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Tulsa, “Status and trends of Missouri River Least 
Terns and Piping Plovers: how much do we 
know?” 
Mark H. Sherfy. Michael J. Anteau, Terry L. 
Shaffer. Marsha A. Sovada, Jennifer H. Stuckcr. 
Colin M. Dovichin, and Megan L. Ring, USGS 
Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center. 
“Movements and foraging by Least Terns and 
Piping Plovers nesting on central Platte River 
sandpits.” 
Jennifer H. Stucker, Deborah A. Buhl. Mark H. 
Sherfy, and Laurence L. Strong, USGS Northern 
Prairie Wildlife Research Center. “Least Tern 
foraging habitats on the Missouri River, a multi- 
scale assessment.” 
General Sessions 
Aubrey Alamshah and Edward H. Burtt Jr., 
Ohio Wesleyan University, “Seasonal variation in 
the maintenance behavior of House Sparrows, 
Passer domesticas.'' 
Amber Albores and Jeffery P. Hoover, Univer¬ 
sity of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and Institute 
of Natural Resource Sustainability, Illinois Natu¬ 
ral History Survey, “Cowbird parasitism increas¬ 
es after high Hedging success oi cowbird, but not 
host, nestlings.” 
Catherine Alsford, Brynne Slumpe. and Sara 
Morris, Canisius College, and Lindsey Walters, 
Northern Kentucky University, “Breeding biolo¬ 
gy of a newly-established population of House 
Wrens.” 
Amy K. Amones and Michael J. Lanzone, 
Powdermill Avian Research Center, and Andrew 
J. Farnsworth. Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology, 
“A novel method to study inter- and intraspecific 
variation of flight-calls in captivity. 
Todd W. Arnold and Robert M. Zink. Univer¬ 
sity of Minnesota. “Collisions with buildings and 
towers do not affect long-term avian population 
trends." 
Amanda V. Bakian and Kimberly A. Sullivan 
Utah State University. “The use of aquatic and 
terrestrial insects by Willow Flycatchers at Pish 
Creek. Utah, revealed by carbon and nitrogen 
table isotopes." , T , 
Gina Barton and Brett K. Sandercock. Kansas 
hate University. “Long-term changes in the 
'topover dynamics of migratory songbirds in 
torthern California.” 
Tyler J. Beck and Dale E. Gawhk. Florid 
Atlantic University, and Elise V. Pearlstme, 
University of Florida, "The avian community 
response to constructed treatment wetlands for 
Everglades restoration.” 
Doug Becker. James Sheehan, and Petra Bohall 
Wood. USGS West Virginia Cooperative Fish and 
Wildlife Research Unit, and Harry Edenborn, 
USDE National Energy Technology Laboratory, 
“Preliminary effects of Marcellus shale drilling 
on Louisiana Waterthrush in West Virginia.” 
James M. Bcerens, Dale E. Gawlik. and Erik 
Noonburg. Florida Atlantic University, “Model¬ 
ing flexible habitat selection of wading birds in 
dynamic wetlands.” 
Thomas J. Benson, University of Illinois, 
Nicholas M. Anich. Wisconsin Department of 
Natural Resources, Ashland, and James C. Bed- 
narz. Arkansas State University. “Effects of 
habitat structure and song playbacks on detection 
probability of Swainson’s Warblers: implications 
for survey design.'’ 
Karl S. Berg. Soraya Delgado, and Kathryn A. 
Cortopassi, Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology, 
Virginia Sanz D’Angelo, Institute of Venezolano 
de Investigaciones Cientfficas. Caracas, Vene¬ 
zuela. Steve R. Beissinger, University of Califor¬ 
nia, Berkeley, and Jack W. Bradbury, Cornell 
University, “Vertical transmission of vocal 
memes in wild parrots.” 
Brian J. Bielfclt, Texas A&M University- 
Kingsville, Andrea R. Lilt. Montana Slate Uni¬ 
versity, and Fred C. Bryant, Leonard A. Brennen, 
and Tom Langschied, Texas A&M University- 
Kingsville, “Are wintering grounds for grassland 
birds threatened by a native invasive grass?” 
Jennifer A. Blakesley, Rocky Mountain Bird 
Observatory, Jay D. Carlisle, Idaho Bird Obser¬ 
vatory, and Steven J. Slater, HawkWatch Inter¬ 
national, “Site occupancy by Flammulated Owls: 
a pilot study in three states.” 
David Bonter. Benjamin Zuekerberg, and 
Carolyn Sedgwick, Cornell University, “Daily 
feeding patterns in winter: predation pressure may 
not be driving behavior.” 
Bryan A. Botson, Dale E. Gawlik, and Joel C. 
Trexler. Florida Atlantic University. “Modeling 
trophic linkages with wading bird prey concen¬ 
trations: turning ecosystem attributes into wading 
bird food.” . 
Reed Bowman, Archbold Biological Station, 
“Variation in population density and territory size 
across a spatio-temporal urban gradient.” 
Eli S Bridge. Jeffrey F. Kelly. Nyambayar 
Batbayar. and Xiangming Xiao, University of 
Oklahoma, and John Y. Takekawa, Kyle A. 
