2004 Meeting of the American Oystercatcher Working Group

The fourth annual meeting of the Atlantic Coast American Oystercatcher Working group was hosted by Brad Winn of the Georgia Department of Natural Resources and Dr. Terry Norton of St. Catherine’s Island-Wildlife Conservation Society from 3-5 November 2004. The meeting was held on St. Catherine’s Island, GA, giving all participants a great opportunity to learn about the history of the island and the Wildlife Survival Center, and have some close encounters of the Lemur kind!

Presentations

• Dr. Terry Norton DVM, WCS, St Catherine’s Island Wildlife Survival Center
  The American Oystercatcher (Haematopus palliatus): a bioindicator species for assessing ecosystem health along the Georgia and South Carolina coasts and barrier islands
• John Sabine, University of Georgia, Warnell School of Forest Resources
  Effects of Human Disturbance and Predation on American Oystercatchers During the Breeding Season, Cumberland Island, Georgia
• Ruth Boettcher, VA Dept. of Game and Inland Fisheries
  Finding banded American Oystercatchers via PRISM surveys during the nonbreeding season in Virginia
• Susan Cameron and David Allen, NC Wildlife Resources Commission
  American Oystercatcher Breeding Distribution and Population Estimate in North Carolina
• Pam Denmon, Fisherman Island National Wildlife Refuge
  2004 American Oystercatcher productivity
• Shiloh Schulte and Ted Simons, Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit, North Carolina State University
  American Oystercatcher Research and Monitoring – 2004 Status Report for North Carolina’s Outer Banks and Monomoy National Wildlife Refuge, Mass
• Banders without Borders: Implementing a large-scale cooperative mark-resight study
• Banding Handout
• Rich Paul, Florida Coastal Islands Sactuaries. Audubon of Florida
  American Oystercatchers in Tampa Bay – an Overview