2010 Meeting of the American Oystercatcher Working Group

The tenth annual meeting of the American Oystercatcher Working group was held 12-14 October 2010 in Wellfleet, Massachusetts at Wellfleet Bay Wildlife Sanctuary, Mass Audubon and was hosted by Ellen Jedrey and Becky Harris of Mass Audubon.

2010 Meeting Documents

• Agenda
• Attendance
• Meeting Notes
• Directions and Information
• More Info (meals, clothing, etc.)
• Banding Protocol

Presentations

State Updates:

• Massachusetts – Scott Melvin (MA Natural Heritage & Endangered Species Program)
• Rhode Island – Wendy Green (US Fish and Wildlife Service)
• New Jersey – Todd Pover (Conserve Wildlife Foundation of New Jersey)
• Delaware – Matthew Bailey (DE Natural Heritage & Endangered Species Program)
• Virginia – Alex Wilke (The Nature Conservancy); Ruth Boettcher (VA Dept of Game and Inland Fisheries
• North Carolina – monitoring: Sara Schweitzer (NC Wildlife Resources Commission); productivity: Jessica Stocking (NC State University)
• South Carolina – Felicia Sanders (SC Dept. of Natural Resources)
• Georgia – Brad Winn (GA Dept of Natural Resources)
• Texas – Sue Heath (Gulf Coast Bird Observatory)

Other presentations:

• Standardizing data collection across the initiative – Shiloh Schulte
• Breakout Group Discussions Topics
• A view from the dashboard: One funder’s view of our initial progress – Dan Petit (National Fish and Wildlife Foundation)
• Use of video/sound monitoring to document disturbance to nesting AMOY in NC – Tracy Borneman (North Carolina State University)
• AMOY banding in Massachusetts 2010 – Katy Forgues (City University of New York and Manomet Center for Conservation Sciences)
• AMOY banding in Delaware 2010: a pilot study with flags – Matthew Bailey (DE Natural Heritage & Endangered Species Program)
• Enhancing productivity and headstarting in SC – Samantha Collins (Clemson University)
• Drop Net and Woosh Net Demonstrations – Peter Doherty