[EBB Sightings] Call for papers: Western Field Ornithologists' September 2009 meeting

Hi, Birders:

Western Field Ornithologists' 34th annual meeting will be held in  
Boise, Idaho, September 10-14, 2009.  Papers are now being solicited  
for presentation at the meeting.

As in past years, papers should reflect original research or  
summarize existing unpublished information about birds in western  
North America, including YOUR area.  The papers should be presented  
in a manner that will be of interest to serious amateur and  
professional field ornithologists.  Fifteen minutes is allotted for  
each presentation, with a few more minutes allotted to questions from  
and discussion with the audience -- a hallmark of WFO meetings.

Talks relating to the following themes are solicited:
? Status, distribution, migration, and population dynamics of birds
? Systematics and biogeography of birds
? Ecology, behavior, and evolution of birds
? New information on avian field identification problems
? Descriptive field identification
? Science-based conservation and management of birds
? Techniques for field study of birds, including censusing,  
monitoring, and other methods; and results of studies applying such  
techniques

Abstracts are being accepted NOW.  Abstracts must be in a specific  
format, which you can read at

CallForPapers_WFO2009.pdf>

Abstracts will be reviewed, and program time awarded, in the order  
that abstracts are received.

Apologies to those who receive multiple copies of this Call.  If for  
any reason you cannot read the pdf mentioned above, contact me and  
I'll paste it into a return message.

More information about the Boise meeting will soon be posted at


and you can join WFO at


See you in Boise!


Dave Quady
Berkeley, California
davequady at att.net