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Raptors and the Energy Sector Understudied Open Land Raptors Migration I (C THANKS TO OUR Raptors and the Energy Sector SPONSORS Understudied Open Land Raptors Innovations in Raptor Education Environmental Contaminants RE R SE O A T R P C A H R F O N U I O N D A T CONFERENCETuesday, November 7 AT-A-GLANCE 8:00 am - 5:00 pm Raptor Research Foundation Board Meeting North Star Anonymous reporting on our website: http://www.raptorresearchfoundation.org/contact/ A Board member will respond as quickly as possible. Wednesday, November 8 8:00 am - 12:00 pm ECRR Workshop: Harnessing Raptors with Transmitters Deer Valley Investigation Procedure 8:00 am - 12:00 pm ECRR Workshop: The Graduate Student’s Toolbox: Tips and Tricks Solitude 8:00 am - 12:00 pm ECRR Workshop: Raptor Field & In-Hand ID, Ageing & Sexing, Recent Taxonomic... Sundance 1) Whenever possible, the situation will be dealt with informally and in real time by approaching the offender and communicating a 8:30 am - 12:00 pm ECRR Workshop: Raptor Road Trapping Canyons Lobby warning to the offender to immediately cease the behavior, without revealing the identity of the complainant and after approval about this procedure by the complainant. 1:00 - 5:00 pm ECRR Workshop: Techniques for Handling, Auxiliary Marking, and Measuring... Solitude 2) Should this not be enough, and previous approval by the complainant, the RRF Board will name one or two impartial 1:00 - 5:00 pm ECRR Workshop: Handling and Taking Biomedical Samples in Raptors Sundance investigators, considered to be sensitive to the delicacy of the task and capable to assess it professionally. 1:00 - 5:00 pm ECRR Workshop: Learning About Raptors via Telemetry – How to Get The Data... Deer Valley 3) Any named investigator who believes they have a conflict of interest should not serve as an investigator. 1:00 - 4:00 pm Utah Eagle Working Group Meeting Snowbird 4) The investigator(s) will request an official written letter of complaint from the complainant (documenting the nature of the harassment and/or discrimination, with detailed information including times, places, nature of incident(s), and comments 6:00 - 9:00 pm Icebreaker Reception Canyons Lobby made). Supporting documentation (emails, notes, posts, etc.) and statements from witnesses should be submitted with the letter. Thursday, November 9 5) In most cases, the complainant will be interviewed first and the written complaint reviewed. If the complainant has not already 8:00 - 9:30 am Plenary Speaker, Jim Bednarz, “Whatever You Do, Don’t Study Raptors!” Canyons filed a formal complaint, he or she should be asked to do so. 10:00 am - 4:40 pm Symposium: Raptors and the Energy Sector Canyons 6) The details of the complaint should be explained to the alleged offender by the investigator. 10:00 - 11:40 am Symposium: Environmental Contaminants and Raptors Bryce 7) The alleged offender should be given a reasonable chance to respond to the evidence of the complainant and to bring his or her own evidence. 10:00 - 11:40 am General Session: Foraging and Feeding Arches 8) If the facts are in dispute, further investigatory steps may include interviewing those named as witnesses. 12:00 - 1:20 pm Raptor Population Index Committee Meeting North Star 9) If, for any reason, the investigator(s) is in doubt about whether or how to continue, he or she will seek appropriate counsel (from 1:20 - 4:40 pm General Session: Migration Bryce the RRF Board, legal—if approved by the RRF Board, etc). 1:20 - 4:40 pm Symposium: Conservation and Ecology of Understudied Open Land Raptors Arches 10) When the investigation is complete, the investigator(s) will report the findings to the RRF Board. The Board will determine how to proceed and if a report should be submitted to the offender’s employer. 5:00 - 6:00 pm ECRR Social Deer Valley 5:00 - 6:00 pm HawkWatch International Migration Crew Alumni Social Bryce 6:00 - 9:00 pm Poster Session & Reception Arches Thank you for your understanding and professionalism during the annual RRF conferences. Friday, November 10 8:00 - 9:30 am Plenary Speaker, Andre Botha Canyons 10:00 am - 4:40 pm Symposium: Conservation and Ecology of Understudied Open Land Raptors Arches 10:00 am - 2:40 pm General Session: Anthropological Effects with Raptors Bryce 10:00 - 11:40 am Speed Talks Canyons 12:00 - 1:20 pm Arctic Falcon Specialist Group Meeting North Star 1:20 - 4:00 pm General Session: Ecotoxicology and Health of Raptors Canyons 3:20 - 4:40 pm General Session: Public Engagement and Collaborations Bryce 5:30 - 8:30 pm Taste of Salt Lake Fiesta Dinner See page 8 8:00 - 9:00 pm Film Screening: Resilience-Fish Eagle of Naivasha Canyons Saturday, November 11 8:00 am - 3:20 pm Symposium: Innovations in Raptor Eduction Canyons 8:00 - 11:40 am General Session: Habitat Use Bryce 8:00 - 11:40 am General Session: Breeding Behavior of Raptors Arches 1:00 - 2:40 pm General Session: Population Monitoring Bryce 1:00 - 2:40 pm General Session: Raptor Demographics Arches Photo by Kurt Licence 3:30 - 4:30 pm RRF Members Business Meting Arches 6:00 - 9:00 pm Banquet and Photo Contest Canyons 2017 RRF | SLC, UT 93 CAPACITY CHART SUITE TO GUEST #194 ROOMS /035) 45"3 POOL AREA SAUNA & HOT TUB COURTYARD T O M AIN 108%&3 4/08#*3% L "-5" #3*()50/ 40-*56%& 46/%"/$& .06/5"*/ REST 03*0/ OBBY %&&3 ROOMS 7"--&: CONVENTION OFFICE MEZZANINE LEVEL LOWER LEVEL EAST PARKING "3$)&4 &.*(3"5*0/ 8"4"5$) 1"3-&:4 .*--$3&&, 5)&$"/:0/4 CANYONS LOBBY -*55-& $0550/800% 8*-%$"5 $*5: $3&&, #3:$& EXEC BOARD ROOM 4*%&8*/%&3 TO MAIN LOBBY #*($0550/800% N W E S CANYONS LOBBY REGISTRATION / INFORMATION Sheraton Salt Lake City Hotel SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH BRYCE SCIENTIFIC TALKS 150 West 500 South CANYONS PLENARY TALKS / SCIENTIFIC TALKS / SATURDAY BANQUET t — 801.401.2000 f — 801.534.3450 ARCHES SCIENTIFIC TALKS / POSTER SESSION & RECEPTION sheraton.com/saltlakecity DEER VALLEY VENDORS / COFFEE & SNACK BREAKS SUNDANCE POSTERS TABLE OF CONTENTS CONFERENCE CO-HOSTS General Information 3 HawkWatch International Vendors & Acknowledgments 4-5 www.hawkwatch.org Welcome from Mayor & Hosts 6-7 The mission of HawkWatch International Conference Events & Field Trips 8-9 is to conserve our environment through Conference Workshops 10-11 education, long-term monitoring, and scientific research on raptors as indicators Plenary Speakers 12-13 to overall ecosystem health. HWI was founded more than 30 years ago to conduct annual migration General Session Abstracts 14-40 counts in the West, and today operates the largest, coordinated Understudied Symposium Abstracts 41-49 migration network in the country. Energy Symposium Abstracts 50-54 Contaminants Symposium Abstracts 55-57 Raptor Research Foundation www.raptorresearchfoundation.org RE Raptor Education Symposium Abstracts 58-63 R SE O A T R P C A Speed Talks Abstracts 64-69 Founded in 1996, Raptor Research H R Foundation (RRF) is a non-profit scientific Poster Session Abstracts 70-81 F O N society formed to accumulate and U O N I Conference Schedule 82-87 disseminate scientific information about D A T Speakers Index 88 raptors in order to inform the scientific and lay public about the role of raptors in nature and to promote Participant Index 90-91 their conservation. Code of Conduct 92-93 Raptor Research Foundation Board of Directors Miguel D. Saggese Juan Manuel Grande Fabrizio Sergio President Director At Large #1 Eurasian Director Jim Bednarz Travis L. Booms Munir Z. Virani Vice President Director At Large #2 Southern Hemisphere Director Elizabeth Mojica Richard O. Bierregaard Joel E. Pagel President-Elect Director At Large #3 North American Director #1 Joan L. Morrison Lucia Liu Severinghaus James Dwyer Secretary Director At Large #4 North American Director #2 Jessi Brown Torgeir Nygård Brian E. Washburn Treasurer Director At Large #5 North American Director #3 Editor of Wingspan Clint W. Boal Jennifer O. Coulson Past President Director At Large #6 Cheryl Dykstra Editor-in-chief of The Journal of Raptor Ruth Tingay Jemima Parry-Jones Research Past President Director Outside North America GENERAL INFORMATION Please wear your name tag at all times, as it serves as your admission ticket to all events covered by your registration fee. Registration Registration for the 2017 Raptor Research Foundation Conference includes your welcome packet, conference program, and admission to all Symposia, Plenaries and General Sessions. It also covers the following: • Coffee/snack breaks • Icebreaker Social and Poster Session Reception • Commemorative 9 ounce steel tumbler and your welcome bag • Conference related hotel charges (meeting rooms, a/v equipment, sound, etc.) In addition, please note that the cost of your registration helps to subsidize lodging and travel expenses for Plenary Speakers, and also facilitates the lower cost of student registration. Registration/Information/Lost and Found Table Tables for registration, information, lost and found, and merchandise sales are located in the Canyons Lobby and will be open Wednesday-Saturday from 8 am- 5 pm and Sunday 7-11 am. Code of Conduct The RRF Conference Code of Conduct is located at the end of the program book. Our goal is to make everyone feel comfortable during the conference and provide a friendly environment for exchanging conversation and ideas. Refer to the code of conduct for information on reporting incidents. Event App Download the Eventbase app on your smart phone and search for “RRF Conference” to access a full schedule of speaker abstracts and sessions. Star your favorites to create a personal agenda, and take notes directly in the speaker abstract to email to yourself or someone else. Keep It Green Coffee for the conference has been donated by Caffe Ibis Coffee Roasting Company, certified QAI organic, Free Trade, and shade grown and bird friendly.
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