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Symposium: The Role of Banding in
Raptor Conservation: Past, Present, and Future
Friday,
September 24, 2010
8:00 am – 5:00 pm
Banding
raptors, what have we learned and where are we going?
This
full-day symposium will be held as part of the 2010 Raptor Research
Foundation meeting in Fort Collins, Colorado. The symposium will occur
on Friday 24 September, the RRF meeting occurs on 22-26 September. The
symposium is being organized by Keith L. Bildstein (Hawk
Mountain Sanctuary) and Bruce G. Peterjohn (USGS Bird Banding
Lab).
The purpose of the full-day symposium is to bring
together raptor-banders and raptor-tracking specialists to:
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Summarize what banding has taught us about raptor
movements, longevity, and mortality factors.
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Compare that knowledge with information derived from
newer tracking techniques.
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Access the likely role of banding in our field in
the future.
Speakers who have accepted our invitation to participate
include:
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Bruce
Peterjohn (USGS Bird Banding Lab)
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Keith
Bildstein, Chris Farmer and Laurie Goodrich (Hawk Mountain
Sanctuary)
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Bill
Clark (Raptours)
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Jeff
Smith (HawkWatch International)
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Libby
Mjoica and Brian Watts (The College of William and Mary)
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Mike
Wallace (Los Angles Zoo) and Scott Weidensaul
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Dan
Varland, (Coastal Raptors)
Contact:
Keith Bildstein
Acopian Center for Conservation Learning
at Hawk
Mountain Sanctuary
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