ANNUAL REPORT 
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Judit Ungvari-Martin. Florida Museum of 
Natural History, "Mosaic of communities: birds 
in forests of western Amazonia." 
Elizabeth Urban. University of Arizona. “The 
role of oropharyngeal pH in the persistence of 
Trichomonas gallinae in Cooper's Haw ks (Accifi¬ 
lter cooperii).'' 
Jennifer Wagner. Ball State University. "Ce¬ 
rulean Warbler population response and breeding 
success in a forest with recent silviculture." 
Christy Wails. The Pennsylvania State Univer¬ 
sity, "Improving accuracy and efficiency ol 
Common Tem productivity estimates: a tool tor 
aging chicks in the field.” 
Lauren E. Walker. University of Washington. 
"Recreation changes the use of a wild landscape 
by corvids: local effects and ecosystem repercus¬ 
sions." 
Sarah J. Wallace, Queen's University, Ontario, 
' Determining the population genetic variation of 
Cassin's Anklet: arc multiple conservation units 
needed?” 
Suzanne E. Whitney, Texas State University, 
"A comparison of nesting success and chick 
productivity between developed and rural Bald 
Eagle nests in South Carolina (1977-2007)." 
Whitney A. Wiest, University of Delaware. 
“Survey effort, time, and frequency effects on 
occupancy, abundance, and detection probability 
estimates for salt marsh birds breeding in the 
Delaware Bay." 
Kelly William-Sieg, Ohio University, "Habitat 
disturbance and the role of behavioral plasticity in 
mediating life history trade-offs." 
Stephanie G. Wright. The Ohio State Univer¬ 
sity. "Song learning preferences differ between 
two closely related chickadee species." 
Katherine E. Wyman. University of Minnesota, 
"Now you see them, now you don't: site 
occupancy dynamics of Great Lakes colonial 
waterbirds.” 
Theodore J. Zenzal Jr., University of Southern 
Mississippi. "Stopover of Ruby-throated Hum¬ 
mingbirds: sex-dependent autumn migration on 
the Gulf Coast?" 
Yufeng Zhang. University of South Dakota, 
"Metabolic rates in swallows: do energetically 
expensive lifestyles affect metabolic capacities in 
birds?” 
Selection Committee lor the Nice Medal: E. 
Dale Kennedy (Chair). Robert C. Beason, 
Robert L. Curry, and Sara R. Morris; for the 
Klamm Service Award: Sara R. Morris 
(Chair), Richard C. Banks, Charles R. Blem. 
Leann B. Blem. and Jerome A. Jackson; for the 
Edwards Prize: Clail E. Braun (Chair), W. 
Andrew Cox. and Robb S. A. Kaler; for the 
Olson Prize: Margaret A. Voss (Chair), Wil¬ 
liam E. Davis Jr., and John C. Kricher: for the 
Fucrtes, Hall/Mayfield, and Stewart Awards: 
Jameson F. Chacc (Chair), Eric C. Atkinson. 
Nubia Estella Malta Camacho. Daniel A. 
Cristol, Carla J. Dove, Robert C. Faucett. 
Kama! Islam. Sarah E. Kingston. M. Shane 
Pruett. Scott K. Robinson. Stephan J. Schoech, 
Sarah Sonsthagen. Keith S. Summerville. James 
F. Whatton, and Douglas W. White; for the 
Alexander Wilson Prize, the Lynds Jones 
Prize, the Nancy Klamm undergraduate 
presentation award, and the WOS Student 
Presentation Award: Bob Curry (Chair), Dan¬ 
iel R. Ardia, Coro Arizmendi. Debra S. 
Badzinski, Kathi L. Borgmann, Theresa M. 
Burg. Matthew D. Carling. Eduardo Palacios 
Castro. Anna D. Chalfoun, Mark E. Deutsch- 
lander. Greg H. Farley, Gail Fraser, Mary C. 
Garvin. Margret I. Hatch. Dorothy Hill, William 
E. Jensen, E. Dale Kennedy, Rebecca T. Kim¬ 
ball, lan MacGregor-Fors, Heather A. Mathew- 
son. M. Victoria McDonald, Sara R. Morris, 
Troy G. Murphy, Diane L. H. Neudorf, Joseph J. 
Noccra, Matthew W. Reudink, James W. 
Rivers. Viviana Ruiz-Gutierrez, Rebecca J. 
Safran, Alejandro Salinas-Melgoza, Sampath 
S. Seneviratne, Judit E. G. Smits, Margaret A. 
Voss, Jennifer M. Wang, and Douglas W. 
While; and for the Joint Travel Awards: Russ 
Dawson and Mark E. Deuischlander (Co¬ 
chairs), Joel Bely, Matthew D. Carling, Bobby 
H. M. S. Fokidis. Gail Fraser. Sarah E. 
Jamieson, Rolf R. Koford. Miguel Angel 
Martinez Morales, Gary Santolo, Andrea K. 
Townsend, Karen L. Wiebe, Christopher C. 
Witt, and Mark S. Woodrey. 
BUSINESS MEETING 
WOS President Robert C. Beason called the 
Annual Business Meeting to order at 1203 hrs, 
Friday. 17 August 2012, in Room A101 
Buchanon, University of British Columbia, 
Vancouver. Noting the 34 members assembled 
exceeded the required quorum of 25, President 
Beason introduced Secretary John A. Small¬ 
wood. who presented a synopsis of the Council 
Meeting, which had taken place on 31 March 
