2007 Meeting of the American Oystercatcher Working Group
The seventh annual meeting of the Atlantic Coast American Oystercatcher Working group was held 12-13 November on Ocracoke Island in North Carolina. The meeting was organized by Walker Golder of North Carolina Audubon this year. The field trip to the Shellcastle islands in Ocracoke Inlet turned up over 90 oystercatchers and several banded birds.
Meeting Documents
Presentations
- Ruth Boettcher, Alexandra Wilke, and Carissa Smith – VA Dept. of Game and Inland Fisheries and The Nature Conservancy, VA Coast Reserve
An update on resighting efforts in Virginia – Where do we go from here? - The American Oystercatcher Working Group
American Oystercatcher Focal Species Plan - Susan Cameron, NC Wildlife Resources Commission
Update on American Oystercatcher Breeding Distribution and Population Estimate - Christy Hand, Janet Thibault, Patrick Jodice, and Felicia Sanders – Dept of Forestry and Natural Resources and USGS SC coop research unit, Clemson University, and SC Dept of Natural Resources
Diet composition and foraging efficiency of American Oystercatchers in the Cape Romain region during the non-breeding season - Ann Hodgson – Audubon of Florida
American Oystercatcher management in Florida - Sean Murphy – City University of New York
Recap of Massachusetts AMOY information for 2007 WG meeting - National Fish and Wildlife Foundation
Establishing Bird Ccnservation Priorities - Todd Pover, NJ Division of Fish and Wildlife, Endangered and nongame species program, and Tom Virzi, Dept of Ecology, Evolution and Natural Resources, Rutgers University
Update on American Oystercatcher Research and Conservation in New Jersey - Felicia Sanders, South Carolina Department of Natural Resources
American Oystercatchers in South Carolina - Ted Simons, USGS Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit, North Carolina State University
Status and Distribution of American Oystercatchers – Oystercatcher Workshop – La Rochelle, France, October 2007 - Overview of American Oystercatcher Working Group – Oystercatcher Workshop – Schiermonnikoog, Netherlands, September 2007
- The American Oystercatcher Working Group
- Janet Thibault and Patrick Jodice, Dept of Forestry and Natural Resources and USGS coop unit, Clemson University
South Carolina oystercatchers: Feeding and Nesting - Alexandra Wilke, The Nature Conservancy, Virginia Coast Reserve
American Oystercatchers in Virginia – 2007 summary
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