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22 December 2002--NEW PHOTOS IN GALLERIES. I have added 71 new photos to the El Imposible National Park galleries, including 45 birds, which are now included in the Bird Index page as well (indicated by the phrase "added 22 December 2002.")
20 December 2002--APPOINTMENT EXTENDED. My research assistantship with A. T. Peterson has been extended through May 2003, when I expect to complete my Ph.D.
8 December 2002--BACK FROM MORE TRAVELS. Just returned from visits to Colorado and Massachusetts, for family visits and project brainstorming.
19 November 2002--BACK FROM TRAVELS. Just returned from visits to El Salvador and the Dominican Republic. In El Salvador I worked on a book on El Imposible National Park, and held a meeting of the El Salvador chapter of the Mesoamerican Society for Biology and Conservation. In the Dominican Republic, I arranged logistics and research permits for the KUNHM expedition searching for West Nile Virus in the Caribbean.
30 September 2002--PAPER PUBLISHED. My paper Priority conservation areas for birds in El Salvador was published in Vol. 5, no. 3, pages 173-183, of the journal Animal Conservation, published by the Zoological Society of London.
23 September 2002--OFF TO ANOTHER CONGRESS. Thanks to a travel grant from the Wilson Ornithological Society, I will attend the North American Ornithological Conference in New Orleans, Louisiana. I will present two papers, entitled "Differential migration among long-distance migratory birds," and "Things undergraduate students should know: how to impress graduate schools, and how to choose a graduate program in ornithology." The second paper was an invited talk in a symposium on the use of ornithology in education. I'll be back in Kansas on 29 September.
22 September 2002--ELECTED TO SOCIETY'S BOARD. At the general assembly of the Mesoamerican Society for Biology and Conservation last 18 September, I was elected to the Society's board, in function as president of the El Salvador chapter, to serve through September 2004.
18 September 2002--OFF TO COSTA RICA. Thanks to a travel grant from the Mesoamerican Society for Biology and Conservation, I will present a paper at their VI annual congress in San José, Costa Rica. The paper is entitled "Migración diferencial entre sexos de aves migratorias de larga distancia." I am also coauthor of a second paper to be presented in the congress, entitled “Efectos de la Tecnificación de Cafetales sobre las Poblaciones de Aves Migratorias.” I return to Kansas on 22 September.
9 August 2002--OFF TO CHINA. I have flown to China for the next five-and-a-half weeks. I will present a research paper about migratory birds in coffee plantations, at the International Ornithological Congress, in Beijing. Then I will go to Hunan Province to assist in a bird inventory of two national parks in southern China, thanks to a grant from the KU Natural History Museum. I return on 16 September.
4 August 2002--BACK FROM THE FIELD. I am back from El Salvador, a week later than expected, after conducting about 5 weeks of field work, at the San Vicente Volcano and at Bosque La Montañona.
1 June 2002--OFF FOR MORE FIELD WORK. I have flown to El Salvador, where I plan to conduct about 5 weeks of field work. I return to Kansas on 25 July. I can be reached at my El Salvador address or at the SalvaNATURA office.
31 May 2002--ANNUAL REPORT ONLINE. I have placed the first annual report of my project, "Inventario y Taxonomía de las Aves de El Salvador, 2001-2004" on my research page. This project included two expeditions for collecting and ecological observations last year.
30 May 2002--PAPER PUBLISHED. My paper "Birds of Montecristo National Park, El Salvador" was published in Vol. 13, no. 2, pages 167-193, of the journal Ornitología Neotropical, published by the Neotropical Ornithological
Society.
27 May 2002--THURBER ALIVE AND WELL. I just returned from a visit to Dr. Walter Thurber in Tampa, Florida. The novenagenarian is doing very well. He completed four manuscripts since my last visit in November. Amanda, his wife, is also very well.
17 May 2002--GRANTS RECEIVED. This summer I will continue research on biodiversity conservation in El Salvador, including inventories of birds, thanks to grants received this month from the Leaman Harris Biodiversity Scholarship ($5000) and the Tinker Field Research Grant ($2000). These grants were offered through the KU Natural History Museum and Biodiversity Research Center, and the KU Center for Latin American Studies.
10 April 2002--LECTURE. I will give the Wednesday lunch seminar at noon on April 10 in 320 Dyche Hall. The talk is titled: Differential migration among long-distance Neotropical migratory birds: new discoveries and a review of evolutionary and ecological hypotheses.
11 March 2002--BACK FROM THE FIELD. I have returned from a three-month expedition to El Salvador, completing ecological research for my dissertation in the coffee plantations and forests of southwestern El Salvador.
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