WINTER 2002/VOLUME 16, NUMBER 1

Lab News

Media Highlights
A sampling of media coverage for Lab programs and projects
The Lab's role in bringing citizen science online was reported in The New York Times (December 13, 2001) and in Birder's World (December 2001), which hailed Lab director John Fitzpatrick as a "Hero for Birds," thanks to his leadership in bringing citizen science to the Internet.

Lab director John Fitzpatrick spoke on National Public Radio's Morning Edition about the new CD, The Diversity of Animal Sounds. Listen on the Web. A number of other radio shows in the United States and Canada interviewed Fitzpatrick and other staff about our new CD.

Communications and Outreach director Allison Wells commented in The New York Times about bird feeding in the New York City area. Dozens of newspapers across the continent printed stories about Project FeederWatch.

Citizen Science director Ron Rohrbaugh appeared on WCNY-TV's "Hour CNY" show out of Syracuse, New York, to talk about Project FeederWatch, The Birdhouse Network, and other Lab programs.

Selected Scientific Publications
Bradbury, J. W., K. A. Cortopassi, and J. R. Clemmons. 2001. Geographical variation in the contact calls of Orange-fronted Conures. Auk 118:958-972.

Charif, R. A., P. J. Clapham, and C. J. Clark. 2001. Acoustic detections of singing humpback whales in deep water off the British Isles. Marine Mammal Science 17:751-768.

Dhondt, A. A. 2001. Life history trade-offs in tits. Ardea 89:153-164.

Dhondt, A. A., and W. M. Hochachka. 2001. Adaptive sex ratios and parent-offspring conflict. Trends in Ecology and Evolution 16:61-62.
Lab staff in bold. To find these articles,
check with your local college or university library.

A Lasting Legacy
We mourn the passing of Olin Sewell Pettingill (1907-2001). He was the Lab's director from 1960 to 1973. In addition to publishing numerous books about birds, Pettingill launched the Lab's Home Study Course in Bird Biology in 1972. The newly revised Home Study Course is greatly expanded and modernized, but its basic approach is Pettingill's unique legacy. The next issue of Living Bird will feature an article on Pettingill's life and his many contributions to the Lab.

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