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Hi Folks,
This is just a reminder to hold the date of Saturday, October 18th for the second annual Ohio Avian Research Conference at Denison University in Granville, Ohio. (http://tuckercasey.wix.com/aacri-birds#!oarc2014/cd8o)
•This year's conference will be an official state-level conference of the American Ornithologist's Union (AOU). Ohio has the honor of hosting the first state-level AOU conference. This year's Ohio Avian Research Conference will be used as a model to implement similar state or regional AOU conferences across North America.
•In addition to the AOU the Ohio Avian Research Conference 2014 is financially supported by The Nature Conservancy of Ohio, Kaufman Field Guides and Columbus Audubon, and is endorsed by the Ohio Bird Conservation Initiative (OBCI),  USFWS in Ohio as well as the Migratory Bird Division of the USFWS.
•The keynote presenter this year is Dr. Bernadette Plair of the College of Mt. St. Joseph, in Cincinnati, and the Center for Reproduction of Endangered Wildlife (CREW) at the Cincinnati Zoo. Dr. Plair will be presenting her work on restoring Blue-&-Gold Macaw's back to her native Trinidad, where they had been formerly extirpated.  I've also already recruited Amanda Duren, coordinator for the Ohio Bird Conservation Initiative to speak about her work with Lights Out Columbus.  Drs. Jill & David Russell of Miami University will be speaking about their work with Boreal Owls in Alaska. And Dr. Herman Mays of the Cincinnati Museum of Natural History will be speaking about his work on the evolutionary histories of Chinese birds.  A general call for presentations (both poster & oral) will be sent out in July. However, if you'd like to propose an oral presentation in the meantime please contact me directly with a title and abstract.
•I am working with the Ohio Young Birders Club to highlight more first-hand bird research by high school students. This includes a specially designated oral presentation, and hopefully more poster presentations as well.
•Last year over $300 was awarded in student presentation awards to undergraduate and graduate presenters by several different organizations, including the Ohio Biological Survey (OBS). OBS has again committed to offering another student presentation award this year. I am also working to establish an endowed presentation award that will be awarded annually as part of this conference. This award will honor Dr. David Osborne of Miami University, who's previous grad students are considered some of the most successful and leading ornithologists in academia and conservation today.  This award has been set up through the Oxford Ohio Community Foundation.  You can read reward descriptions at the conference site above. 
•The goal in organizing the Ohio Avian Research Conference is to promote the idea that direct involvement and support of scientific research at multiple levels is necessary for furthering our knowledge of birds for the benefit of their conservation. This conference is an opportunity to bring together Ohio-based professional academic, NGO and agency researchers with students and citizen scientists to share their work with one another and with interested audiences seeking new information & potentially new opportunities.
•Conference registration will open in August via the website above.
I look forward to seeing many of you in October for a fun event and a great opportunity to learn more about birds from the individuals who are making new discoveries about them everyday.
Thank you for your time.
Sincerely,
Casey Tuckerhttp://tuckercasey.wix.com/aacri-birds


                                          
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