New AOS Student Member Networking Resource
The American Ornithological Society’s (AOS) Student Affairs Committee is convening a monthly Zoom series to help students collaborate, build community, …
Because birds
About AOSWing Beat
Enigmatic Bird Declines in Pristine Amazon Rainforest
After a field season netting birds in Amazonian rainforest fragments and second growth, Louisiana State University (LSU) Ph.D. candidate Erik Johnson was excited to work in undisturbed forest for his 2008 field season. Within a few weeks, he had seen many of the specialist birds absent from the disturbed landscape.
The Cryptic Decline of an Iconic Northern Species
In the excitement and confusion of all-night loon capture, you don’t have much time to think. With a goal each night of catching five lakes’ worth of loons, your team of four loon researchers works steadily and by routine.
Calendar
November/December 2020
Nominations for various AOS awards will open when we’ve completed our transition to our new membership portal, expected in late November or early December.
Nominations for Senior Professional Awards, Service Awards, Early Professional Awards, Student Membership Awards, Katma Award, and Painton Award open
Kessel Fellowship applications open
Nominations for AOS Officers and Elective Councilors open
Nominations for Fellows and Elective Members open
1 December 2020
Student & Postdoc Research Award applications open
4 December 2020
Meet Your Peers networking event for AOS student members, hosted by Student Affairs Committee
Why AOS Now?
NICK MASON
Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, UC Berkeley
Chair, AOS Early Professionals Committee
“Birds enrich our daily lives, providing us with an opportunity to consider the evolutionary and ecological connections among species and individuals. I’m proud to support AOS and our collective mission to strengthen our understanding and stewardship of avian life on Earth.”
AOS COMMITMENT TO DIVERSITY & INCLUSION
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