Arizona Field Ornithologists

Second Annual Statewide Meeting

Northern Arizona University
Flagstaff, AZ

4-5 October 2008

Saturday Sessions:
Southwest Forestry Complex Building, Room 17
Northern Arizona University Campus
Registration begins at 8:00 AM
Sessions begin at 8:30 AM and conclude at 5:00 PM

Click here for a PDF file of the Tentative Schedule

Active birders, biologists, and others interested in helping to increase the knowledge of bird distribution and identification in Arizona are urged to preregister for the second annual Arizona Field Ornithologists (AZFO) state membership meeting. The first day’s sessions will be held in Room 17 of the Southwest Forestry Complex building on the Northern Arizona University campus in Flagstaff. We will have several informative presentations from different parts of Arizona on bird distribution, identification, and recent research projects; provide updates on our activities and future plans; and hold elections for the board and officers. The following morning we are planning several half- to partial-day mini-Field Expeditions to less frequented locations that can be reached from the Flagstaff area. Attendance at the meeting will be at no cost to AZFO members. Nonmembers are welcome and encouraged to attend both the Saturday sessions and Sunday mini-expeditions and will pay a $10 admission fee. This fee can be deducted from your annual dues if you decide to join AZFO that weekend. For more information on hotel accommodations and restaurants, updates on the program and mini-field expeditions, and a preregistration form (please preregister by September 25)

Saturday presentations will include:

“Separating the Wheat from the Chaff: A Canada vs. Cackling Goose Identification Primer,” Pierre Deviche, Editor of Arizona Birds Online
“Yellow-billed Cuckoo Distribution, Breeding Status, and Habitat Use along the Lower Colorado River,” Laura Stewart, Northern Arizona University , Flagstaff , AZ
“The Status and Distribution of Reintroduced California Condors in Northern Arizona and Southern Utah ," Eddie Feltes, Field Manager for the Peregrine Fund's Condor Recovery Project

Opportunities for mini-Field Expedition birding on Sunday morning are:

I-40/Little Colorado River corridor (migrant and vagrant focus), Troy Corman
South Kaibab Forest lakes and other localities (southeast of Williams), Elaine Morrall
For those interested in birding on their way back south Salt Mine Road out to Gap Creek along the Verde River (just south of Camp Verde ), Tom Linda
Cameron Hotel grounds, Cameron Seep Area, and then to Pasture Canyon near Tuba City, which are all on the Navajo/Hopi Tribal lands, Chuck LaRue

Doug Jenness,

Coordinator for AZFO statewide meeting