Registration Check-in Times
 
Tuesday, 14 Aug 16:00 - 19:00 McMahon Hall
Wednesday, 15 Aug 12:00 - 20:00 McMahon Hall
Thursday, 16 Aug 07:00 - 13:30 Kane Hall
Friday, 17 Aug  07:30 - 13:30 Kane Hall


Conference map now available online

For those of you arriving early to participate in pre-conference field trips or attend committee meetings, please contact the Conference Coordinator to arrange early receipt of your registration packet.
 

Tentative Schedule

Tuesday, August 14
 

Time

Scientific Program 

Meetings

Special Events 

9:00 - 16:00   AOU Checklist Committee  

18:00 - 21:30

  First AOU Council Meeting  


Wednesday August 15
 

Time

Scientific Program 

Meetings

Special Events 

8:00 - 15:30   Second AOU Council Meeting  
8:00 - 10:00 Workshop: Intro. to Band Manager    
9:00 - 12:00 Workshop: Using Recorded Sound to Monitor Avian Diversity & Abundance    
10:00 - 12:00 Workshop: Advanced Band Manager    
13:30 - 16:30 Workshop: Migration Monitoring in the Americas    
15:45 - 17:00   First AOU Fellow Meeting  
16:00 - 17:00   AOU Student Awards Committee  
17:30 - 20:00     AOU Council & Fellows No-Host Dinner
18:00 - 22:00     Welcoming reception at the Burke Museum, including:
 
Open house of its bird research collections

Private showing of the exhibit "The Endurance: Shackleton's Legendary Antarctic Expedition

Thursday August 16
 

Time

Scientific Program 

Meetings

Special Events 

6:00 - 7:30     Early Morning Bird Walk
8:00 - 9:15 Welcome/
Plenary I
   
9:15 - 10:15 Plenary II    
10:15 - 10:45 Refreshment Break    
10:30 - 19:00 Poster Viewing Hours    
10:45 - 12:30 Paper Sessions    
12:30 - 13:00   Third AOU Council Meeting  
12:30 - 13:30 Lunch Break    
12:30 - 14:30   OSNA Committee Meeting  
13:15 - 14:00   Second AOU Fellows Meeting  
13:30 - 16:00 Symposium I: Science, management, and policy of seabird conservation
   
13:30 - 16:15 Paper Sessions    
14:30 - 16:30   First SCO/SOC Council Meeting  
16:15 - 16:45 Refreshment Break    
16:45 - 17:45   AOU Business Meeting  
17:30 - 18:00 Workshop: Funding Opportunities for Ornithology at the NSF    
18:00 - 19:00     Student / Mentor program
19:00 - 22:00 Poster Reception    

Friday August 17
 

Time

Scientific Program 

Meetings

Special Events 

6:00 - 7:30     Early Morning Bird Walk
6:00 - 7:30     All Out Ostrich Uproar 5km Run
8:00 - 9:00 Plenary III    
9:00 - 10:00 Plenary IV    
10:00 - 10:30 Refreshment Break    
10:00 - 16:30 Poster Viewing Hours    
10:30 - 12:30 Paper Sessions    
12:30 - 13:30 Workshop: Using science to affect waterbird conservation across the
western boreal forest
   
12:30 - 13:30   Second SCO/SOC Council Meeting  
12:30 - 14:00 Roundtable: Field Optics    
12:30 - 14:00     Take a Bigwig to lunch
12:30 - 14:00   Associate Editors of The Auk  
12:30 - 14:00   Women in Ornithology box lunch  
14:00 - 15:30
Symposium II, Part 1: New perspectives in evolution of sexual traits
   
14:00 - 15:30 Paper Sessions 
   
15:30 - 16:00 Refreshment Break    
16:00 - 17:30 Symposium II, Part 2    
16:00 - 18:00 Paper Sessions
16:30 - 18:00   SCO/SOC Annual General Meeting   
18:00 - 19:30     AOU / SCO Softball Game
 18:30 - 22:00     Barbeque, McMahon Patio

Saturday August 18
 

Time

Scientific Program 

Meetings

Special Events 

6:00 - 7:30     Early Morning Bird Walk
8:00 - 9:00 Plenary V    
9:00 - 10:00 Pleanary VI    
10:00 - 10:30 Refreshment Break    
10:30 - 12:30 Paper Sessions    
12:30 - 14:00     Take a Bigwig to Lunch
14:00 - 16:00 Symposium III: Bird Collections: Development and use of a scientific resource    
14:00 - 16:00 Paper Sessions    
16:00 - 16:30 Refreshment Break
16:00 - 17:00 AOU Student Awards Committee
16:30 - 17:30 Paper Sessions
18:30 - 22:30     AOU Banquet/Closing Ceremonies and cash bar, Royal Argosy Cruiseline