2015 EBBA Meeting

The 2015 meeting of the Eastern Bird Banding Association was held at North Bay Adventure, a privately funded environmental education center located inside Elk Neck State Park in Maryland.

KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

Discovering Unknown Migrations:  The Atlas of Migratory Connectivity for the Birds of North America
Pete Marra, Director of the Smithsonian Migratory Bird Center

Restoring Peregrine Falcons to Pennsylvania
Dr. Arthur McMorris, Coordinator, PA Game Commission, Peregrine Falcon Program

 

PRESENTATIONS

• Operation Lights Out: An Evaluation of Species Diversity and Age Structure During Fall Migration Mortality from Urban Structures in Baltimore and the District of Columbia
  Mark Johnson, Environmental Toxicologist and U.S. Army

• Observations of Parental Behaviors of Field Sparrows
  Caitlin Kerr, Washington College

• How Vultures Can be a Tool to Shape Character and Make Changes in the Lives of Students from Different Cultural Settings
  Sharonda Spellman, North Bay Adventure

• The Birds and the Bees:  A Study of Antipredator Behaviors in Ruby-Throated Hummingbirds
  Amanda Peters, Washington College

• Bird’s Eye View:  A Look at How Elementary Students Analyze Bird Banding Data
  Amanda Koss, Harford Glen Environmental Education Center

• Population Genetics and Behavioral Studies Revealing the Complex Social Life of the Veery, A Secretive Migratory Songbird
  Matthew Halley