2012Annual Report American Bird Conservancy Message from the Chairman and President Board Chair Warren Cooke. ABC President George Fenwick. Photo: Cathy Cooke Photo: Gavin Shire

hank you for supporting your American Bird the best science and working through effective Conservancy and its mission of conserving partnerships. Beyond this framework, ABC is the native birds of the Americas. Thanks to dedicated to addressing the breadth of conservation Tyou, during the past year ABC has achieved heartening opportunities and the full depth of conservation successes across the conservation spectrum, from issues. Here is what we mean: creating reserves that protect the rarest bird species Your ABC possesses an encyclopedic breadth of to reducing threats that affect all bird species. Your knowledge about bird species at greatest risk; the generosity and support allow ABC to keep its eye conditions and needs of their habitats across their life on birds! cycles; and the relative significance of dozens of their Members of the ABC family are familiar with our greatest threats. We manage this information by pri- strategic conservation framework (see right), which oritizing. The rarest species are attended to as a top calls for safeguarding the rarest birds, conserving priority; habitats are targeted for protection or recov- habitats, and eliminating threats — all based on ery based on their importance to birds; and the threats

Red Knots. Photo: David Speiser, www.lilibirds.com

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ABC's mission is to conserve native birds and their habitats across the Americas.

to birds are addressed in order of the degree of their can survive long into the future, or our goal of prevent- impact on bird numbers. As a result, ABC is creating ing the extinction of species such as the Santa Marta reserves for more rare bird species and undertaking Parakeet will not be realized. programs to reduce more threats to birds than any other organization. We are pleased to report that in 2012, El Dorado took in more money than it spent, becoming the first eco- That illustrates ABC’s breadth, but what do we mean nomically sustainable private Alliance for Zero Extinc- by depth? Depth means doing the whole job and tion (AZE) reserve in the Americas. Ours is the work doing it right. ABC does not measure success merely of years and sometimes decades. by launching programs, but by following through to accomplish their objectives. At ABC, media attention We are making progress on all fronts. Thank you again is not our measure of success; instead, more birds, for the critical part you play in this success. We do it better habitats, and reduced mortality are. for birds, but we do it thanks to you!

Depth means “stick-to-itiveness,” illustrated by our work with Colombian partner Fundación ProAves to ensure the long-term sustainability of the El Dorado Bird Re- serve. ABC and other conservation groups teamed up in Warren Cooke George Fenwick 2005 to purchase 1,700 acres of land that now form the Chairman, ABC President, ABC core of El Dorado. We know it is not enough to just buy land; we have to be sure that reserves such as El Dorado

ANNUAL REPORT 2012 3 HALTING EXTINCTIONS

irst, prevent extinctions. That has always been a prime directive here at ABC, where we’ve gone to great lengths to safeguard endangered and critically endangered birds throughout the Americas. We have protected habitat and helped set up reserves that harbor more than 2,000 bird species. Many of these birds,F including Colombia’s Yellow-eared Parrot, Brazil’s Lear’s Macaw, and Ecuador’s Pale-headed Brush-Finch, were facing a bleak future before ABC became involved. Since ABC and our partners set out to protect these species, they have rebounded, and their conservation status has improved along with that of many other species found in our reserves. ABC is a co-founder of the Alliance for Zero Extinction, which now includes 90 conservation groups in 36 countries working to halt the decline and extinction of the world’s species. Saving the Esmeraldas Woodstar

Last year, ABC helped pull one of world’s smallest About five years ago, ABC helped fund a new search for and rarest birds back from the brink of extinction. The the woodstar’s breeding grounds. Six months into the Esmeraldas Woodstar, at 2½ inches, is barely bigger than search, Bert Harris, Mery Juiña, Bertram Hickman, and a bumblebee. Its feathers are a striking mix of green, Ana Agreda started finding tiny nests made out of lichen white, and copper, with a patch of iridescent purple on twigs and bits of spider web. Esmeraldas Woodstars had the throats of the males. It can zip around like other built them in low bushes at the edges of the forests near hummingbirds but often seems to fly in slow motion, the place where the Ayampe River enters the Pacific wagging its tail back and forth while floating toward the Ocean, 70 miles northwest of the city of Guayaquil. flowers that sustain it. Ecuador’s Then as now, it was believed that these were The Esmeraldas Woodstar is only found the main breeding grounds for one of the in Ecuador, where it seems to nest almost remaining rarest birds on earth. Then as now, the nest exclusively in moist lowland forest fragments coastal forests sites were on land owned communally by found near a small number of rivers. Experts are home to people living near the town of Las Tunas. say it’s likely that these birds were much more Most of them were leery of outsiders bearing common 50 to 100 years ago, when lowland one of the offers to buy into one of the last coastal forests covered most of coastal Ecuador. Now, rarest birds forests left in Ecuador. Over the years, they however, 95 percent of Ecuador’s coastal had been approached by loggers, farmers, forests have been cleared by farmers, settlers, on earth. government agencies, resort builders, and resort builders, and loggers. others: the few deals they had agreed to had produced no lasting benefits. Rediscovery of a Lost Species But in 2010, a new set of visitors approached the leaders For a time, conservationists thought the loss of all these of Las Tunas — representatives of Fundación Jocotoco, forests had wiped out the Esmeraldas Woodstar. But the an Ecuadorian partner of ABC. Jocotoco operates ten species was rediscovered in the early 1990s, when a pair of bird reserves around Ecuador, reserves that were made ornithologists saw several individuals in various locations. possible in part with funds from ABC. Representatives At the time, nobody knew what these birds ate or where from Jocotoco told the communal forest owners that they they built their tiny nests. Nobody knew whether they wanted to create another reserve, near the mouth of the flew into the Andes in the winter like some other hum- Ayampe. It would save the breeding grounds of the tiny mingbirds do. In other words, nobody knew which land- hummingbird the locals knew as “Estrellita” (little star). scapes were essential to this hummingbird’s survival.

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The communal forest owners and the local conservationists talked for months about the plan to “It’s hard to overestimate the importance of a create a reserve. Then Jocotoco arranged a bus tour of the partner like ABC. Together, we have conserved reserves they operate in Ecuador. That bus trip helped convince the local leaders that a forest preservation deal important habitats throughout Ecuador; created could have long-lasting benefits. local, national, and international interest in our work; and contributed to the National Plan A Deal with Local Communities for Good Living adopted by the Ecuadorian In 2012, the leaders of Las Tunas and the representatives Government.” of Jocotoco finalized a deal to save the Estrellita’s breeding — Rocío Merino grounds and ensure that the local communities would Executive Director, Fundación Jocotoco benefit. In the months that followed, a reforestation effort and trash collection program were launched. Other sections of the forest were later protected by new continued on page 7

Machalilla National Park on the west coast of Ecuador, part of the very limited range of the Esmeraldas Woodstar. Photo: Bert Harris Esmeraldas Woodstar. Photo: Murray Cooper ANNUAL REPORT 2012 5 ABC staff and partners visit the Ayampe Reserve, where we have helped establish a project site to conserve the Esmeraldas Woodstar. From left to right: John Guarnaccia, Rocío Merino, Ivan Samuels, Byron Delgado, Martin Schaefer, Francisco Sornoza, Juan Carlos Crespo, and ABC’s Sara Lara. Photo: Paola Villalba, March 14, 2013.

Halting Extinctions: MILESTONES

HAWAI'I: Completed the second phase of a high- archipelago as part of a long-term effort to protect profile effort to save one of the country’s rarest birds the isolated breeding grounds of the Pink-footed from extinction by capturing 26 critically endangered Shearwater, a globally vulnerable migratory seabird Millerbirds on Nihoa Island and that spends the nonbreeding season off the coasts of moving them to the northwestern Mexico, the United States, and Canada. Hawaiian island of Laysan, some 650 miles away. There COLOMBIA: Helped create an Alliance for Zero they joined a thriving group of Extinction sanctuary that protects the last remaining “founder” Millerbirds moved rainforest habitat of one of the most dangerous from Nihoa in 2011, as part of animals on earth — the endangered golden poison an historic attempt to protect the frog — as well as endangered birds including the species by establishing a second Baudó Guan, the vulnerable Brown Wood-Rail, population. and Great Curassow.

CHILE: Began restoring native flora on Isla Santa Clara in the Juan Fernández

Pink-footed Shearwater. Photo: Greg Lavaty, texastargetbirds.com

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Meet ABC Staff conservation deals. Nature trails are being developed, Benjamin Skolnik, local guides are being trained, and plans to build a nature International lodge are under discussion. Conservation Officer Not surprisingly, surveys of the new reserve have made it clear that other rare birds will be protected by the Life Before ABC: conservation agreements. These include endangered Peace Corps volunteer birds such as the Grey-backed Hawk, Blackish-headed in Musho, Peru, a Spinetail, and Slaty Becard. This region is also known for village on the side its rare endemic plants and butterflies. of the tallest tropical

mountain in the world. Photo: Luis Rubelio, 2012 There is much more work that must be done to save the Esmeraldas Woodstar, but last year, we took a giant step Favorite Bird: Lava Gulls on the Galapágos in that direction by forming key partnerships, securing Islands. Stunning red eye rings. crucial funding, and helping our partner group preserve key lands. Most Amazing Birding Experience: Watching a Banded Ground-Cuckoo leaning down off of a We’ve been doing work like this all over the Americas for log to grab insects fleeing an ant swarm in the years now. It’s the kind of work that we are known for. forests of Ecuador. And it’s the work that we do best. Hobbies: Triathlon, two daughters. Favorite Landscape: High Andean mountains covered with grasslands and elfin Polylepis Ayampe landscape. paperbark forests. Photo: Benjamin Skolnik, ABC Favorite Sound: White-throated Sparrows in the morning. If You Could Do One Thing for Birds: Build a network of “habitat highways” reconnecting forest fragments in the Americas.

ANNUAL REPORT 2012 7 PROTECTING HABITATS

aving wild birds means saving their wild homelands, and — when possible — expanding them. ABC works across the hemisphere to do this. In Latin America, 850,000 acres of bird habitat are now being managed for wildlife conservation in various ways, including as reserves and conservation easements. SIn North America, ABC is working to protect and restore 11 of the most threatened habitats, ranging from the longleaf pines that harbor birds such as the Northern Bobwhite and Red-cockaded Woodpecker, to the shortgrass prairies used by birds including the Long-billed Curlew and Swainson’s Hawk. In the west, we are preserving the oak savannah used by the Western Bluebird; in Hawai'i, we are protecting a wide range of habitats, including the forests that are the last home of the critically endangered Palila. Finally, in the Appalachian Mountains, ABC has helped launch an ambitious effort to rebuild lost habitat required by the threatened Golden-winged Warbler. Shaping Young Forests for Birds

In Pennsylvania, ABC has helped transform a migratory 1960s. At that time, the young forest openings this bird that was a symbol of decline into a symbol of warbler breeds in were much more common than they recovery. That species is the Golden-winged Warbler, are today, thanks to natural wetlands later drained, dam- which breeds in young forest habitats in the Great building beavers now less prevalent, forest fires no longer Lakes and Appalachian regions. It is a gray-backed bird allowed to burn themselves out, and small farms long identified by the black markings on its face and neck and since abandoned. the bright yellow patches on its crown and wings. In the Appalachians, those kinds of changes turned the As with many other migratory songbirds, Golden-wing warbler’s breeding range into landscapes dominated by counts have been declining sharply since at least the older, even-aged, closed-canopy forests. By all accounts, this change has made it harder for Golden-wings flying north to find the younger forests that they require for nesting. Turning Back the Environmental Clock We believe that this decline has now begun to turn around. This potentially momentous change dates back to 2008, when a task force that included ABC endorsed a plan to make it easier for Golden- wings to breed. The Golden-winged Warbler Working Group plans to

Golden-winged Warbler habitat at Sproul State Forest, Pennsylvania, about 18 years post-wildfire. Photo: Jeff Larkin

8 ANNUAL REPORT 2012 AMERICAN BIRD CONSERVANCY Golden-winged Warbler. Photo: Gerrit Vyn

accomplish this by vastly increasing the amount of young are the problems faced by overworked and underfunded forest habitat found in the warbler’s breeding range. In a managers at state and federal government agencies, who sense, the group hopes to replicate the work once done may struggle to find the resources to prioritize these by all those beavers, fires, and farmers. kinds of plans. Jeff Larkin, a wildlife ecologist at Indiana University Collectively, these problems form what Larkin calls of Pennsylvania and a member of the working group, “the implementation gap.” He says it’s the reason many says this project is much more than an attempt to help fine bird conservation plans end up on shelves in dusty breeding Golden-wings find nest sites. It is also an effort storage rooms. to restore ecological complexity to forests that have lost it. But not this time. This time, at least so far, the people Chain saws, brush hogs, and prescribed fires are now attempting to create more warbler habitat have found being used to help create the young forest habitat. But ways to bridge the implementation gap. In Pennsylvania, Larkin wants to make it clear that the result will never work on public lands has been pushed forward by the be a bunch of clear-cut squares. It took Larkin and his colleagues years to figure out what the Golden-wings require in these places. That’s why the new, young forest “I have watched ABC carefully for a long time, and habitat will take odd shapes with lots of different edges, I am convinced that it is the place where those why some of the older trees will be left standing, and interested in the protection of birds get the most why the broad swaths of land next to the older forests will feature a specific mix of shrubs, saplings, and patches value for their dollar. The best part is that the of herbaceous plants such as grasses and goldenrod. sterling reputation derives from real achievement in bird conservation that cannot be diminished or Larkin, whose work is funded in part by ABC, says he’s well aware that programs this ambitious sometimes discounted by any honest observer.” sputter after liftoff. Funding can be hard to find, and — Pierre Howard, President, key landowners can decline to get involved. Then there The Georgia Conservancy

ANNUAL REPORT 2012 9 Research technicians band a male Golden-winged Warbler Many declining bird species, such as this Whip-poor-will, benefit from captured in a habitat treatment site in north-central Pennsylvania. habitat programs designed to help Golden-winged Warblers. Photo: Left to right: Sean McGaughran, Mathew Ferrence, Joe Grata, and @ Wil Hershberger, Nature Images and Sounds, LLC Jeff Larkin: Photo: Keith Boyer, IUP, 2011

Pennsylvania Game Commission and the Pennsylvania This work has many beneficiaries. Hunters like the fact Department of Conservation and Natural Resources — that young forest habitats attract game animals such as Bureau of Forestry. Meantime, work on Pennsylvania’s the American Woodcock, Ruffed Grouse, and snowshoe private lands has been encouraged by grants provided by hare. Here at ABC, we like the fact that a wide range of the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Natural Resources migratory songbirds rely on young forests. In addition Conservation Service. As a result, in 2012 alone, 3,600 to the Golden-winged Warbler, these openings draw the acres of young forest habitat were created on private lands Chestnut-sided Warbler, Indigo Bunting, Yellow-breasted in key warbler conservation zones in Pennsylvania. Chat, Prairie Warbler, Black- and Yellow-billed Cuckoos, and Whip-poor-will.

Protecting Habitats: MILESTONES

NORTHEASTERN MEXICO: Completed restoration National Forests in Arkansas, using funds provided by work in Laguna Madre on islands, wetlands, and the USDA Forest Service. This multi-year project will freshwater lagoons used by Redheads, Reddish Egret, create high-quality habitat for priority species such and Wilson’s and Snowy Plovers. Removed non- as the Red-cockaded Woodpecker, Brown-headed native predators that threaten migratory bird survival. Nuthatch, Bachman’s Sparrow, and Prairie Warbler. Secured conservation easements for protection of 12,000 acres of adjoining private lands. NORTHWESTERN MEXICO: Developed agreements with local ranchers to manage 23,000 acres of CENTRAL UNITED STATES: Through ABC’s lead Chihuahuan Desert grasslands for both cattle and role in the Central Hardwoods Joint birds, including the Baird’s Sparrow, Venture, helped launch a ten-year, $20 Chestnut-collared Longspur, and the million effort to restore nearly 500,000 threatened Sprague’s Pipit. Worked with acres of pine and oak woodlands in the local partners and government officials to Mark Twain National Forest in Missouri improve water management across the and the Ozark-St. Francis and Ouachita entire state of Chihuahua.

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Meet ABC Staff Andrew W. Rothman, Migratory Bird Favorite Sound: Common Program Director Loon in the north woods of Wisconsin. Life Before ABC: Executive Director of the Sarapiqui Conservation Learning Center in Favorite Landscape: How can Chilamate, Costa Rica. one choose between misty mornings in lowland rainforest Favorite Bird: I have an affinity for birds I full of howler monkeys and have worked with: Great Green Macaw, macaws, and the top of a Photo: Holly Robertson, 2010 Golden-winged Warbler, Bay-breasted Cuckoo. frosty ragged mountain overlooking green valleys Most Amazing Birding Experience: Riding a lined with whitewater rivers? The world is too four-wheeler at dusk in the northern lowlands of beautiful for favorites. Costa Rica, when a bright white Barn Owl started If You Could Do One Thing for Birds: Teach flying alongside me at eye level and stayed there people to consider birds in every decision. for a good 200 yards. Amazingly cool.

Replicating a Good Idea Andrew Rothman, Director of ABC’s Migratory Bird Program and a member of the Golden-winged Warbler Working Group, says the group believes it is possible to stabilize the Golden-winged Warbler population in ten years. After that, he says the goal is to increase the warbler count by 50 percent over the next 30 to 50 years. If that is to happen, programs similar to the one that is now up and running in Pennsylvania must spread to other states in the warbler’s breeding range: Tennessee, North Carolina, West Virginia, New York, Wisconsin, Minnesota, and Michigan. At the moment, several of these states are either looking over plans to replicate what’s being done in Pennsylvania or launching restoration projects of their own. We should add some caveats to this good news. There remains an urgent need to map and save the Golden- winged Warbler’s wintering grounds in Latin America. Also, budget cuts or economic troubles could throw a monkey wrench into this program. But brief asides like those should not be used to taint the fine work now being done in Pennsylvania, or the fact that in this corner of the warbler’s range, a decline that once seemed irreversible is now turning around.

Yellow-billed Cuckoo. Photo: Robert Royse

ANNUAL REPORT 2012 11 ELIMINATING THREATS

he list of man-made threats to birds in the Americas is a long one: outdoor cats, deforestation, fragments of lead ammunition left in carcasses by hunters, rat poisons, pesticides, badly sited wind turbines, poorly lit buildings, record-setting oil spills, floating plastic trash, fishing vessels with long linesT of hooks, islands infested with invasive rats, Burmese pythons spreading through the Florida Everglades, and global climate change…

Problems like those contribute to the death of billions of birds in the Western Hemisphere each year; were it not for ABC they might be killing billions more. Over the years, we have done a lot to draw attention to these problems, and just as much to put solutions into place. Sometimes that means wading into problems that appeared to be unsolvable not long ago.

Cedar Waxwing. Photo: Tom Grey

12 A N N U A L R E P O R T 2 0 1 2 Promoting Bird-Friendly Buildings

People who think bird-friendly buildings are ugly need to take a look at the Manhattan headquarters of the IAC internet company, a fritted-glass masterpiece designed by Frank Gehry. After that, the cynics should check out the other-worldly Aqua Tower in Chicago, where undulating balconies roll across the outer walls like waves. Sacra- mento’s Bateson Building uses brilliant yellow outdoor shades to keep the birds away. In Suitland, Maryland, the U.S. Census Building uses an outer screen made up of long, wavy, laminated panels of white oak. These are just a few of the buildings featured in Bird- Friendly Building Design, an aptly titled and important book published by ABC last year. If we could, we’d put a copy of this book in every mailbox in the country, as part of an effort to feed rising public interest in a problem that’s become one of the biggest man-made threats to birds. Lethal Impacts of Glass Chances are you’ve heard the sickening thud of a bird that has flown headfirst into a pane of glass. Maybe you have seen the ghostly imprints that their heads and feathers leave at the point of impact. Many of those birds die instantly. Others, dazed or injured, become easy prey for outdoor cats and other predators. No one knows exactly what birds see when they look at the world. What we do know, sadly, is that birds do not Chicago's Aqua Tower, designed by Studio Gang Architects, minimizes see the glass windows and glass walls found in nearly the use of reflective glass, making the 859-foot tower an excellent all homes and buildings. For that reason, in the United example of design that is both bird-safe and attractive. Photo: Tim States alone, as many as a billion birds a year are killed Bloomquist when they collide with glass. Studies of the carnage have established that individuals of at least one-third of the for windows that were visible to birds, so they did not in- bird species found in the United States have been killed vest in bird-friendly glass research. Even the U.S. Green in this way, with 258 species recorded. The list includes Building Council was initially unable to set standards for hummingbirds, woodpeckers, kingfishers, woodcock, a bird-friendliness, mostly because nobody had done the wide range of songbirds, and many birds of prey. research needed to show which standards would work. Skyscrapers with mirrored glass exteriors are the most notorious killers, but small buildings and family homes are lethal too. According to one study, the windows in “I put ABC BirdTape on my windows last fall the “average” home kill as many as six birds every year. and have not had a single bird strike since! Not too long ago, it was extremely difficult to draw at- Prior to that, I had to close curtains and shut tention to this problem. Architects and builders tended blinds to prevent strikes. Thank you.” to ignore it, as did state and city planners. Companies that manufactured glass did not think there was a market —Susan Oseth, ABC supporter

ANNUAL REPORT 2012 13 American Woodcock. Photo: Steve Gifford

Research to Prevent Collisions That is where ABC comes in — the only national glass panes. The tests begin when a bird netted nearby conservation group with a bird/glass collision program. is released into the front end of the tunnel; at the other Since 2009, we have been conducting crucial bird end, two different kinds of glass are mounted side by research at the Carnegie Museum of Natural History’s side in the light, creating what appears to be an exit. Powdermill Avian Research Center near Pittsburgh, One of the panes is made of glass that birds do not see. Pennsylvania. There, in a long, dark, rotating facility The other is made of glass that is potentially visible to known as “the tunnel,” we test the reaction of free- birds. As the bird flies down the tunnel toward the light, flying birds to a wide range of potentially bird-friendly we record its reaction to the “friendly” pane of glass.

Eliminating Threats: MILESTONES

UNITED STATES: Pushed for a near-total ban on UNITED STATES: Developed and released an popular d-CON rat poisons that harm children, pets, online, interactive map that identifies more than and federally protected raptors including hawks, 2,000 locations where birds ranging from Whooping owls, and eagles. In January 2013, the Environmental Crane to Lesser Prairie-Chicken are especially likely Protection Agency announced its intention to to be harmed by wind power developments. The severely restrict the use of these poisons. map provides the locations of more than 80,000 finished and proposed ECUADOR: Helped develop inexpensive tech– turbines, along with local details nologies that reduce accidental seabird bycatch such as ownership, land by longline fishing boats in the Ecuadorian hake use, conservation issues, fleet. The new devices help reduce the time it takes key bird species, and to deploy long lines that carry hundreds of hooks, vulnerable habitat. greatly reducing the threat to birds attracted to the bait, such as the critically endangered Waved Albatross.

Waved Albatross. Photo: Nick Athanas/Tropical Birding 14 ANNUAL REPORT 20122011 AMERICAN BIRD CONSERVANCY

Sometimes the bird swerves away from the test pane; sometimes it flies straight toward it. In either case the Meet ABC Staff bird is captured by a mist net just before it reaches the Christine De Wolf Sheppard, Bird Collisions glass panes. It is then returned to the wild. Campaign Manager We send roughly 80 birds toward each new glass pane Life Before ABC: Curator of Birds, Wildlife that we test, judging the effectiveness of frit patterns, Conservation Society/Bronx Zoo. window films, and various kinds of photovoltaic glass. This work builds on previous research done in the Unit- Favorite Birds: From my zoo years, Pink Pigeon, ed States and in Austria, and over the years, it has taught African Pygmy Geese, and other birds I raised us quite a bit about the things that cause collisions and from eggs. In the wild, hummingbirds in general what can be done to make a building bird-safe. and the Marvelous Spatuletail in particular. We share what we have learned with manufacturers, Favorite Place to Look for Birds: Wherever I am! architects, and builders. We also share our findings with our many local partner groups, in order to help them Most Amazing Birding Experience: Watching a push for state and local programs that would reduce bird Blue-footed Booby feeding frenzy take place all collisions with glass. around me while sitting in a boat near one of the Galápagos Islands. Advances in Glass Guidelines Hobbies: Botanical illustration, gardening, bead This work began to pay off in a big way late in 2011 and weaving, folk and ballroom dancing. continued in 2012. First, after years of planning and a burst of last-ditch wrangling, the city of San Francisco Favorite Sound: Waves hitting the shore of Lake enacted the first set of bird-glass collision rules in the Huron, where I used to spend summer vacations. United States. Favorite Landscape: The coast of Patagonia Then, making use of the research that we’ve been from September through February, when doing at the Powdermill site, the U.S. Green Building several hundred thousand Magellanic Penguins Council added what it calls a “pilot” set of bird-collision gather to breed and raise their young. standards to the larger set of guidelines used to certify that a particular building is “green.” If You Could Do One Thing for Birds: Help make bird collision guidelines standard in green If this pilot credit becomes permanent, bird-friendliness building programs. will be added to an influential list of green guidelines that include energy efficiency and water conservation. We believe the bird/glass collision problem will soon enter the environmental mainstream. Architects and planners are much more interested in bird-safe buildings than they once were. Glass manufacturers who now see a potential market are sending record numbers of poten- tially bird-friendly windows to our research center for testing. Finally, sales of ABC BirdTape — an inexpensive way to make windows visible to birds — rose dramati- cally in 2012.

Photo: Chris Sheppard, 2012

ANNUAL REPORT 2012 15 BUILDING CAPACITY

hat does it mean to “build capacity?” At ABC, it means supporting the scientific research that pinpoints rising threats to birds; securing crucial funding used to help create new bird reserves and improve existing ones; building community support for bird protection projects in far- flungW locations; and forming partnerships with government agencies, other conservation groups, and high-profile research centers.

Work like this can spur bird-friendly efforts to transform entire landscapes. It can help put bird conservation programs onto national agendas. It can also help ensure that our campaigns are science-based and our victories are lasting.

“What American Bird Conservancy best brings to the table is a bold, innovative approach to conservation… a ‘let’s get this done and get it done right’ attitude.”

— Claude Gascon, Ph.D. Chief Science Officer, Executive Vice-President National Fish and Wildlife Foundation

16 ANNUAL REPORT 2012 Sustaining Conservation in Colombia

The El Dorado Bird Reserve in northeastern Colombia crown jewels in a system of nearly 50 reserves set up is a fantastic place to see rare birds, including the since 1996 by ABC and Latin American partners. These Black-fronted Wood-Quail, Santa Marta Screech-Owl, reserves are part of a coordinated and unprecedented Rusty-headed Spinetail, Santa Marta Antpitta, and effort to protect the last remaining sites for a suite of Santa Marta Warbler. It is the only place to endangered and critically endangered see rare and endemic birds such as the Santa species identified by the Alliance for Zero Marta Parakeet, Santa Marta Bush-Tyrant, The El Dorado Extinction (AZE). and Santa Marta Sabrewing. Bird Reserve is the Most of these reserves protect the If you need a change of pace, you might first economically remaining home range of a critically want to go looking for the stunning sustainable private endangered animal, but El Dorado does butterflies and frogs found only in this more than that. It protects the sole natural area, or for the spectacularly rare (and AZE reserve in the habitats of three species of birds, eight unexpectedly cute) red-crested tree rat. Americas. species of amphibians, and one species It had not been seen since 1898 and was of mammal. presumed extinct — until it showed up last May on a handrail at the El Dorado Lodge. The El Dorado Bird Reserve passed a critically important milestone last year when it became the first economically El Dorado sits amid dense forests on an isolated sustainable private AZE reserve in the Americas. In mountain with amazing views of the Caribbean Sea simple terms, this means that in 2012, this reserve took and of the majestic glaciers and peaks of the Sierra in more money than it spent. The visitors, who came Nevada de Santa Marta mountain range. It is one of from all over the world, stayed in the reserve’s new lodge and ate in the reserve’s new restaurant. When they went exploring, they were often led by naturalists who work at El Dorado. Granted, it is not that hard to find a private nature lodge that turns a profit, and some of them are very nice indeed. But it is much harder to end up in the black when your job includes protecting and maintaining the reserve that draws the tourists in the first place.

The Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta mountain range, as seen Santa Marta Warbler. from the El Dorado Bird Reserve. Photo: Fundación ProAves Photo: Andy Bunting

ANNUAL REPORT 2012 17 Santa Marta Parakeet. Photo: Andy Bunting

Private lodges do not tend cover costs like those but El Dorado does. Also, when this lodge is “in the green” — pun intended — profits do not end up in private hands. Instead, every cent gets funneled right back into conservation programs overseen by our partner group, Fundación ProAves, the leading bird conservation organization in Colombia. This kind of fiscal fitness was among our goals in 2005, when ABC and other conservation groups teamed up to purchase 1,700 acres of land that now form the core of El Dorado, swooping in to save key portions of these forests from developers with plans to replace them with vacation homes.

Steps Toward Sustainability In the years that followed, we have put a lot of time and money into projects launched in part to help make El Dorado self-sustaining. Working with Fundación That means paying guards to keep the poachers and the ProAves, we helped remove invasive pines that had been squatters out, as well as paying workers to maintain the planted for timber, then helped replace those trees with trails and forests. native saplings favored by the region’s unique birds. The pine logs were used to build the two-story Jeniam In this case, it also means arranging to buy food and Ecolodge and the Blue Moon Restaurant, places where it other items in the town at the bottom of a towering is possible to stand on the back steps and watch as birds mountain and then have it driven up the narrow, found only here hop through the garden or maneuver lurching road that leads you back into the reserve. for a spot at one of the bird feeders. (The only known

Building Capacity: MILESTONES

UNITED STATES: Helped secure more than $30 LATIN AMERICA: Supported 15 nurseries that million in federal funding for bird conservation produced 500,000 seedlings in Peru, Bolivia, projects throughout the Western Hemisphere. In Colombia, Ecuador, and Nicaragua. These trees help the Hawaiian Islands, we advocated for federal reforest and expand Alliance for Zero Extinction funding used to build a 52-mile fence that will keep reserves, designed to save the last known habitats of non-native grazing animals out critically endangered birds and other animals. of the last remaining habitat of the critically endangered UNITED STATES: Focused national attention on the Palila. In Appalachia, ABC and threats that outdoor cats pose to people, birds, other the Interior Department’s Office wildlife, and themselves. Outdoor cats kill as many of Surface Mining Reclamation as 3.7 billion birds and 20.7 billion mammals every and Enforcement agreed to fund year and spread diseases including toxoplasmosis the launch of a joint effort to restore and rabies. ABC fought state and local attempts to hardwood forests on reclaimed legalize public cat hoarding by feral cat extremists. mine sites.

Palila. Photo: Jack Jeffrey

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photograph of a Black-billed Thornbill was taken on these steps not long ago.) Meet ABC Staff ABC helped expand this reserve by another 250 acres Sara Lara, Vice President & Senior in 2010, when it helped ProAves purchase an important International Conservation Officer tract of montane forest. In 2012, the reserve was ex- Life Before ABC: Civil Engineer until panded yet again, when ABC helped fund a deal to buy another 195 acres of key lands adjoining the reserve. 2003, when I joined a Yellow-eared Parrot conservation project as a volunteer. Afterward, Local legend says that a high-elevation pond found here for six years, I served as the Executive holds the secret to eternal life. Biologists say this is one Director of Fundación ProAves, a Colombian of the last remaining homes of the critically endangered conservation group and ABC partner. San Lorenzo harlequin frog. Perhaps most important, this latest transaction means that ABC and other groups Favorite Bird: Yellow-eared Parrot. We fought have now protected nearly all of the uniquely palm-laden hard to save it from extinction and so far we ridge that is the home to most of the world’s remaining have succeeded. In the process, this bird Santa Marta Parakeets. changed my life. Local Communities Get Their Share Most Amazing Birding Experience: In Australia, I once watched a huge Southern ABC has also helped launch programs that have Cassowary stride out of the forest like a enabled some of the people living near the El Dorado dinosaur, eating fruit for a few minutes and Bird Reserve to earn a share of the tourist money. In then returning to the forest. partnership with ProAves, we’ve trained local women to make jewelry and candles for a gift shop in the Favorite Sound: Latin Music. lodge. It is part of a broader program, “Women for Conservation,” which gets women and their families Favorite View: I have two. First, the mountain involved in conservation work in exchange for small peaks you see when looking south out of business training, health care, and school supplies for Colombia’s El Dorado Reserve. Second, the their children. With support from ABC, ProAves runs Caribbean Sea as it appears to people looking this program at three other reserves around Colombia. north from the same spot. We hope that other AZE sites will become economically If You Could Do One Thing for Birds: self-sustaining before long. In the last five years, new Reconnect young people with nature. lodges and restaurants have been built at a half-dozen of these reserves. At El Dorado, where the ecotourism infrastructure seems to be quite solid, it will be easier to deal with threats in the years to come. For example, peer- reviewed research published last summer says the forests in the El Dorado Bird Reserve could be especially hard hit at low altitudes as the nearby Caribbean magnifies the effects of man-made climate change. If that’s true, the paper warns that rare birds such as the Santa Marta Parakeet would need to move to higher ground. That will make it necessary to find ways to protect more of the forests near the top of this mountain, to give the amazing birds and animals found here a place to survive. Photo: Rocío Merino, 2013

ANNUAL REPORT 2012 19 Supporters 2012We are honored to acknowledge the individuals, foundations, businesses, and others who have donated to support ABC’s work. While space constraints prevent us from listing all of our donors, we are sincerely grateful for each member and every gift. We would also like to thank those who gave anonymously through the United Way or Combined Federal Campaign (CFC #12048).

Peregrine Falcon. Photo: ClipArt.com

The Falcon Club is ABC’s pivotal group of members who donate unrestricted gifts of $1,000 or more each year. The Falcon Club is a cornerstone in the success of all our bird conservation programs and projects. A very special thank you to ABC’s board members for their many contributions and introductions to other major supporters.

Verizon Wireless Kenneth and Sue Ann Berlin Change Happens Foundation $500,000+ Joan H. Wallace Archie W. and Grace Berry The Edward T. Cone $1,000+ Mary E. Cebra National Fish and Wildlife Foundation Walton Family Foundation Foundation Foundation Anonymous (15) Patience and Tom Chamberlin The Robert W. Wilson Charitable Lynn and Stuart White The Margaret A. Cargill Agnes D. Cralley Darleen Abbott Stephen Chang Trust Constance and Jeff Woodman Foundation Donald and Jacqueline Dann Ahrens Family Foundation Elaine Charkowski and Ed Cornell Douglas Foundation Robert DeLine Robert Ake and Joyce Neff Oberweiser $100,000+ $25,000+ The Irene Diamond Mari Epstein J. William Akers Andrew and Carole Clarkson Foundation Marnie Gaede Jane Alexander Coastal Bend Bays and Anonymous (2) Anonymous (2) Moses and Susan Feldman Robert Giles Betsy Amsel Estuaries Program Arnold Glas Blue Moon Fund The Bill Healy Foundation Jennifer Haverkamp Michael and Lorna Anderberg Arthur Cody Barkley Fund Bobolink Foundation Carolyn Hendricks Steven and Christine The Arctica and Abbey Rebecca Coley James and Yuko Brumm IUCN - International Union for Ivorybill Foundation Hightower Foundation Robert and Rita Colwell Warren and Cathy Cooke Conservation of Nature Warren and Barry King Robert and Kathleen Hindle The Marjorie Sale Arundel Susan Coolidge George and Rita Fenwick Leon Levy Foundation Lannan Foundation Dale Holmer Fund For the Earth Patricia I. Cooper Gulf Coast Bird Observatory— David and Lucile Packard Cathy and George Ledec Steve Holmer Roberta and Ira Asher Leto Copeley and Albert Fisher Tropical Forest Forever Fund Foundation William H. Leighty Diane Ichiyasu Association For Tropical Christopher Crowe Nicholas and Gardiner Dick and Nancy Raines RJM Foundation Lawrence E. Irell and Elaine Lepidoptera Stephen and Georganna Lapham Wallace Genetic Foundation, Inc. Heidi Nitze Smith Irell Foundation Donna Bailey Daley Laurel Foundation Wolf Creek Charitable Foundation Benjamin Olewine Hilda P. Jones Jack Bartley Will and Laurie Danforth The Marshall-Reynolds World Land Trust—U.K. Overhills Foundation The Gary and Bernice Lebbin R. Gifford and Connie Beaton Mike Danzenbaker and Foundation World Land Trust—U.S. Stephen Rumsey Foundation Mark Betts Lee Hung Marybeth Sollins Save Our Species Fund Walter and Pam Matia BirdLife International Sally F. Davidson Sustainable Forestry Initiative $50,000+ Bishop and Lynn Sheehan Gordon and Betty Moore Susan Billetdeaux David Davis and Jo Ann Mills Inc. Steve and Britt Thal New England Biolabs Michael Boss John and Judy Day Anonymous Turner Foundation Lynde B. Uihlein Foundation Marcia Braun Robert DeBellevue The Brico Fund Lucy R. Waletzky David Walsh Dr. and Mrs. Bayard D. Rea Paul Bristow Owen Deutsch David and Patricia Davidson The Mohamed bin Zayed Alan Weeden The Redbud Fund at Schwab The Brodsky Charitable Charles Dilla Ducks Unlimited, Inc. Species Conservation Fund Charitable Fund Foundation Trust John M. Dole Richard and Nancy Eales Robert Robbins and Henry S. Brooks Kay Drey Jonathan Franzen $5,000+ $10,000+ Astrid Caldas James Brooks Stephen and Magda Eccles David Harrison and Joyce Millen Anonymous (5) Frances V.R. Seebe Trust Bart Brown Michael Elder Jeniam Foundation Anonymous (3) Agua Fund of the Commu- James W. Sipiora Kathleen Burger and Barbara Elliott Paul Tudor Jones Agreement on the Conserva- nity Foundation of Collier Tirimbina Rainforest Fund Glen Gerada Linda R. Emory Henry Phillip Kraft Memorial Fund at tion of Albatrosses and County The Trull Foundation Brett Byers and Leslie Santos Sherry L. Ferguson New York Community Trust Petrels (ACAP) John and Emily Alexander Jane Smith Turner Foundation Caroline S. Callery Field Guides Incorporated Rusinow Family Charitable American Forests Peter Barnes Nancy L. Weiss Calypso Fund of The Oregon Gary L. Filerman Foundation Amos Butler Audubon Mrs. Walter F. Brissenden Stefan and Tess Williams Community Foundation Janie Finch The Bay and Paul Web Carr Cameron Foundation The Fischhoff Family Foundations Andrea Waitt Carlton Family Blue text denotes a Constance Campanella Robert and Karen Fisher Beneficia Foundation Foundation Falcon Club member. Colin Campbell Jane Fitzgerald and Phil Croy James Carpenter Flathead Audubon Society Gladys W. Carr Oliver Flint 20 ANNUAL REPORT 2012

Legacy “I appreciate ABC’s efforts to protect birds in the Western Hemisphere. I am continually impressed Circle by how much you do compared to other, much The Legacy Circle consists of ABC bigger organizations. Not only have you pioneered members who have included ABC in issues such as cats, towers, and building glass, their estate plans through a bequest or but I also like ABC’s agility when responding to other planned gift. This core group of changing conditions. I plan to continue to support committed individuals supports one vision ABC when and wherever possible.” for the future of bird conservation. See back — Shoaib Tareen cover for information on how to join. Falcon Club member $1,000+ Anonymous (20) Jill Fox Mary Lou Petersen Fontaine Family Foundation J. Patrick Lannan Frederick Rudolph Betsy Amsel Jonathan E. Franzen Regina Phelps Caroline Forgason Jim and Gloria Lawrence Rust Family Foundation Candye Andrus John and Linda Frederick Frank W. Pine Barbara Fried Daniel and Erin Lebbin Joey Ryan Susanne Bader Darlene Friedman Jan Willem Prak and Friends of Zoo Boise Deborah H. and Roger M. Ivan Samuels Charles and Nancy Bell Walter S. Fuller Karen L. Burtness-Prak Alicia Z. Furman Lebbin Family Fund Don and Ann Schaechtel Katy C. Belt Robert and Mary Ellen Gadski John and Earle Quy Jennifer S. Gaden The Martha V. Leonard Fund James R. Schlesinger Arthur Benson Paula Gills Campbell B. Read Sarah Garceau of the Community Foun- Susan Scioli Karen Benzel Dawn Grafe Don Reinberg Patricia Geiger dation of North Texas John Scott Kenneth and Sue Ann Berlin Gretchen Graff Ted and Kay Reissing Trudy Gerlach Milton A. Levy Larry Selzer Jean Berry John and Sue Gregoire Phyllis Reynolds Arthur and Felicia Gillett Jane and Kenneth Light Sharon Small Brenda Best Winthrop Gross Susan Richards Mike and Becky Gillett Felicia Lovelett Joyce Solomon Susan Billetdeaux Paul Hagen and Chris Jahnke Irene-Eva Ries Cameron Gillies and Eagle- Jeff Lyons and Susan McNish Curtis and Helen Sorrells Marsha Booker Michael and Jo Ann Hamm Peter S. Ross Eye Tours Charles and Sharyn Magee Nancy B. Soulette Michael Boss W. Edward Harper and Arlene Roth Global Conservation Fund Andrew and Gemma Major John Spahr Paul Bristow Susan Scott Lee Rudin and Lauren Friedman Don and Karen Grade Peter Mann and Nancy Richard and Jeanne Specht Henry S. Brooks David Harrison and Joyce Millen Jeff Rusinow Winthrop Gross Everds Phillip Spector/Carole Sue James and Yuko Brumm Kathleen Hartman Mark Scheuerman Paul Hagen and Chris Jahnke Susan Massey Lebbin Spector Bobi Bryant Jeff Hayward Kathleen B. Siebert Steven T. Hamblin Larry Master Jennifer Speers Steven Bullock June Heilman James W. Sipiora Michael and Jo Ann Hamm Patricia McLean Jonathan Spingarn Kathleen Burger and Patricia Heirs Steven L. Snyder J Douglas Hanna Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Louise and Rick Steenblik Glen Gerada Dale Henderson Marybeth Sollins Elliotte Harold McVeigh Michael Steffes Robert A. Burgett Carolyn Hendricks Sue Staebler Bonnie Heidy Samuel Means Cynthia Stengel Theresa Cabral Joan Hero Peary and B. K. Stafford Peter Heilbroner Betsy Mellor/Craig Steese Brooke Stevens Michael and Mary-Lynn Cervantes Alison Hope Cynthia Stengel Lilia Heisley The George W. Merck Fund Mr. and Mrs. William R. Jeff and Melinda Chapman Peter Hubbell Martha Stewart The Elizabeth Wakeman of the New Hampshire Stott, Jr. June Chastain Mary Humes Roger and Donna Storz Henderson Charitable Charitable Foundation Cathlene Sussky David Chuljian Diane Ichiyasu Cathlene Sussky Foundation Dana M. Mikstay Byron Swift Laura Cleveland Mary Janvrin Jil Swearingen and Robert Henderson Christine Miller Anne G. Symchych Arthur Cody Carol Jeffery Warren Steiner Joan Hero Scott Miller Anton Szabados Carlton Collier George Jett and Thomas and Gail Sweet Allison and Brian Herriott Merrie and Jack Morrison Maurice and Catherine Tauber Roseann Comstock Gwenda Brewer Steve and Britt Thal Jacob and Terese Hershey Penny and Don Moser Paul Taylor Warren and Cathy Cooke Mark and Dorothy Johnston Lawrence Therrien Foundation Jean M. Myers Sharon Taylor and Harriet Corbett Judith M. Joy David Thomas Nancy and Rusty Heymann National Aubudon Society Joseph Cannon Mary Crowe Costello Thomas J. Joyce Craig and Mary Thompson Dr. Judy Hinderliter-Smith The Eric and Joan Norgaard John Terborgh Carol A. Coy Karl Jungbluth Johanna W. Thompson and Dr. David Smith Charitable Trust Lawrence Thompson Donald and Jacqueline Dann Bonnie Jupiter Lawrence Thompson Mark Hollingsworth Nuttall Ornithological Club Suzanne and Seth Thompson David and Patricia Davidson Judith and Richard Kay Suzanne and Seth Thompson Mike and Pam Holmes Michael O'Connell Craig and Mary Thompson John A. Davis Kristine Kramer Phyllis Tillinghast Ann Holz George Oetzel Jim Tilling David Davis and Jo Ann Mills Walter Kuciej Otis Trimble Diane Pierce Huxtable Joe Orr Alice Turk John and Judy Day Jim and Gloria Lawrence Roger and Christina Van Ghent Iowa Ornithologists' Union Orvis-Perkins Foundation Henry Turner Marie De Angelis Rita Leonard David Walsh Joan C. Jendral Alfred N. Page Urban Wildlife Society Dale Melinda Dixon Richard Haughton Livesey III Sharon A. Wander Tom and Carlyn Jervis David and Cary Paynter Holly Van Dyk Jamie Donaldson Elise Lowe Robert Warren George Jett and Gwenda George and Jean Perbix Roger and Christina Van Ghent Barbara Driscoll Nick Macahan Fred Weber Brewer Emilee Peters Victor Emanuel Nature Tours Barbara L. Drummond Louise Mariana Marc Weinberger The Joseph and Catherine Geoffrey F. Peters Christine and Stephan Volker Daniel W. Dunst Stanley Wendy Marsh Nancy L. Weiss Johnson Family Point Reyes Bird Observatory Walker Glass Co. William J. Duston Susan S. Martin Melinda Welton and John Noel Foundation Alexander M. Power Andrew Waltman Janna Dutton Dorothy McKissick Lynn and Stuart White Maggie Jones Mrs. John Pritzlaff, Jr. Fred Weber Richard and Nancy Eales Patricia McLean David S. Wilcove Judith K. Jones C.E. Probst Robert Weeden Diane Engleke Beth McMaster Marjorie Williams Sarah Jones Judith Randal Bill and Mary Weeks Diane Exeriede Yvonne Mohlman Jacqueline L. Williamson Dev and Harriet Joslin Rathmann Family Foundation Melinda Welton and John Noel Joan Farhat Marianne Mooney and John Williamson Judith M. Joy Richard Ratliff David and Sandi Whitmore Marie L. Farr Joseph Sasfy Roger Wolfe Scott Kaiser Don Reinberg David S. Wilcove Lola Felix Don and Penny Moser William and Betsy Wrenn Brian Kane Ted and Kay Reissing Gene Wilhelm George and Rita Fenwick Robert W. Mougin Harriet Wright Jorge Khuly Barbara Rizzo Michael Williams Cindy Ferguson Helmut and Nancy Mueller Jeannie B. Wright Paul King The Robins Island Foundation John Williamson Thomas E. Finegan Sena Mulder William Wyman Harvey and Mary King Marius Robinson Sara Blair Winter Foundation Carol A. Fiore Polly Nicely William C. Young Keitha Kinne Lawrence Roel World Wildlife Fund Virginia Fischer Kathleen O'Connor Barbara Kinosky and Jim and Patty Rouse Chris Wright James Fossard Janet M. Pawluk Kevin Riley Charitable Foundation Timothy Wyant Karen Koltes and David and Carlynn Rudd Jack Wykoff John Tschirky Lee Rudin and Lauren David Younkman and (Top) Least Tern and chick. Photo: Bill Dalton Laurel Ladwig Friedman Anne McEnany Benjamin Lamb ANNUAL REPORT 2012 21

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$250+ Thomas and Katherine Kelly Russell and Stacy Oates Smithsonian Migratory Bird Sally Kendall Mr. and Ms. Donal C.O'Brien, Jr. Center Donald Kendall John O'Brien and Ruth William Solomon Nick Kerlin Heidleberger Vivek Sriram Thomas Killip Kathleen O'Connor Dale Stahlecker Alan Knue Thomas Olson Mr. and Mrs. James M. Stewart Diane M. Krause Hal Opperman Sarah Stewart Kevin Kritz Mary B. Palmer William and Margaret Stjern Diana L. Kruse George Parker Liann and Stephen Sundquist William W. Kunze Edie Parnum Mark E. Sutherland Ron Lambeth Roberta Parry Tracy Swartz Gary Landers Janet M. Pawluk Paul Sykes Sally K. Lane Ingrid C. Penman Judy Szczepaniak David E. Lange Bruce Peterjohn Michael Tarachow and Merce Kent and Kathy Lannert Mary Lou Petersen Dostale Richard and Pat Laurence The Petersen Family Fund John Tautin, Jr. Roma Lenehan of the Boston Foundation Heather and Richard Taylor Clark Leonard George S. Peyton, Jr. Timon Tesar Lorraine Lienemann Michael Philipp Charles and Jennifer Thornton- Henry R. Lord Frank W. Pine Kolbe Christine Loveland Rick Posmantur Dorothy Tompkins Gary Ludi Theresa Potts Steven Tracy Hans-Christian Luedemann Dr. Thane Pratt Richard Trieff Norma Mackay Ann Prezyna Charles Trost Lynda Maczynski Nancy Prine James and Mary Lou Tulloh Mike and Rita Mahaffa Ruth Anne Prochaska Carl Tyler John and Virginia Marshall Trish Quintenz Fred Underwood Bernard F. Master Michael Reid Mary Van Vleck Eastern Bluebird. Photo: Mike Parr, ABC Nigel Mathews Jane P. Rice Martha Loar Vandervoort John and Anne Mattill Marie Ridder Joan Vatz Steven Mauvais Hal and Kathleen Robins Thomas Waddell Roy H. May, Jr. Rockingham Bird Club, Inc. Bob Wagner William and Sarah Mayhew Michael Rodegerts George and Beth Wallace Pamela Mazzoline Ms. Judith Roderick Alan Walter Michael McCormick Henry and Laura Roe Sharon A. Wander Georgia and Daniel M. Earl and Susan Rogers Louis B. Warren McDonald Colleen Rooney John Barlow Weiner Winifred McDowell David Roos Richard and Barbara Wells Susan McGreevy Lisa Ross Tom Wendt and Kathleen James McGregor Arlene Roth Collins Michael and Pamela McMillie Karen L. Ruppert Jan and Alan Wentz Ruth McNally Larry J. Rusecki Susan B. Whiting Thomas McParland Steve Rutledge and Julie Beer Mr. Philip Whitney Don and Sandra McVay Timothy Ryan Rosemarie Widmer Leslie Meredith Christine Salido Wild Bird Center Ruth and William Merkey Robert Schaefer David Williams Foundation William Schaeffer Ms. Sandra Z. Wilson Michelle Michaud Steven A. Schafer and WindowAlert Anita Mills Janet S. Duerr Ned Wolff and Nancy Weissman Bruce A. and Mary C. Moffatt William Scheible David Woodard JoAnne Monaco Mary Schiek Jeannie B. Wright Monticello Bird Club Terrill and Carolyn Schwab Penelope Wright Eugene Morton and Kurt R. Schwarz Kathryn Wurster Bridget Stutchbury Dorene Scriven Katherine Wychulis Larry Moss Joseph Seber William C. Young Robert W. Mougin Mark Sesbeau and Tina Rising Mr. and Mrs. Leland W. Anne Mowatt R. L. Shackle Younker Paige and Mary Bess Mulhollan Karen Sharrar Robert and Katy Zappala Colleen Murray John Shaw Ken Zaremba Joann Myers Debra Love Shearwater Michael Zeloski Pamela Myers Christine Sheppard Russell Nelson John Sherwood Meredith Nettles Steve Siegel Audre Newman Steve Sigman Robert J. Neyer Fred Simpson James Nix and Phyllis Binder Benjamin and Libby Skolnik

American Golden-Plover. Photo: Middleton Evans

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Mary Abbott Sarah Besadny McBee Butcher Ruth Craig Ann Donaldson Daniel and Zoe Fleming Mr. and Mrs. James F. Abels Mary Ann Beverly Mr. and Mrs. William Butler Mr. and Mrs. Walter Craigie, Jr. Jamie Donaldson Ron Foeller Joseph Acosta Marjorie Bierbrauer Sara Butler Carol Cramer-Burke Kara Donohue John Fogarty Andrew Aldrich Blake Biles and Laura Sessums Anne M. Byers Tom Crane Monica Donovan and Fordham University Helen Alexander Lois Bingley Dennis Cabral Michael and Anne Crawford James Kern Susan Ford-Hoffert Jenna Alexander Dale E. Birkenholz David Caccia Carol O. and William Crawford David Donsker Anthony Ford-Hutchinson Charles Alexander, MD Ethelyn Bishop Joyce Caldwell Martha Cremer Holly Doremus Terry Forrest Patricia Allen Noel Bitterman Rory Cameron Mr. and Mrs. James L. Cressman Susan Dowds Ms. Ann Forster Ms. Janet Allison Ellen Blackstone Irene Cannon-Geary Kathy Creveling Ms. Jane Downing Lynn Forster Paula M. 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Collopy Pat Deshon Jeffrey and Lynn Faust Steven Gilstrap Jane Barker Barbara Brummer James Commers Donna Desjardins Arthur Feinstein and Ruth Vose John Glover Carol and Ted Barnett Donna Bruner Ms. Kelley Compher Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey Detweiler Ms. Lola Felix Laurie Gneiding Francis Baron Linda Brunner Roseann Comstock Werner G. Deuser Trevor B. Feltner Charlotte Goedsche Joyce Bartlett Jarrett Brunner Cathy Comstock Susan DeVaux Susan Fennewald Jim Goehring Sarah Bauer Mark and Dottie Bruns Drew Comstock Michelle Devine John A. Fenwick Cindy Goldberg Mary H. Baum Anthony Brusate Nicholas L. Constantinople Nancy Devlin and Diane Ferguson Sandy Goldberg Alan and Janet Baumann Roland and Joyce Bryan Janet Conway Margie Di Clemente Penny Fernandez Coggins Mary Ann Good Paul E. Beach Vicki Bryant Douglas and Sally Cook Martha Dick Richard W. Fessenden Phil and Carole Goodyear Lesa Beamer Stephen Buckingham Roy S. Cool Tom Diebold Thomas E. Finegan Elizabeth Gordon Sandra Beasley Ted Buerger John C. Cooper Joseph Dillon Thomas Fiore Lavergne Gozdziak Allie and Giff Beaton Joelle J. Buffa and Clyde Morris Hal Corbett J.M. Dimaggio Howard Fischer Michael Graff Randy Beaton and Sid England Steven Bullock Norma Cornelia Janet DiNunzio Keith Fischer Douglas Graham Scott Becker Stanley D. Buman Jim Corven Dale Melinda Dixon Virginia Fischer Richard Graham Jill Beckman Thomas W. Burke Robert Cosgriff Tom and Cathy Dodd Virginia C. Fisher Jerry Graham and Emily Moore Inger Bell Brenda Burnett Mary Crowe Costello Michael Dodds Dr. John Fitchen Cass Grandone Charles and Nancy Bell Cynthia Burns Roberta Courtaway Patricia Doerr Michael Fite Ruth Grant, M.D. Patti Bell Brian Burton Randall Cox J Peter Doherty Ms. Mary K. Fitzsimmonns Ms. Judith Gray Katy C. Belt Ronald Bussian Carol A. Coy Bob Dohmen Anthony Fleming Lizabeth Green

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Varied Bunting. Photo: Alfred Yan

Ruth A. Ingraham Doris Krigbaum Harriet Marble Margaret Mottier Nancy and Thomas Inui Mary Krigbaum Katherine Marbut Kenneth F. Mountcastle, Jr. Anna Isaacs Evelyn Kritchevsky Paul Marcussen Joan Moyers Bruce Ismael Dave Krueper and Janet Ruth Thomas Marko Arthur W. and Mary C. Mudge Susan Iversen Gerald Kruth Melissa Marosy Fritz Mueller Greg and Debi Jackson Mr. and Mrs. David Kubitsky Rozetta Marple Tom M. Mulcahy Ellen Jacobs Nevin and Elizabeth Kuhl Susan Marsden Martin Muller Brad Jacobs Armin Kusig Kristin Marshall Mr. and Mrs. John G. Mulrooney Deborah E. Jaffe and Ene Kvell Mylon Marshall Robert Mulvihill David Drake Jack Ladinsky Melodie Martin Frank Murphy Douglas A. James Mary Lou Lafler Katherine M. Martin Barbara P. Muschlitz Allen Janis Lake County Audubon Society Martha E. Martin Tom Myers Mary Janvrin Roger Lakhan Cora Martin Herb Myers Phyllis Jeffery Matt LaMotte Elizabeth A. Martin Judy Nackoney Janet C. Green Sergio Henao Michele Jenkins Kim Lang Susan S. Martin O. Ruth Najacht Stanley Greenberg David Henderson Donna Jennings Olivier Langrand Doretta Marwin Thomas Nardone William Greene Don Henley Jeffrey A. Jens Robert Larson Peggy Maslow Paul Nasca Ms. Judith Greene Dennis Henry Julie Jeter Deanna K. Larson T D Mathewson National Aquarium in Baltimore Charlie Greenman Paul Herd Wanda Johanson Susan LaSala Robert Mauceli Negola's Ark Vet Hospital Elizabeth Sims and Kenton Griffis Helen Herner J. Blaine John Leah Lavin Kathy Mauney Randall Nelson Kevin Groeneweg Ms. Lois C. Herrmann Elizabeth Johns Ellen Lawler Marilyn Mause James and Ann Nelson Shari and Val Guarino Karen Hespelein Lucia Johnson Robert Det. Lawrence IV Scott Maylen Nelson Talbott Foundation Susan Gudaitis James R. Hewitt Paul Johnson Louise Le Cam Kathy McAuliffe Ms. Laurie Ness Judith and Pablo Guerrero Dan and Anne Heyerly Deborah J. Johnson Linda Leahy Paul and Linda McBride Richard Neuman Doni C Guggenheimer John and Hermi Hiatt Barbara Johnson Cecilia Leal Sheila McCartan and Cass Nevada Danielle Gustafson Scott C. Hickman A. Stephen Johnson Jim Lee Thomas Schooley Edward K. Newbold and Ronald Gutschow Kathryn Hiestand and Lois H. Johnson and Stephen Leed Don McCartney Delia Scholes Daniel Haas Neal Miller Claire Barden Paulette F. Leeper Ms. Donna L. McCarty Charlotte Newfeld Dr. Joel Haas High Desert Institute Mr. and Mrs. Marshall Jones, Jr. Robert and Dee Leggett Donald McClintock Ronald Newman Mark Hagen Jerry Hill Liz Jones Paul Lehman Philip McCormack Lavonne R. Newman John F. Haire James J. Hill John F. Jones Urban Lehner and Rita McCreary Nick Nicholas Allen M. Hale Norman Hill Jonna Jones Nancy Leonard Lenore McCullagh Richard Nicholas Carolyn Jane Haley Karin H. Hillhouse Harold L. Jones Susan Lein Arthur McEvily Barry and Margarita Nichols Ms. Jean Halford Dr. Arthur L. Hilt Dorothy Jorgensen Margaret Lenci Richard McGuinness Reagan Niemann Gail Hall Dr. Alden Dexter Hinckley James Joslin Barbara A. Leo F. Arthur McMorris Cara Nims Henry Hallowell, Jr. Tom J. Hines Thomas J. Joyce Robin L.C. Leong Sandra McPhail Paul E. Noell Marshall Hamilton Christie Hochschild Karl Jungbluth Mr. and Mrs. Robert Leppard Dr. Charles W. McRae Jane Nogle Betty Hamilton Stephen Hodgin and Bonnie Jupiter Clare W. Leslie Thomas Meath William Noice Jill Hamm Joanne Larsen Ms. Linda Just Mr. and Mrs. James C. Leupold John Meehan Marianne Nolan Mrs. William A. Hanley, Jr. Steve R. Hofinger Timothy Kadlecek Jody L. Levin Bradford Meiklejohn Mr. and Mrs. Patrick F. Noonan Anne Hanley and George Skinner Frank and Anne Holleman Susan Kaley Douglas Levison Gregory Meissner North American Bluebird Kate Hannah Nick Holler Kane County Audubon Soc Lawrence Lewandowski M. Michael Menzel and Society, Inc. Raymond L. Hannikman Larry Hood Jennifer L. Kauffman Anne Lewis Kathy Iverson Northern Virginia Bird Club Shelia Hargis Alison Hope Kenneth Kavulia JoAnne Lightner Janet Metter Anthony and Darlene Nowak Bette Harig, M.D. Amy Hopkins Judith and Richard Kay Eric Lindner Jim and Sarah Michael Jill Nystrom W. Edward Harper and Diane Horar Stephen Kaye Russell Littlefield Bill and Diane Millen Darrin S. O'Brien and Susan Scott Eric G. Horvath Rory Keenan Mark Lockwood Sandra G. Miller Julie Craves Thomas E. Harrington Katharine Houghton Tad Kelly Mark W. Logan Dorothy P. Miller Maggie Oconnell J Milton Harris Natalie T. Houghton Jennifer N. Kelly Joan Loney Susan B. Miller Julie O'Donald Mary Ann L. Hart Ann Hovis Cameron B. Kepler Julie Long Elinor Miller Patrick and Rebecca O'Donnell Robert Hartman Pierre Howard Kerry Lee Remarkable Jewelry Thomas B. Loring Keelin Miller Clifford S. Oglesby Sheryl Hartz Eric Howe Jean Keskulla and Saundra Lormand Karen Miller Sharon Olds Steve Hartzfeld David Howe George Stalker Loudoun Wildlife Conservancy Neal Miller William Oliver Brenda Harwood Margaret Hubbert Jeffrey Kimball Thomas E. Lovejoy Alice Miller and Avis Boutell Bill Olthoff Betsy Harwood Bill Hubick Pamela Kindler Nancy S. Lovejoy Christie Minami Sharon O'Neal James J. Hastings Elizabeth Hucker James G. King Greg and Kimberley Low George P. Mitchell Bo O'Neil Susan Haug Peter J. Hudleston Joyce King Joao Lucena C.L. Monrose Spring O'Quinn Peter Haugk Jan M. Huebner Michele Kirk Patrick and Sherron Lynch James Monsma Michael Ord Steve T. Hayashi and Lillian Fujii Alan Huggins Richard and Christine Kitto Mr. and Mrs. Robert B. Lyon Gerald L. Moore Stephen B. Oresman Dr. Margaret Hayes Cheryl Hughes Patricia S. Kline Ruth Henriquez Lyon Francis L. Moore Martha O'Rourke Jerry Haynes Mary Hughes Leigh Kluberdanz Mark Lystig Nancy Moore Sophie Osborn Michael Wayne and Mary Humes Linda Knowles Merry Z. Mac Rae Narca Moore-Craig and Paul Otto Dawn Cherie Hays Karen Hunke Marcia Koenig Cecily MacDonald Alan Craig Patricia Otto Gretchen Hayward Shane Hunt Mr. and Mrs. Paul F. Koeppe Jean T. MacGregor Barbara Moorhouse B. Sue Owens Hall and Anne Healy Bob and Gretchen Hunter Philip H. Kohler Mr. and Mrs. Charles G. Mike-Sydney Moran Sandra Paci John and Ellen Hearty Katherine Hurst Gayle Kolasa Mackall, Jr. Susan Mordecai Margaret Page James R. Heckenbach Lisa and Art Hurt Richard B. Konz Tony and Alice Maistrovich Linda Morgan Richard Palmer Janet E. Heininger Teresa Husbands Diane Kook Tamas Makray Susan Morgenthaler Shelle Palmer Thomas and Mary Ellen Heisey Joan Hutchinson Claudia Kotchka Mary Malotte Celeste Morien John and Heather Pankhurst Dr. Raymond Heithaus Mrs. Charlotte A. Icardi Ms. Jane Koten Kristine Maneely Dave and Ruth Morine David Pantle Ms. Jeanne L. Held-Warmkessel Kathy Igo John Kozic Susan Manning Louis Morrell Nora Papian Gloria Heller Nelda Ikenberry Jay Krause Kate B. Manrodt Malcom Morris Barbara J. Pardo Jack Heller Henry G. Ingersoll Dana Krauskopf Mary Maran Mary Morrissey-Finley Evelyn Parker

ANNUAL REPORT 2012 25 2012 Supporters Green Heron. Photo: Greg Lavaty, texastargetbirds.com $100–$299

Michael Parloff Brett Reefer Shannon Scroggins Karen Stockton Terry Parrinello Steven A. Reisinger Maggie Seely Linda Stoll Greg and Patty Pasztor Carol Renna Rosemary Seidler Louis Storace Nathan Pate Rita Renwick Thomas H. Seiler Jean Strelka Jim Paton Ms. Sue Ricciardi Esther Selke Lowell Strine Ann Patterson Margaret Rice Steve Semanchuk Curtis and Elizabeth Stucki Ann Paul Susan Richards Ms. Sue Seppie Anne T. Sturm Richard and Shirley Paulson Georgia Richardson Donna Severson Edward W. Styskel Mary Pawelko Robert S. Ridgely Teresa Shaner Joseph Suchecki Susan Payne Allan Ridley David Shapiro Terry Anne Suchma Elizabeth Paynter Janet Riegle Mary Sharkey LeRoy Suess Patricia and William Pazdral Scott Rioux Danny Shelton Jean Suplick Mr. Charles Peebles Margaret and Harry Ritchie Ellen and Jim Shelton Wayne Svoboda Charlann Vander Pluym Richard Wightman Julian Peet Edwin Robb Nancy Sheppard and Peter Jil M. Swearingen and Robert Vanderkamp Phyllis Wilburn Cindy Pence Mr. and Mrs. Jim W. Roberts Poullada Warren Steiner Eric VanderWerf Joel Wilcox George Perry Frank Robey WM and Marianne Sherman Guy A. Swenson, Jr. James Vandiver Wildbird Recovery Mariana and Andrew Pesthy Dan Roby Carol J. Sherman John and Meg Symington Christina VanFossan Charlotte Wilkins William and James Petersen James N. Roethe Wayne and Edith Showalter Mrs. Symington Pam and Peter Vaughn Louise Wilkinson Anna Peterson William D. Rogers John Shreves Maleyne Syracuse Andrew W. Velthaus Dan Williams Ruth Phillips Frank Rohrbacher Roberta Siegel Faye Tackett Linda Vidal Mr. and Mrs. Daniel T. Barry Piekos Mary Rojas Daniel Silver Robert Tallyn Virginia Tech Williams, Jr. Jack and Martha Pierce Virginia Roquemore Ann P. Simmons Jim and Lin Tate Van Vogel Jacqueline L. Williamson Kenneth Piner Richard C. Rosche Amy Simmons Ricky Taylor Judy Volin Kay Williamson Ann Pinner Patricia E. Rosel and Melinda Simon Beth Taylor Frances Von Mertens John Willis Patricia A. Polentz Scott France Robert Sindermann, Jr. Joanna B. Taylor Mr. and Mrs. VonEhwegen Max Wilson Richard Pollen Harold Rosenheim Laurie Sines Bradley Tepaske Theona Vyvial Wilson Conservation Trust Mr. and Mrs. Calvin Pomarius William Ross Nelly Sirtori Wendolyn Tetlow Jason Waanders Jim and Betsy Winn James Pomeroy Jane Ross Janet M. Sjulin Mary C. Thayer Emily V. Wade Frank G. Witebsky Thomas Poole Robert F. Rossa Steve and Lola Skolnik The Gabriel Foundation Winnie and Lawrence Wagner Marika Witenko Harriett Pooler Christine Rossen and Betty Slade The Martha Ryland Foundation Jeffrey Wahl Jay Withgott Anne Pope Tom Hauge Kate Sladen The Piedmont Garden Club Richard E. Waldrop Robert and Janet Witzeman Ruth Posner Brooks Rownd George and Linda Slobodnyak The Segel Foundation Catherine Wallen Ingrid Wolf Marilyn Poteet Marvin B. Rubin Sandra A. Smith Ned Therrien Bill Walter Eleanor Wolf z Mrs. Kincey Potter Susan Rudnicki Meredith J. Smith Ted Theus Gail Walter K.J. Wolf Andrea Povala Linda Rudolph Simon L. Smith Craig Thomas Jim and Chris Walters Gerry and Vicki Wolfe Sarah Powell Don Rudzinski Thomas Smith Robert B. Thomas Jon Walton Stanton Wood Delwanda J. Powell Susie and John Ruhl Ms. Arthur Smith Janie Thomas Nancy Ward Patrick Wood Jean Power Elizabeth Ruml Maureen Smith Pat and John Thomas Susan Ward Eddie Woodin Jude Claire Power James Rupert Christopher M. Smith Erik Thomas Donald M. Ware Elaine Woodriff Donald M. and Renate O. Powers Robert P. Russell, Jr. Laura Smith David Thomas Tom Wasilewski Robert P. Woodward Eric Pozzo Christopher Rustay Connie Smith Phyllis Thompson Kevin Waterbury James Woolfenden L. Misha Preheim Janet Ruth Amy Smith Johanna W. Thompson Adam Waterfield David Worley Jeffrey Priest Robert Sage Kim Smith Doris L. Thompson Cheryl Watson Minturn T. Wright III Charles and Elizabeth Prine, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey Sanders Sherri Smith Laurilee Thompson Carl Way Brenda E. Wright Larry and Jeanne Prochnow Sara Sarasohn Pam Smolen Delores and Jason Thurgood David K. Weaver Allison Wright Joni Proffitt Jennifer Sauter Jessie K. Sofield James Tietz Neil Weaver and Family Bill and Suzanne Wuerthele R. Cynthia Pruett Ann Scales Mr. and Mrs. John Solodar Lucie Wray Todd Diane Weber J.A. Wunderlich, III Betsy Puckett Georgina C. Scalice Sharon Sorenson Bill Tollefson John Weeks and Alan Wyckoff Joe and Marcia Pugh Katherine Scanlan Dr. and Mrs. George L. Spaeth Paul Torrence Christine Chinni Virginia Wycoff Tom and Ruth Pullen Anna Scarbrough Georgeanne Spates Town and Country Animal Clinic Dayanada Weerakkody Gail Wynn Robert Purcell Susan Schaffel Dorothy Spaulding Don and Donna Traver Sarah Weiner Edward and Gwen Yalowitz William Quick Janet C. Scheppler Stephen Spear M. Jay and Susan S. Trees Robert and Elizabeth Weinstock Ben and Mary Yandell Donna Quinn Linda Scherer Richard Spisak Susan Treesh Bronwen L. Welch Lisa D. Yntema Lucy Quintilliano Mark Scheuerman Vicky Sroczynski Peter Trieloff Mark Weldon Laurie E. Yntema Denny Quirk Jessie Schillau Gary Stacey Trilby Tropicals Robert and Lena Wenger Kimberley Young Barbara Racine Zach Schlesinger and Eric Stager Judith Tryba David L. Wenzel Tom Younkin Gemma Radko Jennifer Keller Robert Stalnaker James Tucker Judith F. Werner Hugh Zackheim George and Cynthia Ramseur Nicholas Schliapin Rex and Birgit Stanford Julia Ann Tullis John Wertz Laura Zahn Mr. and Mrs. Robert Q. Randall Georgann Schmalz Julia Star Turkey Foot Middle School John S. Weske Craig Zalk Diana Ratliff Inga Schmidt Gary Starr Anne Turner Julie West and Gary Neuman J. Zamirowski Catherine Rauch Owen L. Schmidt Kathleen W. Starrett Robert Turner III Mike Weygand Peg Zappen and Pat Caffrey Susan Rauschl Benjamin Schmidt Janet Starwood Alice W. Tyler Claralouise Wheeler Charles Zarnoth Ann L. Ravenstine Paul Schorn Geoffrey Stearns Robert Tyler Linda Whitaker C. Fred Zeillmaker Adele Ray Frederick D. Schroeder Sally A. Stebbins Barry Ulman Judy Whitcombe David Zeitlin Linda Raymond and Deborah Schroeder Charles Steele Sue and Ted Ulrich Mrs. Emily B. White Raymond R. Ziarno Michael Cain Carl Schrott Herbert Stein Amy B. Unfried Anthony W. White Robert Zilly Campbell B. Read Jeff Schumann Nancy C. Stephens Keith Valachi Dana G. White Elizabeth Zimmerman Roger Reason and Nancy Bent Susan Schumann - Skehan Betsy Stephens Mr. Allen Valpey Dorinda Whitsett Dale Zimmerman Gerri Reaves and Mr. and Mrs. Donald L. Rosina V. Stephenson Susan Van Bell David Wick and Jane Anfinson Peter Zimmerman James Brock Schupp, Jr. Philip Stern James and Christina Rad Widmer Karen Zook Betsy J. Redman Sue Schwaller Sigrid Stiles Van Beveren Sue R. Wiedenfeld David Zucker George Reed III Carl Schwartz Catherine Stirling S. Van Vleck Allan Wiener Rebecca Zuhlke Suzanne Reed Joe Scott Charles R. Stirrat Betty Van Wicklen Keith and Janice Wiggers

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Partner Organizations Alianza Ambiental para la Península de Yucatán Global Wildlife Conservation Oregon State University Amazon Conservation Association Golden Gate Audubon Osa Conservation Amigos de Sian Ka’an Great Basin Bird Observatory Pacific Bird Conservation Arkansas County Navigational District Green Building Council Pacific Environmental Planning Associação Baiana para Conservação dos Recursos Naturais Greenbelt Land Trust Pacific Rim Conservation, Inc. Asociación Armonía Grenada Dove Conservation Programme Pacific Stewardship Asociación Ornitológica de Costa Rica Grupo de Ecología y Conservación de Islas, A.C. Pacifico Laud Audubon Florida Grupo Jaragua Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument Audubon Texas Gulf Coast Bird Observatory Pascagoula River Audubon Society AvesChile Hawai'i Department of Land and Natural Resources, Pennsylvania State University Barataria-Terrebonne National Estuary Division of Forestry and Wildlife Pinellas County, Florida Biodiversity Research Institute Houston Audubon PRBO Conservation Science Bird-safe Glass Foundation Hui Ho'omalu I Ka 'Āina Pro Delphinus Carnegie Museum of Natural History's Powdermill Avian Research IAP Worldwide Services Pronatura Chiapas Center Institute of Biological Training Pronatura Noreste Center for Biological Diversity Instituto de Ecología Pronatura Sur Centro de Biodiversidad y Genética Integrated Resource Management ProNaturaleza Chiapas Regional Alliance Island Endemics Foundation Redstart Consulting City of McAllen, Texas IUP Research Institute Reserva Biológica Tirimbina Clearwater Audubon Society Jaeger Graphic Design and Illustration Reserva Ecológica de Guapiaçu (REGUA) Coastal Bend Bays and Estuaries Program Junkyard Dogfish Consulting Reserva Silvestre Privada El Jaguar College of William & Mary Kaua'i Endangered Seabird Recovery Project Rio Pucuno Foundation Columbia Land Trust Kaua'i Forest Bird Recovery Project Rocky Mountain Bird Observatory Corporación Nacional Forestal (Chile) Kittitas Conservation Trust San Francisco Planning Department Conservation Council for Hawaiʻi Klamath Bird Observatory San Juan Islands Audubon Society Conservation Management Institute, Virginia Tech Lang, Railsback & Associates San Juan Preservation Trust Consorcio Ambiental Dominicana Leeward Haleakala Watershed Restoration Partnership Seabirding Pelagic Trips Cornell Lab of Ornithology Lomakatsi Restoration Project Secretariat for the Convention on Biological Diversity Corporación Ornitológica del Ecuador Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries Snowbird, Ltd. Department of Defense, Joint Base Lewis and McChord Louisiana State Parks Sociedad Ornitológica de la Hispaniola Deschutes Land Trust Maui Forest Bird Recovery Project Société Audubon Haiti Earthjustice Mauna Kea Forest Restoration Project South Carolina Cooperative Fish & Wildlife Research Unit ECOAN-- Asociación Ecosistemas Andinos Michigan Technological University St. Petersburg Audubon Society z Ecostudies Institute Ministerio de Medio Ambiente y Recursos Naturales Texas Parks and Wildlife Department Environmental Protection in the Caribbean (EPIC) de la Republica Dominicana The Conservation Fund Equilibrio Azul Mississippi Coast Audubon Society The Nature Conservancy of Oregon Flathead Lakers Montana Audubon The Nature Conservancy of Washington Flathead Land Trust Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks University of Hawaiʻi, Hawaiʻi Cooperative Studies Unit Florida Department of Environmental Protection Montana Land Reliance University of Hawai‘i, Mānoa Florida Fish & Wildlife Conservation Commission Municipality of Pasorapa University of Hawaiʻi, Pacific Cooperative Studies Unit Florida Shorebird Alliance National Audubon University of Oregon, Bend campus Friends of Fort DeSoto, Inc. National Bobwhite Conservation Initiative University of Tennessee Fundação Biodiversitas National Park Service University of Wisconsin System Board of Regents Fundación Jocotoco New York City Audubon USDA Forest Service Northern Research Station Fundación para el Ecodesarrollo y la Conservación Oikonos Ecosystem Knowledge/Juan Fernandez Island Conservancy U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Fundación ProAves Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation U.S. Geological Survey George’s Creek Watershed Association ONG Pacifico Laúd Utah Division of Wildlife Resources Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Voice of the Wetlands Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife Wildlife Conservation Society Zoological Society of San Diego

Interns

Cheyenne Gillett Elizabeth Morse Allister Nelson Davia Palmeri Amy Wiedenfeld

Inca Terns. Photo: Greg Homel, Natural Elements Productions

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2012 Supporters Agency and Organizational Supporters

Arkansas Game & Fish Commission Bureau of Land Management Commonwealth of Kentucky Conservation International Department of Defense Ducks Unlimited, Inc. Flathead Lakers Global Environment Facility Great Basin Bird Observatory Gulf Coast Bird Observatory Midwest Association of Fish and Wildlife Southern Wings Fund Missouri Department of Conservation Natural Resources Conservation Service NatureServe Nebraska Game & Parks Commission New York Department of the Environment North Carolina Department of Revenue Northeast Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies Ohio Department of Natural Resources Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation Organization of American States Pennsylvania Game Commission Piedmont Environmental Council Rocky Mountain Bird Observatory South Dakota Game, Fish and Parks Department Southeastern Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies Southern Wings Fund Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency USDA Forest Service U.S. Army Corps of Engineers U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service USGS Patuxent Wildlife Research Center Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries Western Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies Wildlife Management Institute Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources Matching Gift Companies Amgen Foundation Matching Gift Program Bank of America Matching Gifts Program Batterymarch Financial Management, Inc. Photographers BP Matching Fund Programs Chevron Humankind We thank the following photographers for allowing Chubb & Son Matching Gifts Program us to use their work over the past year. Dominion Foundation Matching Gift Program Cesar Abrill Chris Farmer Robby Kohley Dubi Shapiro Encana Oil & Gas USA Inc Alaska Dept of Fish and Game Jonathan Franzen Richard Kretz Chris Sheppard Expedia Ciro Ginez Albano Holly Freifeld Carlos Estaban Lara Benjamin Skolnik José Álvarez Alonso M. Friel Greg Lavaty, Terry Sohl ExxonMobil Foundation Ted Ardley Fundacíon ProAves texastargetbirds.com A. Sornoza Gannett Foundation Steve Arlow Marge Gibson Peter LaTourrette Smithsonian Institution GE Foundation NIck Athanas/Tropical Birding Rod Gilbert Daniel J. Lebbin Michael Stubblefield Ron Austing James Goetz Marine Photobank Andrea Suardo Google Gift Matching Program Steve Bain Tom Grey Larry Master Chuck Tague IBM Corporation Kathleen Ballard Ryan Hagerty Robin Moore Glen Tepke Johnson & Johnson Family of Companies Don Bleitz Cooper Hart Fabio Olmos Bill Thompson Juniper Networks Matching Gift Program Eleanor Briccetti Michael G. Harvey Operation Migration Larry Thompson Dušan Brinkhuizen Kevin Heffernan James R. Page Alex Durand Torres Lannan Foundation Nigel Brothers Steve Hendricks Dave Palmer University of Georgia Lorillard Tobacco Company Jim Brumm Bennett Hennessey Noppadol Paothong U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Microsoft Giving Campaign Ricardo Canales Lori Hibbett Mike Parr U.S. Geological Survey Mirta Carbajal Antonio Hidalgo Brian Patteson Jan van de Kam Millennium Susanna Chan Peter Hodum Mark K. Peck Eric VanderWerf Monsanto Matching Gift Center Don Church Steve Holmer H. Douglas Prat George Wallace Motorola Solutions Foundation Bill Dalton Greg Homel Pronatura Noreste Michael Walther Nokia Initiative for Charitable Employees Jim Denny, kauaibirds.com Bill Hubick Raul Rojas Carleton Ward Owen Deutsch Pat Hunt Andrew Rothman Björn Welander Pfizer Foundation Matching Gifts Program Joe Duff Jose Ilanes Cameron Rutt John D. White The Boeing Company Georges Duriaux Island Conservation Barth Schorre Alan D. WIlson The Peter and Carmen Lucia Buck Foundation, Inc. Miguel Duron Scandar Jacob Fabrice Schmitt Ralph Wright Laura Erickson Jack Jeffrey Luke Seitz Michael Woodruff The Prudential Foundation Matching Gifts Program Terry Evans Gary Kinard Rob Shallenberger Alfred Yan Verizon Foundation Red-breasted Nuthatch. Photo: Greg Homel, Natural Elements Productions 28 ANNUAL REPORT 2012

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I'iwi. Photo: Owen Deutsch

Memorial Gifts

Peter Amann Judi K. Don Angell Ada Karp Hazel B. Fife Patricia Kelby Chuck Ballard Ralph Lagally Gerard Bastrentaz Gary Littlepage Ryan Beaulieu Robert McDowell June and Louis Benwitz Ronald Olson Sarah A. Burns Pat Patterson Karen Cotton Betty Paynter Jean Denight Teresa Peel Elizabeth Dumont Edythe Rubens Ethel Ehrlich Eric Ross Sorenson Ben Gillis Rick Sorenson Merrell Gregory Rich Stallcup Brien Hindman Josephine Walsh Eleanor Hollister Dennis Wolkoff JoAnne James Jordan Zarret F. Joseph Carragher Gifts in Kind Alpen Optics The Macaulay Library of Natural Tab Benoit Sounds at the Cornell Lab of Bureau of Land Management Ornithology Richard Chamberlain Maui Forest Bird Recovery Project Colonial Parking/Eric Lindner Littler Mendelson ABC is indebted to Richard Chamberlain for Jim Denny Gary P. Nunn his narration of our award-winning documentary Ennead Architects David Sibley ESRI Steve and Lola Skolnik Endangered Hawai'i, which explores the ongoing bird Goodwin Procter U.S. Geological Survey, Pacific th John and Marcia Harter Island Ecosystems Research extinction crisis in our 50 state. Mr. Chamberlain Ledward Ka'apana Center added to the sense of urgency in the video and is certainly one of the main reasons why the video Volunteers was so well-received, earning the International Jury Mark Aagenes Alexandra Munters Prize at EKOFILM - International Film Festival on the Jesse Alegria David Newstead Lauren Attaway Jim Oates Environment and Natural and Cultural Heritage. Lisa Bate Jacob Ogdee Geoff Berg Christine Olarte Gael Bissell Clare Ouyang For his part, Mr. Chamberlain says the video was “something that I had to Barb Boorman Felipe Portela be a part of,” adding that he’d long thought of Hawai'i as one of the world’s Lauren Casey Nicole Poulson Susannah Casey Barbara Rapstein most treasured jewels.“I lived there for many years,” he added‚ “so I could Jeff Compton Eric Rasmussen Julian Cunningham Lisa Jeane Reznicek relate to what was happening to its environment. The video was a wonderful Jeremy Edwardson Trevor Rice opportunity to give back. I’m truly thrilled to have been able to contribute.” Joni Edwardson Kathy Ross Cyrus Fenwick Lauren Schneider Rachel Christian Fenwick Steven Schwenke To view the video or order a copy, visit www.abcbirds.org. Tad Finnell Randy Schwickert Owen Fitzsimmons Dave Shelton Amanda Hackney Jason Siade Sumio Harada Paula Smith Sue Haugen Chad Stasey Elaine Herndon Gail Steele Travis Herndon Theresa Steele Cassandra Herrandez Kate Stone Dennis Hester Nathan Stone Michael Hobbs Barbara Summer Steve Hoffman Lindsey Thomas Craig Hohenberger Craig Thomas Russell Hooten Gordon Wallace Michelle Horton Henry Wallace John Huckabee Rod Wallette Todd Johnson Brenda Weathered Shane Kasson Frank Weaver J. Kirschner Janet Weertman Paige Krekeler Mark Wiedenfeld Sarah Lafont Melissa Wiedenfeld Siam Lafont Becky Williams George Lajano Jennifer Wilson Patrick Lee Keith Wise Christine Ley Susie Wiseheart Pat Little Marilyn Wood Edgar Lopez BJ Worth Brian Lorentson Blaine Wright Diane Lundgren Ben Young Kelsey McFarland Maggie Younkman Pat McLelland Shannon Zastoupil Cyndy Mullin

See our online version at www.abcbirds.org for

lists of our valued partners, as well as the interns 'Akiapola'au. Photo: Jack Jeffrey who support our success.

ANNUAL REPORT 2012 29 BoJamesard Brumm, Chair Kathryn Hale (from 1.2013) Jeff Rusinow Kenneth Berlin David Harrison Larry Selzer Martha Boudreau Jennifer Haverkamp William Sheehan (Vice Chair Warren Cooke, Vice Chair Carolyn Hendricks from 1.2013) (Chair from 1.2013) Nicholas Lapham Marybeth Sollins (to 5.2012) John Day, Treasurer William Leighty Craig Thompson Richard Eales (Treasurer Jim Macaleer (from 1.2013) (from 1.2013) from 1.2013) Walter Matia, Secretary Robert Weeden (from 1.2013) Victor Emanuel Merrie Morrison, Secretary Nancy Weiss George Fenwick, President (from 1.2013) Stuart White Jonathan Franzen Richard Raines, Vice Chair Jeff Woodman Staff Boreal Owl. Photo: Steve Hendricks

George Fenwick, President Mary Liles, Personnel and Program Officer Bob Altman, Northern Pacific Rainforest Conservation Officer Casey Lott, Coastal and Waterways Program Coordinator Elizabeth Brenner, Membership Manager Kirsten Luke McCord, GIS Specialist, Atlantic Coast Joint Venture Dan Casey, Northern Rockies Conservation Officer Jack Morrison, Planned Giving Director and Susannah Casey, GIS Technician - Northern Rockies Major Donor Officer Jenna Chenoweth, Membership Coordinator Merrie Morrison, Vice President, Operations Danny Cunningham, Grants and Finance Administrator John Nielsen, Senior Writer and Editor Phillip Dehoux, International Development Officer Cynthia Palmer, Pesticides Program Manager Rhonda Essid, Finance Coordinator Michael Parr, Vice President, Planning & Program Development Chris Farmer, Science Coordinator for Reintroduction David Pashley, Vice President, U.S. Conservation Partnerships of Hawaiian Birds Gemma Radko, Communications and Media Manager Todd Fearer, Appalachian Mountain JV Coordinator Kacy Ray, Beach-Nesting Bird Conservation Project Officer Rita Fenwick, Vice President, Development Andrew Rothman, Migratory Bird Program Director Jane Fitzgerald, Central Hardwoods Joint Venture Coordinator Darin Schroeder, Vice President, Conservation Advocacy Jesús Franco, Rio Grande Joint Venture Assistant Coordinator John Schulz, Non-lead (Pb) Campaign Manager Holly Freifeld, Seabird Program Director Christine Sheppard, Bird Collisions Campaign Manager Kelly Fuller, Wind Campaign Coordinator Grant Sizemore, Cats Indoors Program Officer Jim Giocomo, Oaks and Prairies Joint Venture Coordinator Gavin Shire, Vice President, Communications Mary Gustafson, Rio Grande Joint Venture Coordinator Benjamin Skolnik, Conservation Projects Specialist Jessica Hardesty Norris, Seabird Program Director Brian Smith, Appalachian Mountains Joint Venture Larry Heggemann, CHJV Conservation Officer Coordinator Steve Holmer, Director, Bird Conservation Alliance Judy Szczepaniak, Office Administrator Mabel Imala, Finance Coordinator Ryan Trachtenberg, Policy and Oceans and Islands Robert Johns, Director, Public Relations Development Officer Sara Lara, Vice President and Senior Conservation Officer Stephanie Von Blackwood, Administration and Communications Assistant Ed Laurent, Bird Conservation Institute Science Coordinator Beth Wallace, Administrative and Program Assistant Leah Lavin, Development Officer George Wallace, Vice President, Oceans and Islands Anne Law, Deputy Director of Conservation Advocacy David Wiedenfeld, Conservation Science Specialist Daniel Lebbin, Conservation Biologist David Younkman, Vice President, Conservation Erin Lebbin, Assistant Director of Development Dariusz Zdziebkowski, IT and Website Coordinator

30 ANNUAL REPORT 2012 AMERICAN BIRD CONSERVANCY 2012 FINANCIAL STATEMENT Bequests: 2% Interest and Investment Income (including Unrealized Loss): 2% Other Revenue:1% ANNUAL SUPPORT AND REVENUE Foundation Contributions: 15% Individual Individual Contributions $ 2,841,775 Contributions: Other Organizations and Corporations: 9% Federal Government Grants $ 2,423,840 32% Foundation Contributions $ 1,354,976 Multi-Lateral/ Multi-Lateral/State/Other Agency Grants $ 1,077,155 State/Other Other Organizations and Corporations $ 795,309 Agency Grants: 12% Bequests $ 147,225 Other Revenue $ 83,230 Interest and Investment Loss (incl. Unrealized Loss) $ 172,902 Total Annual Support and Revenue $ 8,896,412 Federal Government Grants: 27%

ANNUAL EXPENSES Fundraising for Program Fundraising International Management for ABC: 5% Partners: 2% Bird Conservation Programs $ 7,090,138 and General: 8% Education and Outreach $ 378,194 Membership: 3%

Membership $ 283,412 Education and Total Program Services $ 7,751,745 Outreach: 4%

Supporting Services Management and General $ 686,732 Fundraising $ 581,046 Total Supporting Services $ 1,267,957

Total Annual Expenses $ 9,019,522 Net Assets at December 31, 2012 $ 4,790,998 Bird Conservation Programs: 78%

American Bird Conservancy’s financial statements for the year ending December 31, 2012, were audited by the Certified Public Accounting firm of Gelman, Rosenberg, and Freedman. A copy of ABC’s complete financial statements can be obtained by contacting: American Bird Conservancy, P.O. Box 249, The Plains, VA 20198.

Long-tailed Sylph. Photo: Greg R. Homel, Natural Elements Productions

ABC is rated an “Exceptional” Four Star Charity by the independent group Charity Navigator — their highest rating (www.charitynavigator.org). ANNUAL REPORT 2012 31 American Bird Conservancy P.O. Box 249 The Plains, VA 20198 www.abcbirds.org [email protected] 540–253–5780 • 888–247–3624

A Legacy for Birds – ABC Supporter Jeff Rusinow

“I’ve loved birds since I was In practical terms, as a business guy interested in choosing a kid going to wildlife camp my charitable donations wisely, it didn't take long to real- during the summers in the ize that the best return on investment with respect to pro- mountains of West Virginia. tecting birds is with American Bird Conservancy. Their By the time I was 20, I had reach and overall scope of work is truly impressive. In a embraced the writings of complicated ecosystem, made all the more challenging the great conservationists with myriad increasing migratory threats, ABC connects Emerson, Thoreau, and the dots and makes a big difference. That’s why I included Muir, and was particularly ABC in my estate plans and joined ABC’s Legacy Circle. drawn to Aldo Leopold

Photo: Courtesy of Jeff Rusinow and his urgings for us to My love of birds, and my interest in protecting them, embrace a ‘land ethic’ while cherishing the nature around helps define me, and will hopefully be part of my legacy.” us. At some point, it became quite clear to me about how we all play a critical role as stewards of our environment.

When you better understand your natural environment and the things You too can leave a legacy for birds when living around you, you gain a better you join ABC’s Legacy Circle with an estate perspective of the interconnectivity gift through your will, retirement plan, trust, of everything on this planet. This connection has been very empowering or life insurance policy. If you would like and is often my source of peace, more information, or if you have already spiritual comfort, and knowledge. included ABC in your estate plans, please contact Planned Giving Director Jack Morrison at 540-253-5780, or at [email protected].

Black-throated Blue Warbler. Photo: David Cree