(American Birds , North American Birds) as one of the regional editors of the 
Hudson-Delaware Region. 
As a licensed bird bander since 1970, I have banded birds in France 
and California as well as in New York. I served as president of the 
Linnaean Society of New York from 1978 to 1980. 
ANGUS WILSON 
An enthusiastic birder for the last 23 years, with field experience from 
a variety of European countries as well as North and South America and 
the Far East. After travelling widely as a child, I spent my formative years 
in suburban North London, England, a breeding ground for serious bird¬ 
ers. Particularly interested in the identification and distribution of 
seabirds, gulls, shorebirds and swifts. A firm believer in importance of 
the Internet as a way for birders throughout the world to rapidly 
exchange information. To this end, I maintain a heavily-visited web site 
known as "Ocean Wanderers" (http://www.best.com/~petrel 
/index.html), devoted to bird identification, most notably of pelagic 
birds. I have also been a regular contributor to the "ID-Frontiers" inter¬ 
net discussion group since its inception. Currently at work on a pair of 
articles focusing on Red-necked and Little Stints for the ABA's 
Birding magazine. 
Educated at the University of St Andrews, Scotland (studied zoology 
and genetics) and King's College, University of London (Ph.D. in molec¬ 
ular biology). Came to New York in 1991 as a post-doctoral research fel¬ 
low at world-renowned Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory on Long Island. 
Spent a year in California as a visiting scientist at UC Berkeley and 
Tularik, Inc, a biotech start-up company based in San Francisco, before 
returning to Cold Spring Harbor Lab. Currently, an Assistant Professor 
at New York University School of Medicine in Manhattan, where I main¬ 
tain my own research group studying the regulation of gene expression 
and the life cycle of human herpes viruses. 
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