Confirmed Saturday Daytime Speakers Include:

Kara Belinsky (SUNY New Paltz): A bird’s eye view of the anthropocene: Envisioning shared habitats for humans and wildlife

Brian DeGasperis (Hudson River National Estuarine Research Reserve): Catalyzing a Motus collaboration in New York’s Hudson Valley

Amanda Dillon (Albany Pine Bush Preserve Commission): Tagging and tracking Eastern towhees

Alison Fetterman (Willistown Conservation Trust): How to EXCEL at Telling and Sharing the Story Behind Your Banding Data

Julie Hart (New York Natural Heritage Program): BPs and CPs provide evidence of breeding for atlas projects

Lesley Howes (Canadian Bird Banding Office): Updates from the BBO

Allyson Jackson (SUNY Purchase): Molt affects songbird blood mercury exposure: Data from year round banding operations

David LaPuma (Cellular Tracking Technologies): What’s the Frequency, Kenneth? How new technology is linking community science and banding station research

Annie Lindsay (Powdermill Nature Reserve): Refining methods to add stable isotope analysis of migratory bird fat to the ornithological toolbox

Cailin O’Connor (Kean University): Using the Motus network to track migration of passerines raised or treated for traumatic brain injury in rehabilitation facilities

Danielle Takacs (SUNY New Paltz): Human Visitation Impacts on Montane Breeding Birds in the Catskills High Peaks

Emilio Tobón (NYC Audubon): New York City Audubon banding past and future

Anikó Tótha (American Bird Conservancy): American Bird Conservancy’s glass testing program: How partnerships with banding stations are helping save birds from window collisions

Confirmed Posters Include:

Medha Pandey (Fordham University): An Uptick: Temporal Changes in the Phenology of Ticks on Birds

Vic Bucci and Kara Belinsky (SUNY New Paltz): Avian Havens: How Local Habitats Can Support Migratory Birds

Sam Mustafa, Andres Barragan, Erin Coyne, Chris Gabelman, and Kara Belinsky (SUNY New Paltz): Homewrecking House Sparrows: Can Nest Box Placement Deter Invasive Species to Support Native Populations?

Tommy Crary and Annie Lindsay (Powdermill Nature Reserve): Drab and distant birds are studied less than their fancy-feathered and familiar friends

Kiersten Newtoff (Montgomery College): An Interactive Poster Experience: Starting a Banding Program at a Community College: What Should I Know?