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Wpa News 48 (1995), World Pheasant Association

Galliformes Specialist Group and Affiliated Societies: Newsletters

WPA News (August 1995), number 48

Published by the World Pheasant Association

Kentucky Warbler (Vol. 71, No. 3), Kentucky Library Research Collections

The Kentucky Warbler

No abstract provided.

Spring Field Report, March-May 1995, W. Ross Silcock

Nebraska Bird Review

I want to thank the contributors (I think!) for their hard work and supplying me with some 2750 records from which to distill this rather lengthy report. Everything submitted is potentially valuable; my only comment is that brief details on unusual observations such as early or late dates, etc. as well as fuller descriptions of rarities should be provided. It is noteworthy that we have almost as many reporters from the panhandle as from eastern Nebraska.

The highlights of this season were varied. In general, there were few record early dates; indeed, most arrival dates were a little later than …

Whole Issue Nebraska Bird Review (June 1995) 63(2)

Nebraska Bird Review

Table of Contents

1994 Bald Eagle Count, Big Bend Audubon Chapter, Kearney ...................30

Bald Eagle Counts from Two Viewing Facilities, 1994-1995 ...................31

Spring Field Report, March-May, 1995 ...................34

Observers for Spring Field Report ...................60

Notes on Bird Sightings in Nebraska ...................60

Lincoln County, Nebraska May 13, 1995 Bird Count ...................61

NOU Bird Count, May 19-21, 1995, and Sarpy County North American Migration Count, May 13, 1995 ...................62

Laughing Gulls in Western Nebraska ...................66

Kentucky Warbler (Vol. 71, No. 2), Kentucky Library Research Collections

The Kentucky Warbler

No abstract provided.

Wpa News 47 (1995), World Pheasant Association

Galliformes Specialist Group and Affiliated Societies: Newsletters

WPA News (May 1995), number 47

Published by the World Pheasant Association

Daffy But Dapper: A Serious Approach To The Comical-Looking Ruddy Duck, Paul A. Johnsgard

Papers in Ornithology

The punk rock star of waterfowl, a male Ruddy Duck displays an assortment of odd attributes, including a blue bill, stiff, spiky tail, and horns on its head. The instinctive attraction and fascination in reaction to the sight of a Ruddy Duck in breeding condition is perhaps as hard to understand as a teenager's compulsive reverence to some rock star. The Ruddy Duck has a football player's neck that is at least half again too large for its body, a dumpy body that is both shaped and colored like a partly flattened and rusty tin can, and an array of …

The Nebraska Ornithologists' Union, Inc., Treasurer's Annual Report, 12/31/94, Elizabeth Grenon

Nebraska Bird Review

The Nebraska Ornithologists' Union, Inc., Treasurer's Annual Report, 12/31/94

Balance 1/1/94 on cash basis per bank account: Cash $1,428.18 Investments $13,636.47 Total $15,064. 65

Total Receipts: Cash $9,107.20 Investments $13,734.48 Total $22,841.68

Total Disbursements: Cash $8,942.22 Investments 13,870.95 Total $22,813.17

Balance 12/31/94: Cash $1,593.16 Investments $13,500.00 Total $15,093.16

Whole Issue Nebraska Bird Review (March 1995) 63(1)

Nebraska Bird Review

Table of Contents

NOU Treasurer's Annual Report ...................2

Christmas Bird Count for 1994 ...................3

List of species for Which the Records Committee Seeks Documentation ...................12

Winter Field Report, December-February, 1994-1995 ...................14

1994 & 1995 Surveys of Bald and Golden Eagles in Nebraska ...................23

Note on Bird Sighting in Nebraska ...................27

Kentucky Warbler (Vol. 71, No. 1), Kentucky Library Research Collections

The Kentucky Warbler

No abstract provided.

Phylogenetic Reanalysis Of Strauch's Osteological Data Set For The Charadriiformes, Philip C. Chu

Biology Faculty Publications

Strauch's (1978) compatibility analysis of relationships among the shorebirds (Charadriiformes) was the first study to examine the full range of charadriiform taxa in a reproducible way. Subsequently Mickevich and Parenti (1980) leveled serious charges against Strauch's characters, method of phylogenetic inference, and results. To account for these charges, Strauch's characters were re-examined and recoded, and parsimony analyses were performed on the revised matrix. A parsimony analysis on 74 taxa from the revised matrix yielded 855 shortest trees, each length = 286 and consistency index = 0.385. In each shortest tree there were two major lineages, a lineage of sandpiper-like birds …

Differences In Wintering Areas Of Snowy Plovers From Inland Breeding Sites In Western North America, Gary W. Page, Mark A. Stern, Peter W. C. Paton

Natural Resources Science Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.

Egg Removal By Brown-Headed Cowbirds: A Field Test Of The Host Incubation Efficiency Hypothesis, Douglas R. Wood

Masters Theses

Obligate brood parasites, like the Brown-headed Cowbird (Molothrus ater), lay their eggs in the nests of host species, usually to the detriment of the host's reproductive effort. In addition, Brown-headed Cowbirds often remove one or more host eggs near the time of parasitism. Although several hypotheses exist, the adaptive significance of egg removal has not been clearly established. Peer and Bollinger (in press) proposed the host incubation efficiency hypothesis which states that the number and size of host eggs influences the incubation efficiency of a parasitic egg. Thus, host egg removal by cowbirds should increase the parasitic egg's …

Reproductive Success Of Grassland Birds At East-Central Illinois Airports, Eric L. Kershner

Masters Theses

We determined the densities and reproductive success of birds on airport grasslands in east-central Illinois. Seven airports were sampled between 10 April and 15 August 1994 in Clark, Coles, Crawford, Douglas, Edgar, Macon and Richland counties. Nineteen species were detected on the airport grasslands and 147 nests were found representing six different species. Eastern meadowlarks (Sturnella magna) were the most abundant nesting species found; 105 out of the 147 nests (71%). Other nesting species included: grasshopper sparrow (Ammodramus savannarum), savannah sparrow (Passerculus sandwichensis), red-winged blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus), song sparrow (Melospiza melodia) and horned lark (Eremophilia alpestris). Overall nest success was …

Partridges, Quails, Francolins, Snowcosks, And Guineafowl Status Survey And Conservation Action Plan, 1995-1999, Philip J. K. Mcgowan, Simon D. Dowell, John P. Carroll, Nicholas J. Aebischer, Wpa/Birdlife/Iucn-Ssc Partridge, Quail And Francolin Specialist Group

Galliformes Specialist Group and Affiliated Societies: Reports and Other Materials

Executive Summary

This Action Plan covers the world's partridges, quails, francolins, snowcocks and guineafowl, a group of birds from the order Galliformes comprising 141 species according to the most recent taxonomic consideration (Sibley & Monroe 1990), plus one further species newly discovered in 1991 (Dinesen et al. 1994). These birds attract considerable interest throughout the world on account of their importance in ornamental collections, as food sources, as sporting quarry, as indicators of the health of ecosystems and as objects of great beauty. The objectives of this document are to identify the most threatened species and sub-species within this group …

Annual Review Of The World Pheasant Association 1994/1995, World Pheasant Association

Galliformes Specialist Group and Affiliated Societies: Reports and Other Materials

Editor's preface, David Jenkins

President's foreword, Cheng Tso-hsin

Annual report of Council 1994/95

Chapter reports

Pheasant Specialist Group, Peter J. Garson

Habitats used by Elliot's Pheasant in the Leigong Mountain Nature Reserve, Ding Ping, Yang Yuewei, Liang Wei, Jiang Shiren, and Zhuge Yang

Distribution and conservation status of galliforms in the Gaoligongshan Region, Han Lianxian

Pipar report, Rahul Kaul

Partridge, Quail, and Francolin Specialsit Group, Simon D. Dowell

Ecological investigations of Chukar Partridge in northwest China, Liu Naifa

A field project to understand the habitat use of the Swamp Francolin in northern India, Perwez Iqbal, Philip J. K. McGowan, and …

Megapode Newsletter 9(1)-10(1/2) (1995-1998), World Pheasant Association, Birdlife International, Ssc Megapode Specialist Group

Galliformes Specialist Group and Affiliated Societies: Newsletters

Megapode Newsletter from May 1995, May 1996, November 1996, and February 1998.

Megapode Newsletter 9(1)-10(1,2),12(1) (1995-1998), World Pheasant Association

Galliformes Specialist Group and Affiliated Societies: Newsletters

No abstract provided.

Galliform Conservation Assessment: First Review Draft, Philip J. Mcgowan, John P. Carroll, Susie Ellis

Galliformes Specialist Group and Affiliated Societies: Reports and Other Materials

Executive Summary

Two hundred and forty-seven galliform taxa (subspecies, groups, or species) were considered by the Galliform Conservation Assessment workshop. Two extinct taxa were not considered. Of the 247 taxa, 91 (37%) were assigned to one of three categories of threat, based on the Mace-Lande criteria:

Critical, 5 taxa
Endangered, 26 taxa
Vulnerable, 60 taxa
Secure, 145 taxa
Unknown, 11 taxa

Three of the 247 taxa (1%) were recommended for Population and Habitat Viability Assessment (PHVA) workshops.

Recommendations for future action were made for 168 taxa in the following categories:

Stopping the bird trade, 7 taxa
Intensive management of the …

Wpa News 46 (1994), World Pheasant Association

Galliformes Specialist Group and Affiliated Societies: Newsletters

WPA News (November 1994), number 46

Published by the World Pheasant Association

Kentucky Warbler (Vol. 70, No. 4), Kentucky Library Research Collections

The Kentucky Warbler

No abstract provided.

Beguiled By Birds: A Profile Of Paul Johnsgard, James L. Hayward, Paul A. Johnsgard

Papers in Ornithology

“I spent the first thirty years of my life learning to be a scientist, and the next twenty-five years of my life trying to become a humanist and an artist." Paul Johnsgard immerses himself in several worlds, but for the eclectic teacher, writer, artist, and scientist, these worlds merge in a burst of feathered movement, color, and shape. Johnsgard is beguiled by birds. As a professor of biological sciences at the University of Nebraska with full teaching responsibilities, Johnsgard has managed to write at least one or two books on birds each year. In 1986 I asked him if he …

Kentucky Warbler (Vol. 70, No. 3), Kentucky Library Research Collections

The Kentucky Warbler

No abstract provided.

Wpa News 45 (1994), World Pheasant Association

Galliformes Specialist Group and Affiliated Societies: Newsletters

WPA News (August 1994), number 45

Published by the World Pheasant Association

Should Australia Export Its Native Birds?, Ross Kingwell

Biosecurity Research Articles

Commercial export from Australia of native birds, wild or captive bred, is prohibited. This paper firstly describes the current legislation and regulations that restrict the export of native birds and discusses why governments have adopted such a regulatory approach to bird species preservation. Secondly, the paper reviews the debate concerning the export ban, pointing out strengths and weaknesses in arguments and indicating the important role of CITES. Lastly, the paper outlines a new case for a conditional lifting of the ban, whereby DNA fingerprinting is used to establish transferable property rights to overcome a main source of market failure in …

Megapodes: New Approaches To Old Threats, International Ornithological Congress

Galliformes Specialist Group and Affiliated Societies: Conference Proceedings

Proceedings of the 21st International Ornithological Congress, Round Table Discussion and Second International Megapode Symposium held in Hofberg, Vienna, Austria, August 20-25, 1994.

Breeding Patterns Of Eastern Phoebes In Kansas: Adaptive Strategies Or Physiological Constraint?, Michael T. Murphy

Biology Faculty Publications and Presentations

Data were collected on annual (1980-1983) and seasonal (spring vs. summer) variation in reproduction by the double-brooded Eastern Phoebe (Sayornis phoebe) to test the proposal that phoebes modify reproductive patterns on a seasonal basis and switch from being brood survivalists in spring to brood reductionists in summer. Clutch size did not differ between spring and summer broods nor among years, but spring nests fledged one more nestling than summer nests. In 1981 breeding began earlier, eggs were larger, and nestlings grew faster than in all other years. Clutch size and egg mass within spring clutches increased seasonally. Egg mass was …

Summary Of Minutes Of The Nebraska Ornithologists' Union 93rd Annual Business Meeting, Niobrara, Ne, May 21, 1994, Robin Harding

Nebraska Bird Review

The meeting was called to order by George Brown, President, and the Treasurer's report was presented by Colleen Babcock, Treasurer. It was announced that bird notes for The Nebraska Bird Review should be sent to Rosalind Morris, Editor, and quarterly occurrence reports to Ross silcock. The supply of NOU Field Cards of Nebraska Birds is exhausted. Motion by Gary Lingle, seconded by Eileen Paine, and passed, to print more field cards without revision and to adjust price to include sales tax. The State Revenue Department also requires an annual report of sales.

The Fall Meeting will be held September 9-11, …

Table 1. Species Observed In Four Counties During Nebraska Ornithologists’ Union Spring Meeting, May 20-22, 1994

Nebraska Bird Review

Five-page table of bird species sighted in Antelope, Boyd, Holt, and Knox Counties during the Nebraska Ornithologists' Union spring meeting held in Niobrara, Nebraska, May 20-22, 1994.

Kentucky Warbler (Vol. 70, No. 2), Kentucky Library Research Collections

The Kentucky Warbler

No abstract provided.