2015 Meeting Program
Friday – March 27 , 2015
11:00 ~ 18:00 – Registration – Lobby of the Administration Building
12:00 ~ 17:00- EBBA Board/Council Meeting (invitation only)
18:30 ~ Dinner and Speaker:
Discovering Unknown Migrations: The Atlas of Migratory Connectivity for the Birds of North America, presented by Dr. Peter Marra of the Smithsonian Migratory Bird Center.
Saturday – March 28, 2015
- All Day – Bucket Raffle and Silent Auction Viewing
08:00 ~ 11:00 -Registration – Lobby of the Administration Building
08:45 ~ 09:00 Welcome, Introductions, Announcements
09:00 ~ 12:45 Presenters (see partial list below)
12:45 – 14:15 – Lunch
14:45 – 15:30 – EBBA Annual Membership Meeting
15:30 – 16:15 – Bird Banding Lab updates
16:15 – 16:45 – Presenters (see partial list below)
17:00 ~ 18:30 -Happy Hour, and socializing
18:30 – Dinner and keynote speaker:
Restoring Peregrine Falcons to Pennsylvania, presented by Dr. Arthur McMorris, Coordinator, PA Game Commission Peregrine Falcon Program
Conclusion:
David Hauber: Close of the Bucket Raffle and Silent Auction
Sunday – March 29, 2015
- FIELD TRIPS – To be announced
Partial list of presentations:
Anti-predator Behavior in Banded, Color-Marked Ruby Throated Hummingbirds, presented by Amanda Peters
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, presented by Mark Johnson
Parental Behavior and Offspring Provisioning in Color-Banded Field Sparrows, presented by Cait Kerr
Population Genetics and Behavioral Studies Revealing the Complex Social Life of the Veery, A Secretive Migratory Songbird, presented by Matt Halley
A Bird’s Eye View: A Look at How Elementary Students Analyze Bird Banding Data, presented by Amanda Koss