgroovesAThotmail.com
Phoenix area- Marceline VandeWater at MarcelineATermaroni.net
Tucson area - Jenness at D_JennessAThotmail.com
Invited Presentations on Arizona Birdlife and Research
Presentations will include the following Papers: for full abstracts click here.
Papers
- Habitat, Diet, and Density: Gray Hawk Expansion on the San Pedro River, Ariana LaPorte
- Plumage Differences and Wintering Distributions of Sagebrush and Bell’s Sparrows in California and Arizona, Chris McCreedy
- A Survey of Spring Migration at Lake Havasu with an Emphasis on Waterbirds, David Vander Pluym
- Nonbreeding Season Occupancy of Gray Vireos at Kofa NWR, Chrissy Kondrat-Smith
- Present Status of Mexican Ducks (Anas platyrhynchos diazi) in Arizona and the Bird's Expansion into Tropic-Subtropic Wetlands, David Brown
- An Update on Neotropic Cormorants in Arizona: Using Citizen Science Data to Explore Trends in Range Expansion, Eric Hough
- Prolonged Physiological Effects of capture and Brief Restraint in Male Rufous-winged Sparrows, Pierre Deviche
- Lesser Nighthawk Video, Larry Arbanas
- Geo-tagging Purple Martins on the Lower San Pedro River, Jennie MacFarland
Poster
- Breeding Ecology and the Use of Nesting Platforms of the Cordilleran Flycatcher (Empidonax occidentalis) in Southwest Colorado,
Darrah, A. J.1 and van Riper III
Bird Photo and Audio Quiz
Other Reports:
Reports and future plans for such AZFO Activities, Field Expeditions, Seasonal Reports, the Online Journal, and the AZFO Web site
Elections of the AZFO board and officers
SOCIAL HOUR
5:00 P.M. -- 6 :00 P.M.
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Mexican Duck, photo by David Vander Pluym |
Wild Horses Saloon (Google map here)
DINNER
6 :00 P.M.
Bullion Plaza Auditorium
Keynote Speaker:
Dr. Charles van Riper III, Station Leader for the US Geological Survey SBSC Sonoran Desert Research Station, who will be speaking to our theme “Arizona’s Changing Avifauna.”
Sunday, 5 October
Mini-Expeditions: click here
For Sunday trips- registration will be in-person during the meeting
- San Carlos Reservoir and wastewater ponds
- Sierra Ancha Area
- Pinal Mountain
- Haunted Canyon
Meeting Details
Costs:
Registration (in advance or walk-ins welcome):
AZFO Members: No cost.
Nonmembers: Registration $10, deducted from your annual dues if you decide to join AZFO that weekend.
Register Online
Online Registration: click here
For more information contact:
Doug Jenness
email: d_jennessAThotmail.com
Coordinator for AZFO statewide meeting
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