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Editorial News 
On 1 July 2012. Mary Bomberger Brown and 
Melissa Panella assumed the roles of Editor and 
Associate Editor, respectively, of the Wilson Journal 
of Ornithology. All new manuscripts and correspon¬ 
dence should he addressed to them at w jo ft? 1 unl.edu. 
The Wilson Journal of Ornithology and its 
predecessor, the Wilson Bulletin, have a strong 
tradition of emphasizing field studies of birds. We 
will continue to welcome high quality research on 
breeding biology, life history, behavior, popula¬ 
tion and community ecology, migration, distribu¬ 
tion, systematic^, conservation, and field based 
physiology. WJO and Wli have traditionally 
encouraged studies by ornithologists and field 
biologists from all disciplines including those not 
professionally trained in ornithology; this group 
has made many significant contributions to 
ornithology. We welcome submissions Irom 
professionals, serious observers, and students at 
any point in their careers. Our primary hope is that 
authors of any paper based on high-quality, dnta- 
eentered. field-related ornithological science will 
consider WJO as an outlet for their work. 
Beginning in March 2013 (Volume 125. Issue 1) 
we will include searchable key words with every 
paper. This addition will make the results being 
reported more easily accessible to readers. We 
have made a few' other changes to the Guidelines 
for Authors (available on the Wilson Ornithologi¬ 
cal Society web page; http://wilsonsociety.org). 
Authors should consult the Guidelines as they 
prepare their manuscripts for submission to 
WJO. 
We will continue the tradition of including a 
color frontispiece illustrating the lead article w'ith 
every issue. The frontispiece artwork is supported 
by the George M. Sutton Fund. We would like to 
feature the artwork of up-and-coming bird artists 
and encourage authors of lead papers to identify 
suitable artwork. 
WJO will soon reveal a new web page to the 
world. We are working w ith Allen Press to design 
a full service site where current and archived 
issues of the journal w ill be available, along with 
Guidelines for Authors, and information about the 
Wilson Ornithological Society. 
Finally, we thank Clait and Nancy Braun for 
their years of dedicated service to the Wilson 
Journal of Ornithology. For the past 6 years they 
have tirelessly worked to make every issue of the 
WJO the best il could possibly be. They skillfully 
guided new authors through the maze of publish¬ 
ing in a professional journal and helped them 
develop their manuscripts into fine papers. During 
their tenure, the WJO has become a journal of 
which w'e can all be proud, and we arc grateful loi 
everything they have done tor WJO and WOS. 
The editorial staff and WOS welcome com¬ 
ments about all aspects of the journal’s editorial 
process, and we are always receptive to sugges¬ 
tions for improvement.— Maty Bomberger Brown 
(wjo@unl.edu) 
