NAOC Program
NAOC Program
Monday, 23 September
09:00 - 16:00 AOU Check-list Committee Meeting, Poydras
18:00 - 21:30 AOU First Meeting of Council, Poydras
Tuesday, 24 September
08:00 - 15:30 AOU Second Meeting of Council, Poydras
08:00 - 17:00 COS Board Meeting, Magnolia
08:00 - 17:00 RRF Board Meeting, Oak
13:00 - 16:10 Policy Council of American Bird Conservancy Meeting,
Vieux Carré B—Open to all registrants!
Presentations by Kelly Brock on San Clemente Loggerhead Shrike recovery, by Jeff Price on global warming’s impact on birds, by Bernie Tershy on removal of introduced species from islands, and by Wendy Sanborn on HawkWatch International’s wildlife lead poisoning reduction program. The Policy Council is a consortium of over 80 ornithological and conservation groups that help ABC accomplish its bird conservation mission. (ABC Symposium begnning at 13:25 overlaps and follows immediately after Policy Council meeting.)15:45 - 17:00 AOU First Meeting of Fellows, Cabildo
Wednesday, 25 September
13:00 - 13:30 AOU Third Meeting of Council, Poydras
13:30 - 14:00 AOU Second Meeting of Fellows, Poydras
16:00 - 18:00 OSNA Committee, Magnolia
18:00 - 20:00 Society for the Conservation and Study of Caribbean
Birds (SCSCB) Executive Officers and Board Meeting, Magnolia
Thursday, 26 September
13:00 - 13:30 COS Business Meeting of Members, LaSalle B
17:00 - 18:15 AOU Business Meeting of Members, LaSalle B and
C
Friday, 27 September
12:00 - 14:00 The Auk Associate Editors Luncheon, Sydney Boardroom,
Hotel Monaco, 333 St. Charles Ave.
12:30 - 14:00 Ornithological Council, Magnolia
17:30 - 18:30 RRF Business Meeting of Members, Poydras
Saturday, 28 September
12:30 - 13:30 SCO/SOC Annual General Meeting of Members, Les Continents
12:30 – 13:45 SCSCB Meeting of Members, Poydras
Tuesday, 24 September
17:30 - 20:00 No-host Dinner for AOU Council & Fellows, and
Officers of COS, RRF, SCO/SOC, SCSCB, and CIPAMEX and Guests;
Michaul’s Live Cajun and Jazz Music Restaurant,
840 St. Charles Ave.
19:00 - 22:00 Opening Reception with Louisiana hors d'oeuvres
& cash bar, featuring “Wings over the Wetlands”, a film produced by
the
Barrataria-Terrebonne National Estuary Program;
Audubon Nature Institute’s “Aquarium of the Americas”, foot of Canal St.
by Canal Place
Wednesday, 25 September
08:30 - 09:00 Conference Welcome, Opening Remarks, and Announcements;
LaSalle ABC (and by video feed to Pan-Am Auditorium for overflow crowd)
17:00 -18:00 Special Lecture by James Ingold, “History of Louisiana
Ornithology”; Vieux Carré AB
17:00 -19:00 Reception for exhibition, “Anderson, Audubon, et Alia”,
with wine and cheese hors d’oevres; Jones Hall, Second Floor
(Special Collections), Tulane University Uptown
Campus
18:00 - 21:00 First Poster Session, Wine & Cheese (light
hors d’oevres) Reception, LaSalle A
Thursday, 26 September
10:00 - 15:45 Silent Auction, Society for the Conservation and Study
of Caribbean Birds (SCSCB), with all bidding ending promptly at 3:45 PM;
Oak & Magnolia
18:30 - 21:30 Mid-Conference Picnic & Party (with “Sunpie
and the Louisiana Sunspots”),
Cajun buffet dinner and free drinks included. Note that this is Thursday dinner, paid for with registration, and all registrants are encouraged to attend (space available to socialize away from music); House of Blues, Decatur Street (French Quarter)
Friday, 27 September
18:30 - 21:30 Second Poster Session, New Orleans Dessert Reception with coffee and cash bar, LaSalle A
Saturday, 28 September
07:00 - 08:00 All-out Ostrich Uproar 5 km Race, with registration prior
to race; Audubon Park by Fountain across St. Charles Ave.
from Tulane Uptown University Administration Building
17:15 - 18:00 Cocktails—cash bar; Le Salon
18:00 - 23:00 Final Banquet with Cajun dance band, “Les Freres
Michot”; Grand Ballroom (LaSalle A, B, C)
Each day will begin with a plenary session starting at 9:00.
Tuesday, 24 September
09:00 - 13:00 Putting wildlife first: contributions to bird conservation
on National Wildlife Refuges (P. J. Heglund, K. Granillo & J.
Taylor; Pontalba)
09:00 - 11:15 Colonial waterbird biology and conservation (J.
Kushlan; LaSalle B)
09:00 - 12:00 Avian microbe interactions (S. Roberts; Vieux Carré
B)
13:00 - 16:00 The use of ornithology in education (D. J. Watt;
LaSalle C)
13:25 - 18:15 Current issues in bird conservation: the application
of sound science to formulate policy decisions (G. W. Winegrad; Vieux
Carré B)
13:30 - 16:00 Linking physiology, morphology, and ecology in nectar-feeding
birds (T. J. McWhorter, J. E. Schondube & D. R. Powers; LaSalle
B)
14:00 - 16:45 Enriching the conceptual basis of bird monitoring schemes
(A. McCallum, T. Scott & S. L. L. Gaunt; Pontalba)
Wednesday, 25 September
09:00 – 10:00 Plenary 1. A new view of avian life history evolution
applied to parental care, clutch size, and developmental patterns across
the world
(T. E. Martin; LaSalle ABC; and video feed to Pan-Am
Auditorium for overflow crowd)
10:30 - 13:00 Physiological ecology of migration: how to fly, fast,
and feed enroute (R. L. Holberton & S. R. McWilliams; Vieux Carré
A)
14:00 - 17:30 Island treasures: avian research and conservation in
the Caribbean (R. Gnam; Vieux Carré A)
Thursday, 26 September
09:00 - 10:00 Plenary 2. In Search of King Solomon's Ring: Studies on
the Cognitive and Communicative Abilities of Grey Parrots. Irene Pepperberg;
MIT School of Architecture and Planning, Brandeis
University Department of Psychology.; & video feed to Pan-Am Auditorium
for overflow crowd)
10:30 - 15:45 Celebrating 100 years of bird banding in North America
(J. Tautin; Vieux Carré A)
Friday, 27 September
09:00 - 10:00 Plenary 3. Twenty?five primary evolutionary insights from
the phylogeographic revolution in population genetics
(J. C. Avise; LaSalle BC; and video feed to Pan-Am
Auditorium for overflow crowd)
10:30 - 12:45 Conservation and ecology of disturbance-dependent birds
(F. R. Thompson III & J. Brawn; Vieux Carré B)
10:30 - 12:30 Problems and opportunities in avian deep phylogenetics
(J. Harshman & A. Driskell; Vieux Carré A)
14:00 - 17:30 Satellite telemetry of birds (K. D. Meyer, J. A. Coulson
& B. A. Millsap; Vieux Carré A)
Saturday, 28 September
09:00 - 10:00 Plenary 4. Migratory orientation: development and adaptive
plasticity
(K. P. Able; LaSalle BC; and video feed to Pan-Am
Auditorium for overflow crowd)
10:30 - 12:15 Threatened birds and their habitats in Mexico: conservation
program PROAVES (J. L. Alcántara; Poydras)
14:00 - 15:45 Natural climate variability and birds: recent advances
in our understanding of worldwide climate systems,
and an examination of their effect on avian population
dynamics (E. A. Schreiber & D. Gemmill; Vieux Carré A)
14:00 - 17:30 The ecology of cavity nesters: keystone processes
(J. Bednarz, P. Radley & D. Ripper; Vieux Carré B)
Tuesday, 24 September
09:00 - 16:30 Empowering large-scale, long-term studies on Neotropical bird populations on permanent bird plots (B. Loiselle & J. G. Blake; Vieux Carré A)
Wednesday, 25 September
10:30 - 12:30 Introduction to Band Manager (M. Gustafson; Les Continents)
12:30 - 14:00 Bird strike mitigation: Opportunities in applied ornithology
(J. M. Lamb; Magnolia)
14:00 - 16:00 Advanced Band Manager (M. Gustafson; Les Continents)
Thursday, 26 September
12:30 -14:00 New opportunities for research on the National Wildlife
Refuges (E. Paul; Les Continents)
14:15 -17:15 Conservation of Gyps vultures in Asia (J. Parry-Jones
& T. Katzner; Les Continents)
Friday, 27 September
14:00 -17:30 Conservation planning for Caribbean aquatic birds (E. Carey;
Magnolia)
17:30 -19:00 Satellite telemetry methods (K. D. Meyer, J. A. Coulson
& B. A. Millsap; Vieux Carré A)
Saturday, 28 September
10:30 -12:30 Ageing and sexing birds in the hand (and in the field) (M. Gustafson; Les Continents)
Lecture and Poster Sessions
Concurrent paper sessions will be held in smaller conference rooms following the plenaries and cof f ee break. Two poster sessions will be held in LaSalle A. The first, with reception with authors present, will be held Wed, 25 Sep, 18:00 - 21:00; the second, with reception with authors present, will be held Fri, 27 Sep, 19:00 - 22:00.
Go Here for a complete listing of scientific sessions.
Tuesday, 24 September
17:30 - 20:00 No-host Dinner for AOU Council & Fellows and Officers of COS, RRF, SCO/SOC, SCO, and CIPAMEX (restaurant to be announced)
19:00 - 22:00 Opening Reception at Audubon Nature
Institute’s “ Aquarium of the Americas” featuring Wings over the Wetlands,
a film
produced recently by the Barrataria-Terrebonne National Estuary Program;
Louisiana hors d'oeuvres & cash bar.
Wednesday, 25 September
18:00 - 21:00 First Poster Session, Wine & Cheese (light hors’doevres) Reception with complimentary sof t drinks & cash bar
Thursday, 26 September
18:00 - 21:00 Mid-Conference Picnic & Party,
House of Blues (with “ Sunpie and the Louisiana Sunspots” ), cajun buffet
dinner and free drinks included.
Please note that this is Thursday dinner, paid for with registration, and
it is hoped all registrants will attend.
Space will be available to socialize away from the music.
Friday, 27 September
18:30 - 21:30 Second Poster Session, New Orleans Dessert Reception with coffee and cash bar
Saturday, 28 September
17:00 - 18:00 Cocktail Hour - cash bar 18:00 - 23:00 Final Banquet, Hotel with Cajun dance band, “ Les Freres Michot”
We New Orleanians pride ourselves in knowing how to throw a party, with fine food, music and spirits as the starting ingredients. Our intriguing and diverse culinary and music heritage springs forth naturally from the cultural melting pot of south Louisiana.
The Audubon Institute hosts the opening reception on Tuesday evening at the world class Aquarium of the Americas located on the east bank of the Mississippi River. Enjoy Cajun (French-Acadian) food while viewing exhibits full of fishes of the Gulf of Mexico as well as from around the world. Make sure you see one of the white alligators, and don’t miss the screening of the short film “Wings Over the Wetlands.” The Aquarium of the Americas is home to more than 10,000 live fish, birds and reptiles. The newest exhibits include the jellyfish and seahorse additions. The “Gulf of Mexico” exhibit big tank is right out of a James Bond movie.
Join us on Thursday night for a “picnic” party at the House of Blues, replete with fine New Orleans style food and typical entertainment. Sunpie & the Louisiana Sunspots will play zydeco music, including many of their own compositions representing diverse styles and influences from Caribbean to Mexican. Lead singer, Bruce Barnes (a.k.a. Sunpie), is Park Ranger by day and accordion, harmonica, tambourine, bottle, and limbe drum player by night. Zydeco is a blues-flavored style of Cajun dance music. You are in for an uplifting, energizing evening. For those who desire quieter surroundings to visit with old freinds, there’s plenty of space to get away from the bustle of the band. Laissez les bon temps roulez!
To learn more about this local talent, visit the following web sites:
The Saturday night banquet will be held at the Intercontinental Hotel. You will feast upon local specialty dishes that have become world famous. Appetizers include duck and mushroom hors d’oeuvres, and oyster bisque with your choice of entrée: crab cakes, prime rib or vegan, and white chocolate bread pudding for dessert. The banquet entertainers are an all-brothers traditional Cajun band, Les Freres Michot. They play Cajun music in the all-acoustic “bal de maison” (house dance) style, so put on your dancin’ shoes for this one. Band member, Tommy Michot, is a research biologist and pilot for the USDI National Wetlands Research Center in Lafayette, LA, by day.http://www.turnipseed.com/sunpie.htmlFor a sample of Sunpie's music, download this mp3 of Bunny Bread
Visit the band’s web site to get the scoop on Les Freres Michot:
In your spare time, ask the Hotel Intercontinental Concierge, or the local committee members where to get information about the Big Easy…a friendly, exciting city like nowhere else on earth. For a great time on a limited budget, check out Bruce Fleury's all-in-one online city and restaurant guide:http://communities.msn.com/lesfreresmichotFor a sample of Les Freres Michot's music, download this mp3 of Two Step de Pilette