Summary of Results of the Second Western Hemisphere

Second Western Hemisphere Bird Banding Network Workshop San Juan, Puerto Rico July 18, 2007

SUMMARY

The second workshop of the Western Hemisphere Bird Banding Network took place on July 18, 2007 in San Juan, Puerto Rico. The workshop was a pre-activity of the 16th meeting of the Society for the Conservation and Study of Caribbean Birds (SCSCB) and was held at the Centro de Estudios Avanzados de Puerto Rico y el Caribe.

Participants 1. Monica Tomosy (USA) - Chief of the U.S. Bird Banding Laboratory 2. Antonio Celis-Murillo (USA) - U.S. Bird Banding Laboratory 3. Humberto Berlanga (México) - NABCI Coordinator for México 4. Ann Sutton (Jamaica) - Secretary for the SCSCB 5. Joni Ellis (USA) - Optics for the Tropics 6. Eduardo Vasquez (Dominican Republic) – Grupo Tinglar - Bird Education, works and does banding with Ducks Unlimited 7. José Enrique Rodríguez (Puerto Rico) - Sociedad Ornitologica Puertorriqueña (SOPI) 8. Juan Carlos (Spain) - Catalonian Banding Institute 9. Diana Tamaris (Colombia) - Master's student at the University of Puerto Rico, Puerto Rico Ornithological Society; Univ. of Puerto Rico 10. Jill Deppe (USA) - Avian Ecologist/researcher 11. Anthony Levesque (Guadeloupe) - Bander/president of Amazona (NGO) 12. Julio Santiago (Puerto Rico) - USFWS 13. Andrew Dobson (Bermuda) – President of SCSCB, Past President – Bermuda Audubon 14. Tony White (Bahamas) - Bahamas National Trust 15. Floyd Hayes (Caribbean-USA) - SCSCB, Pacific Union College 16. Paul Salaman (USA-Colombia) – American Bird Conservancy 17. Pablo Roman (Puerto Rico) - SOPI 18. Adrianne G. Tossas (Puerto Rico) – SOPI

Accomplishments since the first workshop on October 2006 in Veracruz, Mexico (NAOC meeting)  Established commitment to support a network of communication, coordination, collaboration across the western hemisphere.  First banding program managers joined the network, from: Canada, Colombia, Chile, Jamaica, Mexico, United States.  Designated a Chair for the Network: Maria Isabel Moreno, PROAVES-Colombia  Determined a Name: Western Hemisphere Bird Banding Network  Committed to having follow up workshops in 2007 (NOC or SCSCB) and in 2008 (International Partners in Flight)  Put results of Workshop #1 on a website

Goals of the Second Workshop on July 2007 in San Juan, Puerto Rico (SCSCB meeting)  Identify additional contact persons across the Caribbean.  Add more program managers to the network.  Provide a bridge between Workshop #1 and #3, to maintain momentum for our efforts.  Identify what information to put onto the web site.  Understand the status of banding programs and banding program communication collaboration and coordination in the Caribbean.

Results of Second Workshop (SCSCB meeting, July 2007)  Engaged more individuals, mostly from the Caribbean: Dominican Republic, Bahamas, Bermuda, Spain, Colombia, Puerto Rico, “Optics for the Tropics” (Florida), Guadeloupe.  Added one more program manager to the network: Anthony Levesque from Guadeloupe.  When asked – ‘what are the important Caribbean regional issues for which banding can help answer questions?’ – response was: o seabirds o longevity of island species o climate change o Survival/productivity (constant effort)  Learned that most of the requested needs are about establishing banding program capabilities.  Learned there are few banding programs in the Caribbean and very little communication between banding programs.  The six topics covered in workshop #1 were covered during workshop #2, and in so doing, added a seventh, and incorporated one of the original topics (bander training) under a larger issue (capacity building): 1. Capacity building became a new topic incorporating: 1) bander training, 2) organizational support, and 3) partnerships. 2. Permit issues 3. Bander ethics and bird safety 4. Band and marking issues 5. Encounter/recovery reporting 6. Data management and sharing 7. Mechanisms for communication  After discussion, we developed some action items for each of the seven topics.

ACTION ITEMS: 1. Capacity building  Create a list of resources available for training (materials) and a list of individuals with the capacity to train people. This information can be posted on the WHBBN webpage.  Need to designate a person to create the list.

2. Permit issues

2 Summary of the second WHBBN workshop, Puerto Rico 2007  Create a list of country-specific contacts for permitting issues (scientific research purposes); Ellen Paul is great contact. This information can be posted on the WHBBN webpage.  Need to designate a person to create the list.

3. Data management and sharing  Talk to Cornell folks regarding capacity for data sharing/data management  List of all program databases and software they use, along with links to databases if on-line  Need to designate a person to create list.

4. Bander ethics and bird safety  We need to take the different codes of ethics and merge them; then put them on the webpage or circulate them so that people can peruse them before hand.  Person responsible: Jill Deppe by November 2007  Need to designate a person to create the list of contacts for reporting

5. Encounter/recovery reporting  On the webpage, list all potential contacts for reporting data - this would be a short term solution to what to do with recovery information; long-term might be to establish an international website  USGS-BBL can generate this list of contact by February 2008

6. Band and marking issues  Develop an inventory of band series already in use.  Need a person to develop the band inventory already in use

7. Mechanisms for Communication  Recommend “RAAHO” as the acronym (WHBBN in Spanish = RAAHO). Send a note out to everybody and ask if they are happy with RAAHO - if not, they should suggest another name o RAAHO.net (available, see godaddy.com) o RAAHO.org (available, see godaddy.com) o RAAHO.com (available, see godaddy.com)  Set up list-serve  Responsible: Maria Isabel (PROAVES)  Two main needs for RAAHO web site: to establish a list serve, and to establish a stand-alone RAAHO home page.  Need to plan now for Workshop #3 – February 13, 2008; McAllen Texas.

3 Summary of the second WHBBN workshop, Puerto Rico 2007 CONTACT PEOPLE – LISTSERVE (August 2007)

Adrianne G. Tossas Diana Tamaris Turizo SOPI, Puerto Rico Graduate Student in Puerto Rico [email protected] Colombia [email protected] Alfredo Begazo Centro de Ornitología y Biodiversidad Donald Anthony CORIBIDI Forestry Department Calle Sta. Rita 117 Ministry of Agriculture Urb. Huertos de San Antonio Castries, St. Lucia Monterrico, Surco West Indies Lima-Peru [email protected] [email protected] Eduardo Vasquez Andrea Otto Grupo Tinglar, Dominican Republic Environmental Awareness Group, Antigua [email protected] [email protected] Fernando Spina Andrew Dobson Italian Ringing Centre, SCSCB, Bermuda Istituto Nazionale Fauna Selvatica [email protected] Via Ca’ Fornacetta 9, I-40064 Ozzano Emilia (BO), Andrew McGowan Italy [email protected] [email protected]

Ann Hayes Sutton Fitzroy Springer SCSCB, Jamaica St. Vincent and the Grenadines [email protected] Wildlife Protection Officer [email protected] Antonio Rodríguez SCSCB, CUBA Floyd Hayes [email protected] SCSCB-Pacific Union Collage Caribbean-USA Ariel Rojo Curiel [email protected] Wildlife Conservation Director SEMARNAT Francisco Delgado Av._Revolución 1425 San Angel. Col. Panama Tlacopac C.P. 01040 México D.F. [email protected] [email protected] Charif Julio Tala Gonzalez Hiram González Alonso Medico Veterinario Instituto de Ecología y Sistemática, Carretera de Departmento de vida Silvestre, Servicio Varona Km 3.5, Boyeros, AP 8010 CP 10800, C. Agrícola y Ganadero Avda. Bulnes 140, Habana Cuba Santiago, Chile Presidente de la Sociedad Cubana de Zoologia [email protected] [email protected]

Charles M. Francis Humberto Berlanga García Chief, Migratory Bird Population Section, National NABCI coordinator México Canadian Wildlife Service Environment CONABIO National Wildlife Research Centre, Liga Periférico – Insurgentes Sur No. 4903, Ottawa, Ontario, K1A 0H3 Col. Parques del Pedregal , Tlalpan, México. Canada D.F. CP 14010 [email protected] Mexico [email protected]

4 Summary of the second WHBBN workshop, Puerto Rico 2007 Jeremy Madeiros Lesley Howes Terrestrial Conservation Officer Bird Banding Biologist Bermuda Government-Dept. of Conservation Canadian Wildlife Service, Environment Services Canada [email protected] National Wildlife Research Centre, Ottawa, Ontario, K1A 0H3 Jill Deppe Canada Post-Doctoral Fellow [email protected] NASA Goddard Space Flight Center USA Junior Prosper [email protected] Environmental Awareness Group Antigua Joao Luiz Xavier do Nascimento [email protected] CEMAVE - National Center of Research for Birdlife Conservation Luke Johnson IBAMA - Brazilian Institute of the Environment and Guyana Birds Society of the Renewable Guyana Natural Resources [email protected] 55-83-32455001, www.ibama.gov.br [email protected] Lynn Gape Deputy Executive Director Bahamas National Trust Jon McCracken Nassau, Bahamas Bird Studies Canada [email protected] [email protected] Martin Barriteau Joni Ellis Sustainable Grenadines Project Optics for the Tropics Project Manager Florida, USA St. Vicent and Grenadines [email protected] [email protected]

José Enrique Rodríguez Maria Isabel Moreno SOPI, Puerto Rico Fundación Proaves [email protected] Carrera 20 Nº 36-61. Bogota D.C Columbia José Manuel Zolotoff [email protected] Asesor Científico Fundación COCIBOLCA Monica Tomosy Apt. Postal c-212 Chief, Bird Banding Laboratory (505) 248-8234/35 USGS Patuxent Wildlife Laboratory Managua, Nicaragua Bird Banding Laboratory (www.mombacho.org) 12100 Beech Forest Road [email protected] Laurel, MD 20708-4037 USA Julio M. Santiago-Ríos [email protected] USFWS, Puerto Rico [email protected] Nyls de Pracontal Groupe d’Etude et de Protection des Oiseaux Kerem A. Boyla en Guyane Oficial de las Áreas Importantes para la Chemin de la source de Baduel Conservación de las Aves, IBAs) 97300 Cayenne BirdLife International, Américas French, Europe Vicente Cárdenas E5-75 y Japón, 3er piso [email protected] Casilla 17-17-717, Quito, ECUADOR T 593 2 2453645, F 593 2 2277059 Onildo J. Marini-Filho [email protected]

5 Summary of the second WHBBN workshop, Puerto Rico 2007 CEMAVE - National Center of Research for Birdlife PUCP University Teacher Conservation Biologist IBAMA - Brazilian Institute of the Environment and Lima-Peru of the Renewable [email protected] Natural Resources [email protected] Selene Shari Warren Ministry of Agriculture, Land and Marine Oscar Gonzalez Resources Trinidad & Tobago Gonzalez Carpio 135 # 9 North Drive Champs Fleurs Barrio Medico Government Lima 34 [email protected] PERU [email protected] Susan Koenig Windsor Research Station Trelawny, Jamaica Otte Ottema [email protected] STINASU. NGO Suriname Tony White [email protected] Bahamas National Trust [email protected] Bahamas-USA [email protected] Pablo Roman Puerto Rico Vicki Piaskowski [email protected] International Coordinator Birds Without Borders-Aves Sin Fronteras Paul Salaman Zoological Society of Milwaukee Foundation for International Program Director Wildlife Conservation, Inc. PO BOX 249, the Plains, VA 20198 1421 N. Water St. American Bird Conservancy, USA Milwaukee, WI 53202, USA [email protected] 414-276-0339 [email protected] Dr. Pedro Blanco Rodríguez CUBA [email protected]

Pilar Valenzuela Delpiano Ingeniero Ambiental, Comisión Nacional del Medio Ambiente Unión de Ornitólogos de Chile Teatinos 258, Santiago Chile [email protected]

Raquel Lacerda SNA- National Bird Banding System Coordinate CEMAVE - National Center of Research for Birdlife Conservation IBAMA - Brazilian Institute of the Environment and of the Renewable Natural Resources 55-83-32455001, www.ibama.gov.br [email protected]

Samuel Amoros K. Research asóciate APECO

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