Arizona Field Ornithologists
Third Annual State Meeting
23-25 October 2009
DuVal Auditorium (Room 2006)
University of Arizona Health Sciences Center
1501 N. Campbell Avenue
Tucson, ArizonaTucson, AZ
Featuring:
Presentations, Dinner Speaker, Field Trips
List of accommodations
Detailed
Saturday Meeting Agenda
Workshop and Field Trip Details
Friday, 23 October
Afternoon mini-expedition to Cienega
Creek Preserve led by Keith Kamper. Click on
Workshop and Field Trip link above for details.
Saturday, 24 October 8:00 A.M.-4:30 P.M.
Click Detailed Meeting Agenda link
above for more specific times and detailed agenda.
Information tables in lobby from
other local bird-focused organizations
Used Book Sale
Invited Presentations:
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“The Status of the Cactus Ferruginous Pygmy-Owl in
Arizona and Northern Sonora,” by Scott Richardson,
pygmy-owl coordinator for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife
Service since 2002
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“Recent Seasonal Distribution Changes in Arizona Birds,” by AZFO President and Arizona Breeding Bird Atlas coordinator, Troy Corman
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“Beaver reintroduction in relation to breeding birds of conservation concern along the upper San Pedro River,” by Glenn Johnson, researcher in western U.S. and northern Mexico and currently a graduate student at UA.
Other Reports:
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Reports and future plans for such AZFO Activities as Field Expeditions, Seasonal Reports, Sightings Database, the Online Journal, Web Page,
annual Avian Censuses
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Report from the Arizona Bird Committee
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Elections of the AZFO board and officers
Location:
DuVal Auditorium (Room 2006)
University of Arizona Health Sciences Center
1501 N. Campbell Avenue
Tucson, Arizona
Click
here for a map to the Health Sciences Center
Click
here for directions to the Duval Auditorium
Saturday, 24 October, 6:00 P.M.
Dinner with keynote speaker
Rick Taylor, Director of Borderland Tours and author of the ABA’s A Birder’s Guide to Southeastern Arizona, will speak on “Vagrants from Mexico: What Birds Could Arizona Expect Next?”
See payment details below
Location:
El Parador Restaurant
2744 E. Broadway Boulevard
Tucson, Arizona
Click here for a map to the restaurant
Sunday, 25 October 2009
Morning mini-field expeditions
to seldom-visited areas in southern Arizona.
Trips will be to:
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seldom visited areas on
the eastern slope of the Santa Rita Mountains
led by John Yerger
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Cook's Lake and San Pedro
River: Special permission has been obtained to bird
this riparian habitat between Mammoth and
Dudleyville that is not normally open to the public,
led by Troy Corman
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Esperanza Ranch: This area along
the upper Santa Cruz River south of Tucson is an Audubon
State Important Bird Area, led by Scott Wilbor
Workshop:
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Bird Sound Recording: Master
bird recordist Pierre Deviche will lead a field workshop
on equipment and techniques for bird sound recording in
the Santa Catalina mountains
Click on Workshops and Field
Trips link above for more details.
Details:
Costs (see link below to register):
The dinner will be $25 for all, which is due by 15
October and nonrefundable after 21 October.
Registration (in advance or walk-ins welcome):
AZFO Members: No cost.
Nonmembers are welcome and encouraged to attend all
events.
Registration $10, deducted from your annual dues if you decide to join AZFO that weekend.
AZFO Used Book Sale during sessions on 24 October 2009
WANTED: USED BOOKS
We ask for donations of gently used bird-related books and audiovisual materials. Donations are tax deductible.
Books must be received by 17 October.
For the Tucson area please email Vivian
MacKinnon at arcvivian@yahoo.com to arrange drop-off or pick-up.
For pick-up in the Phoenix area email Marceline
Vandewater at fieldtrips@cazba.org or drop them off at one of the Audubon Meetings (Desert Rivers, Maricopa, or Sonoran Audubon) in early fall.
To arrange pickup in all other areas email
Marceline Vandewater at
fieldtrips@cazba.org.
For more information contact:
Doug Jenness
email:
d_jenness@hotmail.com
Coordinator for AZFO statewide meeting
Photo credits (clockwise from upper left):
Chris West, Benjamin Van Doren, Arlene Ripley, Clifford
Cathers, Pierre Deviche and Dick Dionne
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