2012 Meeting of the American Oystercatcher Working Group
The twelfth annual meeting of the American Oystercatcher Working Group was held 27-29 November 2012 in Cedar Key, Florida, and was hosted by Peter Frederick of the University of Florida and Janell Brush and Amy Schwarzer of Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission. Todd Pover and Alex Wilke, were also on the meeting planning committee.
2012 Meeting Documents
Schedule
- Monday, 26 Nov.: Travel Day
- Tuesday, 27 Nov.: Meeting Day 1
- Wednesday, 28 Nov.: Meeting Day 2
- Thursday, 29 Nov.: Field Trip Day
Presentations
State updates were not given as formal presentations this year. Summaries for each state were made available on a Google Doc.
- State of AMOY Recovery Initiative – Shiloh Schulte
- Atlantic Flyway Shorebird Conservation Strategy – Brad Winn
- AMOY Band/Resight Database – Lindsay Addison
- Data Sharing and Code of Ethics – Ted Simons & Lindsay Addison (please submit comments on this document to Ted and Lindsay)
- Current AMOY Best Management Practices (and presentation) – Shiloh Schulte
- Range-wide AMOY Winter Survey – Shiloh Schulte
- Habitat Selection of Wintering AMOY in Cedar Key, FL – Janell Brush, Peter Frederick, Amy Schwarzer
- Shorebird Restoration on the Gulf Coast – Margo Zdravkovic
- 2012 AMOY research and monitoring in Texas – Susan Heath
- Boat Disturbance Study in North Carolina – Lindsay Addison
- North Carolina State University AMOY Research – Tracy Borneman
- Range-wide AMOY Breeding Season Survey – Ruth Boettcher & Ted Simons
- Results of Pilot Study of Flag-banding in North Carolina – Tracy Borneman
- Working Group Organization and Advisory Committee – Todd Pover & Ruth Boettcher
- AMOY Foraging and Mussel Restoration in Massachusetts – Ellen Jedrey
- Tracking Common Terns and American Oystercatchers in Nantucket Sound – Pam Loring (presented by Shiloh Schulte)
- Massachusetts Breeding Population – Sean Murphy (presented by Shiloh Schulte)
- American Oystercatcher Working Group in Mexico (Osterors WG) – Stephen Brown
- Oystercatcher Monitoring in the Gulf of California, Mexico – Emily Wittman
- Effects of Hurricane Sandy on AMOY in New Jersey – Todd Pover
- Summary and Goals for 2013 – Shiloh Schulte
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