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THE WILSON JOURNAL OF ORNITHOLOGY • Vol. 123, No. 4. December 2011 
and commendations also were presented at the 
banquet, or previously at the WOS Business 
Meeting: 
MARGARET MORSE NICE MEDAL 
(for the WOS plenary lecture) 
Richard N. Conner. “The ecology of the Red- 
cockaded Woodpecker, by necessity a multidisci¬ 
pline study.” 
EDWARD S PRIZE 
(for the best major article in Volume 122 of The 
Wilson Journal of Ornithology) 
Robb S. A. Kaler, Steve E. Ebbert, Clait E. 
Braun, and Brett K. Sandercock, “Demography of 
a reintroduced population of Evermann’s Rock 
Ptarmigan in the Aleutian Islands.” 
STORRS L. OLSON PRIZE 
(for the best book review in Volume 122 of The 
Wilson Journal of Ornithology ) 
StoiTs L. Olson, for his review of “The curse of 
the Labrador Duck. My obsessive quest to the 
edge of extinction,” by Glen Chilton. 
WILLIAM AND NANCY KLAMM 
SERVICE AWARD 
(for distinguished service to the Wilson Ornitho¬ 
logical Society) 
Charles R. and Leann Blem. 
LOUIS AGASSIZ FUERTES AWARDS 
Juan Pablo Gomez. University of Florida, 
“Turnover of bird communities along a tropical 
precipitation gradient in Colombia.” 
Irene Liu, Duke University, “Relationship 
between genetic diversity and extra-pair mating 
in populations of a songbird.” 
GEORGE A. HALL/HAROLD F. 
MAYFIELD AWARD 
D. Archibald McCallum, of Eugene, Oregon, 
“The coevolution of repertoire and syntax in 
Empidonax and allies.’ ’ 
PAUL A. STEWART AW ARDS 
Carol Brackett, East Carolina University, “Re¬ 
productive ecology and population genetics of the 
King Rail on MacKay Island National Wildlife 
Refuge, North Carolina.” 
Catherine Dale, Queens University, “Variation 
in cognition and migratory strategy in a partially 
migratory passerine.” 
Ryan Germain, University of British Columbia, 
“Effects of individual phenotype vs. nest site 
quality on reproductive success in birds.” 
Raphael Lavoie. Queens University, “Effect of 
migration patterns on mercury exposure in fish¬ 
eating birds.” 
Dugan Maynard, University of Windsor, "Male 
quality and female mate choice in a tropical 
lekking bird, the Long-tailed Manakin." 
Alyssa Stephenson, California State University, 
Fullerton. “Spatial and temporal foraging patterns 
of nesting Elegant Terns (Thalusseus elegans) in 
southern California based on GPS tracking.” 
Matt Wilkins, University of Colorado. “A test 
of the functional role of Barn Swallow trill rate 
and its implications for song evolution and 
population divergence.” 
Theodore Joseph Zenzal, University of South¬ 
ern Mississippi, “Habitat and resource use of 
Ruby-throated Hummingbirds ( Archilochus colu- 
hris) at a coastal stopover site during fall 
migration." 
ALEXANDER WILSON PRIZE 
(for the best student paper) 
Nicole M. Davros, University of Illinois at 
Urbana-Champaign, “An experimental test of 
density-dependent reproduction in Prothonotary 
Warblers. Protonotaria citreu." 
LYNDS JONES PRIZE 
(for the best student poster presentation) 
Valerie Steen, USGS Alaska Cooperative Fish 
and Wildlife Research Unit, “Potential effects of 
climate change on the distribution of wetland- 
associated birds in the Prairie Pothole Region. 
USA.” 
NANCY KLAMM BEST UNDERGRADUATE 
STUDENT ORAL PAPER AWARD 
John A. Pourtless IV, Florida State University, 
“An interpretation of the tenth skeletal specimen 
of Archaeopteryx,"’ 
NANCY KLAMM BEST UNDERGRADUATE 
STUDENT POSTER AW ARD 
A. B. Anderson, The Citadel, “Hormonal 
correlates of West Nile virus seropositivity in 
House Finches.” 
STUDENT TRAVEL AWARDS 
(presented jointly by AFO, COS, and WOS) 
Aubrey Alamshah, Ohio Wesleyan University, 
“Maintenance behavior trends of the House 
Sparrow (Passer domesticus)." 
