MOU Paper Session 2012

December 1, 2012, Bell Museum of Natural History, University of Minnesota

8:00 – 9:00 Registration

9:00 – 9:15 Welcome. Dr. Susan Weller, Director, Bell Museum

9:15 – 10:00 Whooping Crane Restoration in Wisconsin, Jeb Barzen, International Crane Foundation

10:00 – 10:20 Ornithological Collections of the Bell Museum, Dr. Robert M. Zink, Breckenridge Chair in Ornithology, Bell Museum, University of Minnesota

10:20 – 10:40 Highlights from the Audubon Center of the Northwoods, Sandstone, Bryan Wood, Executive co-director

10:40 – 11:10 Break

11:10 – 11:35 Satellite Telemetry Research on the American White Pelicans of Marsh Lake, Mark Martell, Conservation Director, Audubon

11:35 – 12:00 Minnesota’s Breeding Bird Atlas, Year 4, Bonnie Sample, BBA project director, Audubon Minnesota

12:00 – 1:00 Lunch, Exhibits

1:00 – 1:45 MOU Business Meeting

1:45 – 2:10 Bald Eagles and Lead Poisoning-Research and Progress, Dr. Pat Redig. The Raptor Center

2:10 – 2:30 Nest success and habitat selection of cavity-nesting birds in suburban deciduous forests of east-central Minnesota, Dale Gentry, Assistant Professor of Biology, Northwestern College

2:30 – 3:00 Break

3:00 – 3:25 I-Phone Birding, Sharon Stitler

3:25 – 3:50 Birds of the Brazilian pantanal, Carrol Henderson

3:50 – 4:10 Peregrine Falcon Update, Jackie Fallon, Midwest Peregrine Society

4:25 – 4:30 Closing comments