9:00-9:10 Introduction to the Willamette Valley Bird Symposium
Welcome from the WVBS: RICHARD RICH, Master’s Student, Department of Animal and
Rangeland Sciences, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon.
Welcome from Oregon State University: BRUCE DUGGER, Assistant Professor and
Department Head, Department of Fisheries, Wildlife, and Conservation Sciences,
Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon.
9:10-10:10 Keynote Lecture 1—Life at the bottom of the world: Adélie penguins in a changing environment. KATIE M. DUGGER, Assistant Professor, Assistant Unit Leader, Oregon Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit, Department of Fisheries, Wildlife, and Conservation Sciences, Oregon
State University, Corvallis, Oregon.
10:10-10:55 Oral presentations, first-morning session
10:10 – Spatial analysis of trends in tufted puffin breeding habitat on the Oregon coast. CARINA
KUSAKA, Master’s Student, Department of Fisheries, Wildlife and Conservation Sciences, Oregon State
University, Corvallis, Oregon.
10:25 – LIGHTNING TALK: How many birds are in Oregon? FANG-YU “BETTY” SHEN, PhD Student, Department of Fisheries, Wildlife and Conservation Sciences, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon.
10:30 – What is “good” habitat? The Black-backed woodpecker as a case study for habitat selection.
MARK KERSTENS, PhD Student, Department of Forest Engineering and Resources Management, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon.
10:45-11:00 Morning Break with Coffee and Snacks
Sponsored by AUDUBON SOCIETY OF CORVALLIS
11:00-12:20 Oral presentations, second-morning session
11:00 – Freshman to Farallonian: Thoughts on facilitating beginning ornithologists. NOLAN M.
CLEMENTS, PhD Student, Department of Fisheries, Wildlife and Conservation Sciences, Oregon State
University, Corvallis, Oregon.
11:15 – Red crossbill call types. CALEB CENTANNI, Honors Undergraduate Student, Department of
Fisheries, Wildlife and Conservation Sciences, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon.
11:30 – Into the third dimension: Understanding the vertical distributions of birds in the H.J.
Andrews Experimental Forest. NINA FERRARI, Master’s Student, Department of Forest Ecosystems &
Society, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon.
11:45 – Can Willow Flycatchers successfully nest in urban parks? STEPH DOORLY. Master of Science
Graduate, Department of Biology, Portland State University.
12:00 – Meet the Authors!
SARAH SWANSON, Author of “Best little Book of Birds: The Oregon Coast”
SUE HAIG and DAN ROBY, Co-authors of “As the Condor Soars: Conserving and Restoring Oregon’s Birds”
ALAN CONTRERAS, VJERA THOMPSON, and NOLAN CLEMENTS, co-editors of “A History of Oregon Ornithology: the Territorial Days to the Rise of Birding”
12:20-13:20 Lunch and Techniques Tables
13:20-14:20 Keynote Lecture 2—Will the pacific flyway survive: Climate change and Great Basin wetlands.SUE HAIG, Professor, Department of Fisheries, Wildlife, and Conservation Sciences, Oregon
State University, Corvallis, Oregon.
14:20-14:55 Oral presentations, first-afternoon session
14:20 – Diverse dialects of hermit warbler type 1 songs have undergone continual change over a 30
year period. STEWART W. JANES, Emeritus Faculty, Biology Department, Southern Oregon University, Ashland, Oregon.
14:35 – LIGHTNING TALK: Are raven densities worth investigating for declining greater sage-grouse
populations in Central Oregon? REBECCA KELBLE, Master’s Student, Department of Fisheries, Wildlife and Conservation Sciences, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon.
14:40 – Can’t see the forest for the trees: A multi-species approach to studying the impact of juniper
expansion on bird communities. CARA CHRISTENSEN, Master’s Student, Department of Animal and
Rangeland Sciences, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon.
14:55-15:10 Afternoon Coffee Break Sponsored by OSU DEPARTMENT OF FISHERIES, WILDLIFE, AND CONSERVATION SCIENCES
15:10 – What’s on the menu for sage-grouse?: Impacts of juniper removal on surface-dwelling
invertebrates and its implications for avian conservation. KIM HAAB, Master of Science Graduate,
Department of Fisheries, Wildlife and Conservation Sciences, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon.
15:25 – What goes in must come out: The diverse diet of ravens in the Great Basin. SHAWN SZABO,
Master’s Student, Department of Animal and Rangeland Sciences, Oregon State University, Corvallis,
Oregon.
15:40 – The birds beyond the bridge: Studying the offshore distributions of Oregon’s pelagic seabirds.
WILLIAM KENNERLEY, Master’s Student, Department of Fisheries, Wildlife and Conservation Sciences, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon.
15:55 Raffle
16:00 Closing Remarks: Closing remarks from the WVBS: CARA CHRISTENSEN, Master’s Student, Department of Animal and Rangeland Sciences, Corvallis, Oregon.
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