ANNUAL REPORT 2017 MESSAGE from the PRESIDENT

Dear Partners and Supporters:

Welcome to ABC’s Annual Report! I’m pleased to showcase, for the first time, a cumulative “ABC Conservation Impact Scorecard.” Going beyond our usual metrics for acres conserved and other readily trackable statistics, the scorecard includes a look at ABC’s overall contribution to bird conservation against our goals — as well as a summary of the broader trends in bird populations and conservation. We feel that our results-focused approach requires that we begin reporting in this more comprehensively quantifiable format. I hope you will find the scorecard useful.

Producing such a scorecard presents some significant challenges. One is that we cannot provide comprehensive details, or the document will become unwieldy. For the same reason, we cannot American Bird Conservancy is dedicated to practically list all partners alongside each achievement. The online version of the scorecard, available at abcbirds.org/scorecard2017, provides acknowledgment to more partners, greater project detail, citations conserving birds and their habitats throughout and sources for data and scientific references, and links to more stories about specific conservation successes involving ABC. the Americas. With an emphasis on achieving As you would expect, the scorecard contains both good and bad news. We still see significant declines results and working in partnership, we take on the among migratory birds. Threats are serious, and some of them are growing. A number of species face a clear and present extinction risk. But there is a lot of good news, too. Some birds are rebounding, and greatest problems facing birds today, innovating certain threats are being effectively reduced or eliminated.

and building on rapid advancements in science to We at ABC are proud to have assisted in the prevention of four bird species extinctions; protection for 82 additional Endangered and Critically Endangered birds; improved management for priority species across halt extinctions, protect habitats, eliminate threats, 6.4 million acres; and habitat enhancement through the planting of 5.6 million trees and shrubs.

and build capacity for bird conservation. Perhaps the most important of all results, though, is that ABC and the rest of the bird community are drawing a line — through our voices, letters, partnerships, and even legal actions when necessary — to prevent the erosion of the conservation principles we stand for. Some things like this will never be measurable in numbers; it is what is in our hearts that counts here. Still, we will measure what we can, abcbirds.org and leave the rest to our passion, dedication, courage, and determination.

All of us at ABC are committed to delivering on our mission with integrity and authenticity, to working efficiently with our collaborators, and to making sure we get the results you expect of us.

Thank you for being part of the ABC family. We will never lose sight of the fact that we cannot do this work for birds without you. The results we report on here belong to you just as much as they do to us.

Sincerely,

Michael J. Parr President

COVER: El Oro Parakeets by Anton Sorokin, Alamy Stock Photo 3 ANNUAL REPORT 2017 AMERICAN BIRD CONSERVANCY Halting Extinctions of ENDANGERED BIRDS The rarest birds require focused and immediate action, and that's what ABC and partners continued to provide in 2017. In addition to protecting vital land in reserves, we completed habitat-improvement projects across seven countries, totaling more than 150,000 trees and benefiting rare birds from Hawai‘i’sPalila to Brazil’s Banded Cotinga.

✦ Every individual counts for Hawai‘i’s native ✦ Three new nesting areas of the rare Blue-throated forest birds such as ‘Akikiki and Puaiohi, which Macaw were discovered in 2017 by ABC-supported number fewer than 500 per species. Invasive rats, Bolivian partner, Asociación Armonía. Equipped which eat eggs and young birds, are a key driver of with this information, ABC and others are population declines, but 2017 marked a heartening positioned to better conserve the species, which milestone on Kauai’s Alaka‘i Plateau: More than numbers about 400 in the wild. This Critically 100 native bird nests were protected from rat Endangered bird — an ABC priority since 2008 — predation, and no monitored forest bird nests were benefited most recently from creation of a 1,680- lost to the rodents. The trapping effort, supported acre reserve that protects the largest known group by ABC and carried out by the Kauai Forest Bird of nesting Blue-throated Macaws. The reserve has Recovery Project, has decreased the rat density by been named for dedicated conservationist Laney approximately 60 percent. Rickman, who passed away in 2017. Her legacy lives on through the Laney Rickman Blue-throated Even small patches of habitat can represent a ✦ Macaw Reserve. lifeline for the most endangered birds. That’s the case with the El Oro Parakeet, which numbers ✦ Plagued by invasive species such as rats and feral fewer than 1,000 and is found only on the western cats at their nest burrows, imperiled Hawaiian slope of the Andes in southwest Ecuador. In 2017, seabirds continue to top our list of concerns. ABC ABC partnered with Fundación Jocotoco and and our partners made strides in 2017 toward STAFF HIGHLIGHT others to secure 99 additional protected acres for establishing a new colony on Kauai for two of Brad Keitt, Oceans and Islands Program Director the parakeet, increasing the existing Buenaventura the rarest — Hawaiian Petrel and Newell’s Reserve to nearly 4,200 acres. The reserve Shearwater — with 20 petrels and 18 shearwaters After graduating from University of California, Santa Cruz, Brad was part of is the species’ sole protected area; fledging from the restored, predator-free fenced the scientific team that discovered and described the first nest of a Hawaiian it also provides wintering habitat area at Kīlauea Point National Wildlife Refuge. honeycreeper called the ‘Ākohekohe. With almost 30 years of field experience for migratory birds such as A total of 75 birds have fledged from the site and on approximately 100 islands — some his home for extended periods — Brad is Blackburnian Warbler. are expected to return to breed in this safe haven, about as amphibious as a human can be. helping to boost the overall population over time. “I have been a water person for all of my life,” he explains, “and my skills as a kayaker, surfer, and sailor have been really useful when working on islands and at sea. Whether it be driving a boat to follow birds at night so we can capture and study them, or landing on remote islands in rough seas, a deep knowledge of the ocean is a plus.” Brad and his colleagues dedicate themselves to raising awareness of and saving some of the world’s most beleaguered birds, including LEFT: Puaiohi by Robby Kohley endangered Hawaiian honeycreepers and seabirds. OPPOSITE TOP: Blue-throated Macaws by Mark R Layman, Shutterstock OPPOSITE BOTTOM: Brad Keitt holding a Newell’s Shearwater. Photo by Nick Holmes 4 | ANNUAL REPORT 2017 AMERICAN BIRD CONSERVANCY

Conserving Habitat for BIRDS OF CONCERN Our BirdScapes approach brings a big vision to a big problem: reversing the decline of migratory birds, which totals approximately 2 billion breeding birds lost from North America since 1970. We’ve identified 52 BirdScapes where opportunity meets conservation needs for

priority species such as Wood Thrush and Long-billed Curlew. In many of these vital places, we’re working to improve management of millions of acres in breeding, wintering, and stopover areas.

✦ The steadily declining Bicknell’s Thrush has will acquire a conservation easement on 1,916 among the smallest breeding and wintering acres of dry ponderosa pine forest in eastern ranges of any North American migratory bird. In Oregon. A forest stewardship plan and restoration 2017, ABC helped partner Fundación Loma Quita efforts will provide habitat for the species, which Espuela acquire three properties on the thrush’s is threatened by loss of nesting cavities. Also in wintering grounds in the Dominican Republic, the western U.S., ABC petitioned the U.S. Fish in the heart of the Septentrional BirdScape. and Wildlife Service (FWS) to list Oregon Vesper Ownership of the 677 acres was transferred to Sparrow under the Endangered Species Act and the Ministry of the Environment; the land will initiated research to better understand factors be restored and protected for the benefit of affecting the species’ population. FWS has agreed Bicknell’s Thrushes and resident birds such as the that the sparrow may be warranted for listing; a Hispaniolan Woodpecker. 12-month review is now underway.

✦ ABC’s efforts to enhance breeding habitat ✦ The end of 2017 marked the halfway point for Golden-winged Warbler and American for implementation of the ABC-supported STAFF HIGHLIGHT Woodcock crossed the 7,000-acre mark in 2017, Appalachian Mountains Joint Venture’s forest helping to meet the needs of these increasingly enhancement program for Cerulean Warbler, Peter Dieser, Golden-winged Warbler Public Lands Coordinator uncommon species. Since 2013, this work has been which has declined in population by about 70 Peter Dieser’s “office” is the Great Outdoors, and it teems with ticks, poison ivy, conducted across several BirdScapes in the Great percent over the past 40 years. Across several and mosquitoes in summer and sits beneath a frigid, snowy blanket in winter. As Lakes region, with the support of the Minnesota BirdScapes located in the core of the species’ ABC’s Golden-winged Warbler Public Lands Coordinator, Peter works tirelessly with Outdoor Heritage Fund, the Natural Resources breeding range (West Virginia, Pennsylvania, and public land managers to create ideal early successional habitat for one of the fastest- Conservation Service’s Regional Conservation Maryland), 4,836 acres of privately owned forest declining warblers — nearly 4,500 acres, and counting, since 2013. Half of the world’s Partnership Program (RCPP), the National Fish lands have been enrolled in the program, Golden-winged Warblers breed in Minnesota, and most winter in Central America. and Wildlife Foundation, and many other resulting in $2.4 million for forest partners. management from the RCPP. “Though sometimes I wish I could join the warblers as they winter in the tropics,” Peter says, “the winter months are when the ground is frozen – the ✦ The Flammulated Owl is the focus of time to roll up my sleeves and put my nose to the grindstone to complete ABC’s 2017 work with the Deschutes habitat restoration and enhancement projects for this imperiled species.” Land Trust (DLT), through which DLT Peter has a Master of Science in Natural Resources Science and Management LEFT:Flammulated Owl by Jacob Spendelow OPPOSITE TOP: Bicknell's Thrush by Jeff Nadler from the University of Minnesota. He came to ABC from the Eagle Bluff OPPOSITE BOTTOM: Peter Dieser by Kevin Sheppard Environmental Learning Center, where he worked as a naturalist. 6 ANNUAL REPORT 2017 Reducing Threats to ALL BIRDS

As the human population grows and developments sprawl, an ever-changing obstacle course of threats expands for birds: wind turbines sited in migratory corridors, reflective glass on office buildings and homes, and free-roaming domestic cats, to name a few. While some impacts are inevitable, many of the billions of resulting bird deaths can be avoided. ABC works with policymakers, partner groups, and the private sector to minimize the toll.

✦ In 2017, responding to a lawsuit filed by ABC ✦ Following advocacy by ABC and National and Black Swamp Bird Observatory, the Ohio Audubon Society, the Federal Bird-Safe Buildings Air National Guard canceled its five-year effort Act was introduced in the House of Representatives to build a wind turbine at Camp Perry. Sited on in 2017 and later in the Senate, marking the public land on the shores of Lake Erie, the turbine first time this important legislation has been presented a risk to the federally Endangered introduced in both houses of Congress. The bill, Kirtland’s Warbler, along with the area’s large which mandates the use of bird-friendly features Bald Eagle population and the world’s largest to reduce collisions with new and existing federal confluence of migrating birds. More important buildings, has been included in a larger House bill. than this single turbine, however, the decision This progress is the result of bipartisan support in could have opened the door to wind energy the House, and ABC advocacy efforts, and we are facilities on government-owned land in other optimistic that the bill will move forward toward key areas for birds. passage in the coming year.

✦ As many as 7 million birds die each year in ✦ In 2017, ABC’s lawsuit proceeded against the New collisions with communication towers and the York State Department of Parks, Recreation, and STAFF HIGHLIGHT guy wires that support them, including many Historic Preservation over feral cat colonies nocturnal migrants such as Yellow-billed at Jones Beach, N.Y. The colonies were Jennifer Cipolletti, Director of Conservation Cuckoo and Swainson’s Warbler. Catalyzed maintained in the vicinity of nesting Advocacy & Director, Bird Conservation Alliance by earlier ABC action, tower owners are Piping Plovers, a species listed under Jennifer began her conservation career at a wildlife rehabilitation center reducing this threat by switching from steady- the Endangered Species Act. The case with Lake Metroparks in Ohio. After receiving her Master of Public burning red or white lights, which attract led to a victory for the birds in 2018, Administration from Cleveland State University, she worked in conservation and disorient birds, to less-harmful flashing and humane removal of the cats to a policy for Ducks Unlimited in North Dakota. Seeing firsthand how two lights. Since May 2017, more than 1,200 sanctuary is now underway. different conservation organizations work to garner support served her towers have replaced their lights, while well as she transitioned from working at the state level, often on hunting- ABC partner Stan Weigman launched related topics, to Washington, D.C.’s frequently fractious federal arena. www.songbirdsaver.org, a tool that enables concerned citizens to In her current role, she advocates for the best possible bird report towers that have yet conservation legislation, making good use of a trait that she values to make the switch. and embodies: adaptability. “With decades’ old laws being challenged LEFT: Kirtland’s Warbler by Peter Tamas and changed, we are having to be resilient,” she says, “to find ways OPPOSITE TOP: Bald Eagle and wind turbines by Louise Redcorn to make sure that conservation legislation is working for birds.” OPPOSITE BOTTOM: Jennifer Cipolletti by Aditi Desai

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Building Capacity to DRIVE BIRD CONSERVATION

ABC has always believed that the whole is greater than the sum of its parts: By providing expertise and resources to our partners across the Western Hemisphere, we achieve more conservation for birds. In 2017, the outcomes of this support ranged from installment of a Brazilian hummingbird garden to attract visitors and boost support for conservation, to advising ranchers on how to manage habitat for both birds and herds in the Great Plains.

✦ Our partners in Latin America and the Caribbean ✦ Beach-nesting birds along the Gulf Coast, such are on the conservation frontlines for rare birds as Least Tern and Snowy Plover, benefited from like Brazil’s Araripe Manakin and Bolivia’s Blue- ABC-supported monitoring and stewardship efforts throated Macaw. To strengthen partner efforts, across almost 5,000 acres of coastline at 25 sites. ABC granted $282,250 to 11 partners in 2017 Through education and outreach activities, we through the Latin American Reserve Stewardship delivered our conservation message directly to Initiative (LARSI), which was established in 2015 more than 4,000 people and through social media with March Conservation Fund. Matched with to more than 1 million. funds from the Jeniam Foundation, these 2017 grants supported equipment purchases, eight staff ✦ Across several states in the Northern Great Plains, positions, fundraising initiatives, and development 22 landowners in 14 counties have implemented of projects that generated more than $1.5 million conservation practices on 36,790 acres, helping in funds for our partners. to reverse declines of grassland birds like Lark Bunting and Chestnut-collared Longspur. The ✦ At Serra do Urubu in northeastern Brazil, the work is being conducted through the Natural LARSI project enabled SAVE Brasil to create a Resources Conservation Service, Soil Conservation STAFF HIGHLIGHT hummingbird garden now visited by more than 20 Districts, the Northern Great Plains Joint Venture, hummingbird species, including the Endangered ABC, and many other partners. Wendy Willis, Deputy Director of International Programs Long-tailed Woodnymph. Other birds, such Part of Wendy’s childhood was spent on Mexico’s Yucatán Peninsula, where as the Vulnerable Seven-colored Tanager, also she first learned the need for effective conservation when she witnessed make an appearance. Local and international the destruction of tropical forests for agriculture and other human uses. birdwatchers are flocking to see the garden’s avian Wendy has worked as a biologist, bird bander, and point-counter in many visitors — and learning about conservation needs parts of Latin America. For her Master’s thesis at Humboldt State University, while there. she studied the political ecology of shade-grown coffee in Jamaica.

Still traveling widely, now to work with ABC partners to safeguard birds, she heads up the Latin American Reserve Stewardship Initiative (LARSI), through which ABC partners with March Conservation Fund to strengthen

LEFT: Seven-colored Tanager by Ciro Albano Latin American and Caribbean bird conservation organizations. “I have a love OPPOSITE TOP: Least Tern and chicks by Ray Hennessy, Shutterstock for the environment and also of people,” Wendy says, “and I’m passionate OPPOSITE BOTTOM: Wendy Willis (right) and Susan Otuokon, Executive Director of the Jamaica Conservation and about what the landscape means both to humans and to birds.” She has a Development Trust (left). Photo by Junior Carson particular fondness for the Red-fronted Macaw, a species unique to Bolivia.

10 ANNUAL REPORT 2017 11 ANNUAL REPORT 2017 AMERICAN BIRD CONSERVANCY AT A GLANCE

ABC has supported the acquisition/ protection of more than 1 million acres of land at 92 sites in 14 countries, with 32 partners.

Together, these sites provide habitat for The Turquoise-browed Motmot is found in nine 2,900 bird species, including dozens of ABC-supported bird reserves in Mexico and Central America. Photo by Owen Deutsch the most endangered. AMERICAN BIRD CONSERVANCY

Crested Owls by Owen Deutsch

2017 $10,000+ Falcon Club and Amos Butler Audubon Marilyn and Eldon Ball Phyllis Brissenden Project Supporters Kathleen Burger and Glen Gerada C.A.N. Foundation We are honored to acknowledge the individuals, foundations, Bayard and John Cobb Warren and Cathy Cooke businesses, and others who have supported ABC’s work. While Leslie Danoff space constraints prevent us from listing all of our donors, we are Cinnamon Dornsife sincerely grateful for each member and every gift. We would also The Felburn Foundation The Moses Feldman Family Foundation like to thank those who gave anonymously through the United Way Sharon and Adrian Forsyth or Combined Federal Campaign (CFC #12048). The Greenfield/Hartline Habitat Conservation Fund Kathryn Hale Ann and Jim Hancock The Falcon Club is our pivotal group of members who donate unrestricted gifts of $1,000 or more each year. Members Carolyn Hendricks of this group (denoted in purple) collectively form a cornerstone in the success of all of our bird conservation programs Joan Hero and projects. Jacob and Terese Hershey Foundation $5,000+ Patsy and Tom Inglet John and Emily Alexander James Joslin The International Foundation $1,000,000+ $50,000+ $25,000+ Fred Baldwin Memorial Foundation Judith M. Kay Tom and Carlyn Jervis Bird Endowment Keitha Kinne The Estate of Mary Janvrin The Colcom Foundation Patricia Bauman and John Landrum Bryant Warren and Barry King The Boustead Family Foundation Karen Koltes National Fish and Wildlife Foundation Owen Deutsch and Rona Talcott Nancy Burnet John C. Kish Foundation Bart Brown Nicholas Lapham The DJ&T Foundation The Coypu Foundation Patrick Lannan and the Lannan Foundation Colin Campbell Gloria and Jim Lawrence $250,000+ The Dorrance Family Foundation Malcolm C. Damuth Foundation Leaves of Grass Fund Andrea Waitt Carlton Family Foundation Deborah and Roger Lebbin BirdLife International David Harrison and Joyce Millen Global Wildlife Conservation Catherine C. Ledec Patience and Tom Chamberlin Erin and Daniel Lebbin The Bobolink Foundation The Jeniam Foundation Gulf Coast Bird Observatory—Tropical Josh Lerner Mr. Stephen P. Chang William H. Leighty Forest Forever Fund March Conservation Fund The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur The Edward K. Love Conservation Stephen Charles Steven Leuthold Family Foundation Wolf Creek Charitable Foundation Foundation Paul King Foundation Robert and Rita Colwell Paul and Angela Lewis Jacqueline B. Mars The Laurel Foundation Mey Share Foundation M. Ryan Conroy The Estate of Jim Macaleer The Margaret and Andrew Covell The Martin Foundation $100,000+ The Leo Model Foundation The Estate of Roberta Parry Helen Miller The Else Perkins-Martin Trust Jeff Peters Foundation Walter and Pam Matia L.R. Bauman Foundation The Monomoy Fund Joanna Sturm Bishop and Lynn Sheehan Kimberley McCullough George W. Merck Fund of the New David and Patricia Davidson Overhills Foundation Donnie and Jackie Dann Hampshire Charitable Foundation Shoaib Tareen and Cathy Filgas Jennifer Speers Dick and Nancy Eales The Reissing Family Disney Worldwide Conservation Fund Elisha Mitchell Audubon Society Lynde Uihlein The Turner Foundation Jonathan Franzen Barbara Rizzo The James E. Dutton Foundation New England Biolabs Foundation Wallace Genetic Foundation Lucy Waletzky Barbara Fried The RJM Foundation Environment Now Heidi Nitze The Estate of Diane Hunter Lee Rudin and Lauren Freeman Cece Fabbro Benjamin Olewine The Leon Levy Foundation The Rusinow Family Charitable Foundation Joan M. Felder Jim and Patty Rouse Charitable Foundation The David and Lucile Packard Foundation Lynn Savarese Martha Flanders Larry Selzer Leslie and Jeffrey Fowler Frances V.R. Seebe Trust Lynn and Stuart White Marybeth Sollins Jennifer Gaden Sharon Small The Robert W. Wilson Charitable Trust Bruce Stevenson Glen Gerada Steve and Britt Thal The Estate of Harriet Wright The Stirling Foundation Hancock Natural Resource Group Lawrence Thompson David Walsh Elliotte Harold Jim and Cathy Tilling Nancy Weiss and Carol Wise The Bill Healy Foundation Andrew Velthaus Jeff and Connie Woodman Gloria Heller Joan Wallace Charlotte Wright Robert Henderson Alan Weeden Chris Wright Steven and Christine Hightower Robert Weeden The Mohamed bin Zayed Species Robert and Kathleen Hindle Dorothy Welch Conservation Fund Michael Homel Eugene and JoAnne Wilhelm Ivorybill Foundation John Wray TOP: Peregrine Falcon by Alexander Erdbeer, Shutterstock; RIGHT: Sandhill Cranes by Rosalie Kreulen, Shutterstock

14 ANNUAL REPORT 2017 15 ANNUAL REPORT 2017 $1,000-$4,999 $1,000-$4,999 Anonymous (2) Kendra Bond Judith Davidson Leslie and Jeffrey Fowler Ellen Hoffman Noel Mann Janice Lee Nordenberg Darleen Abbott Joseph Boone David Davis and Jo Ann Mills Carl Freeman Mark Hollingsworth Steve and Patti Marek The Eric and Joan Norgaard Edwin M. Ahrens Richard Bordeaux Melissa Davis Twila Frieders Steve Holmer Siri and Bob Marshall Charitable Trust Robert Ake Michael Boss and Martha Davis Alicia Furman Michael and Pamela Holmes Susan Martin Norristown Zoological J. William Akers Sheila Vince John and Judy Day J. S. Futcher Martin and Gai Huddleston Diane Marton Society Jane Alexander Martha Boudreau Edward Dayton Marnie Gaede Alicia Hulse Susan Massey Ted and Karen Northup Brian and Maripat Allen Warren and Ann Boutreis Jennifer Depew Patricia Gaffney Chuck Hunter Blake and Jana Matheson George and Martha Oetzel Sandra Allinson Ronald and Marcia Braun Charles Dilla Edward Gaillard Paul Hunter Randall and Catherine Kerry O’Hare Charles Almdale Henry Brooks Diptech The Gale Family Foundation Diane Ichiyasu Mayes Nicholas Olmsted Steven Almquist James Brooks Christine Doyle and Sarah Garceau Carolyn Jackson Peter McCalmont Omaha Henry Doorly Zoo & Aquarium Alpen Outdoor Corporation Janice Brose Michael Yessik William Garnett David Jenkins Georgia and Daniel Michael J. Parr Michael and Lorna Franta Broulik Marge Duncan Elizabeth Gemmill George Jett McDonald Dorothy Paterson Anderberg Deirdre Brown William J. Duston Daniel George Maurice Johnston Catherine McFadden and Janet M. Pawluk Gen Anderson Jim and Yuko Brumm Christina Duthie Laura George Judith Jones Paul Clarke George Perbix, Jr. Gordon Andersson Bernard Buchholz Stephen and Magda Eccles Trudy Gerlach Maggie Jones Carolyn and Randall McFarlane The Perkins Charitable Trust The Arctica and Abbey Claudia Burns The Edward T. Cone James Gerlich Sarah Jones Richard McGuinness Louise Pfister Foundation Craig Caldwell Foundation Jack Gibbons John Joslin Patricia McLean John and Nuri Pierce Bonnie and Alan Armentrout Cameron Foundation Eddy Edwards Nancy Gilbert Judith Joy Ryan McLeish Robert Pinkard Roberta and Ira Asher James Carpenter Peter Endress Gay Gilbert Annie Kaempfer Sally McNair Sandra Plummer Elizabeth Aubrey Carol Carpenter Dennis Erwin and Cameron Gillies and Scott Kaiser Elizabeth Appleyard Linda and Michael McNulty Michael Pompa Audubon Society of Mary E. Cebra Eagle-Eye Tours Brian Kane Kalamazoo John and Deborah Lee Sally McVeigh Jane Poss Robert Robbins and Julia and Charles Simmons George and Beth Wallace Elaine Charkowski Joseph Giunta William Kee Robert and Margaret Ayres Evangelakos Rodney and Heidi Mead John and Katrina Powell Astrid Caldas Laurie Sines Cheryl Watson Michael Christopher Lynn Glesne Stephanie Kellogg Donna Bailey Justin Everson Samuel Means Alexander Power Patricia O’Handley Robinson Janet and Clarence Smith Elizabeth Weinshel Richard S. Chute The Glore Fund Sherry Kelter Robert S. Baker Charles Farmer Mary Anne Mekosh Kate Prager Michael J. Rodegerdts Joanne and Robert Solem The Estate of Joyce Eleanor Ronald Cicerello Laura Gorman John and Kathy Kendall Sandra Baker and George and Rita Fenwick Alexander Mercer Jan Willem Prak and Lawrence Roel Dixie Sommers Albert Weiss Robert H. Clark Don and Karen Grade Jared Keyes Geoff Stewart Kent Fiala Ruth and William Merkey Karen Burtness Prak John Rogers Curtis and Helen Sorrells Melinda Welton and Vicki Cloonan Shawn Graff and Jorge Khuly Terry Baltimore Gary Filerman Foundation Charles Edwin and David Roos Nancy Soulette John Noel Cindy Cobb Cheryl White Harvey and Mary King The Costa Bamossy Janie and Ric Finch Roslyn Meyer Jacqueline Probst Richard Rosen John Spahr Philip Whitney Christina and Duncan Kathryn Grandison Patricia S. Kline Charitable Fund The Fischhoff Family Ellen Miller Warren Pruess Elizabeth Ruml Richard and Jeanne Specht Rosemarie Widmer Cocroft Charla Green Sandy Komito Laurence Band Albert Fisher Leslie and Richard Miller Larry and Donna Purcey The Rust Family Foundation Jonathan Spingarn David Wiedenfeld Arthur Cody Dorothy Gregor Michael and Ina Korek Jack Bartley Robert and Karen Fisher Marianne Mooney and Lucy Quintilliano and Joey Ryan Sandy and Jim St. George Janice and Keith Wiggers W. Joseph Coleman Winthrop Gross Foundation Trust Katherine Bass Arnie and Judy Fishman Joseph Sasfy Leonard Fumi The Sacajawea Charitable Phillip Stack David Wilcove Kelly Colgan-Azar Marlene Grover Robert Korenberg and Katharine Beale Jack Morrison John and Earle Quy Foundation Stefan and Tess Williams Carolee Colter Jane Fitzgerald and Paul Hagen and Barbara Baker Louise and Rick Steenblik Barbara Bennett Phil Croy Merrie Morrison Larry and Mary Ramsey Don and Ann Schaechtel Ted Williams Harriet Corbett Chris Jahnke Wildlife Forever Fund/ Fred and Mary Ann Stehr Peter Betzer Judith Randal Ed, Rachel, and Phoebe John Williamson Michael Corcoran Oliver Flint Nancy Hager Kroeker Penny Moser Ralph and Betsy Stephens William Bickel Judith Rapacz-Hasler Schneider Wendy Willis Elizabeth Crabtree The Fontaine Family Christopher and Sherrie Hall Alfred Kuehlewind Larry Moss Brooke Stevens Susan Billetdeaux Foundation Bayard Rea Susan Scioli Meredith Wilson Dalcio Dacol Jane Hallowell Woody Kuehn Robert Moss William Stott George and Rosemary Anne Forsyth Carol Reed-Glow John Scott Robert Wilson Laurie and Will Danforth Steven Hamblin Margaret Kunes Thomas and Mary Mulcahy Eileen Straughan Billman Irene Fortune Michael Reid Marguerite Sellitti The Wilson Conservation Laurie Dann Michael and Jo Ann Hamm Barbara Kyse Frank Murphy Paul Suchanek Bruce Black and Michael Forwood Donald Reinberg Penelope and Gary Trust Mike Danzenbaker and Roger and Katherine Laurel Ladwig James Murphy Cathy and Bob Sussky Mary Brogan James Fossard Liston Rice Shackelford David Wimpfheimer Lee Hung Hammond Kaushik Lakshminarayanan Donna Myers Byron Swift Greg Bodker Brenda Richardson R. L. Shackle Jim and Betsy Winn Michelle Hanko Cheryl Lamb Jean Myers Anne Symchych The Grace Jones Richardson Peter Shen John Winn J. Douglas Hanna Paul and Carol Lamberger Jo Ann Myers David Taliaferro Trust Cynthia Shereda Jay Withgott Nancy and Dean Hanson Gary Landers Judith Nelsen Christine Tankersley Janet Rickershauser Margaret Sheridan The James H. Woods Joan Hardie Gayle Larson Meredith Nettles Sharon Taylor and Jo Cannon Allan and Helen Ridley Robert and Nancy Shipman Foundation Alan Harper and Carol Baird Peter and Sue LaTourrette Mary Ann Neuses Kyle Te Poel George Rieger Wayne and Edith Showalter James Woolfenden Kenneth Hartman Frances H. Layton Arthur Newbold Glen Tepke Jonathan Rigden Ian Shrank Greg Wortman and Jennifer Haverkamp Christophe Le Lan Mary Brooke Nicotra Suzanne and Seth Thompson The Kelly Riley Foundation Linda Siecke Kathleen Costello Kathryn Head Lane Leckman and Clare Nielsen Diane Touret Roanoke Bird Club Larry Silver Penelope and Phillip Wright Valerie Heemstra Deborah Hall Ian Nisbet Tamalin Truitt Karin Wuertz-Schaefer Lilia Heisley Lynette Leka Alice Turk Timothy Wyant Jonathan Heller The Martha V. Leonard Henry Turner Jack Wykoff Dale Henderson Fund of the North Texas The Jane Smith Turner Harry E. Yerkes IV The Elizabeth Wakeman Community Foundation Foundation Helen Slator Young Henderson Charitable Robert Leppard Deborah and Patrick Turski Mark and Kathryn Young Foundation John Leszczynski Gerald Uhlman David Younkman and Nancy and Rusty Heymann Susu Levy Bonnie and James Van Alen Ann McEnany David Hill Jane Light Victor Emanuel Nature Tours Jody and Jerry Zamirowski Norman Hill Henry Lord Jim and Ann Vogelmann Judy Hinderliter-Smith and Liz Love Carl Waldbauer David Smith Felicia Lovelett Helen Ho Gary Ludi Angela Hoffman and Charles and Sharyn Magee Seth McConchie Andrew and Gemma Major TOP: Cerulean Warbler by Ryan Sanderson LEFT: Sanderlings by Owen Deutsch Long-billed Curlew by Tim Zurowski, Shutterstock

16 ANNUAL REPORT 2017 17 ANNUAL REPORT 2017 $500-$999 Mauna Kea Forest Restoration Project San Diego Zoo Global Partner Organizations Mexican Navy, Secretaría de Marina SAVE Brasil, Brazil Susan Adair Guy de Bruyn Caroline Huber Meyer Glitzenstein & Eubanks LLP Save Ontario Shores Advocates for the West City of Freeport, Tex. Rosanne Altshuler Hans de Grys John Hull Milwaukee Audubon Saving Birds Thru Habitat Aitkin County, Minn. Fundação Biodiversitas, Brazil American Tower Elizabeth Denning Matthew Ichniowski Ministério do Meio Ambiente (MMA), Schlitz Audubon Nature Center Aldo Leopold Foundation Fundación Equilibrio Azul, Ecuador Brazil Foundation Donna Desjardins Nancy Ingram SELVA, Colombia Allegheny Bird Conservation Alliance Fundación Jocotoco, Ecuador Ministerio del Medio Ambiente Sierra Club Betsy Amsel Kelly Devlin Deborah Jaffe Alliance to Protect Prince Edward Fundación para el Ecodesarrollo (MMA), Chile Sierra Forest Legacy Alice Anderson Henry Doll Kathy Jarvis County, Ontario, Canada y la Conservación (FUNDAECO), Ministry of the Environment, Smithsonian Migratory Bird Center Janet Anderson-Ray American Birding Association Guatemala Tom Dorsey Eleanor Johnson Government of Ecuador Sociedad Ornitológica de la Fundación ProAves, Colombia Gwen Asplundh Jane Downing Philip and Elizabeth American Forest Foundation Minnesota Logger Education Program Hispaniola (SOH), Dominican FXFowle Architects Association of Avian Gisela Drysdale Johnson Amigos de Sian Ka’an, Mexico Mississippi Valley Conservancy Republic Anahuac National Wildlife Refuge Galveston Island Park Board of Veterinarians John Dyer Mark Johnston Moloka‘i Land Trust South African Pulp & Paper Industries Aquasis, Brazil Trustees Mustang Island State Park, TX (SAPPI) Mike Austin Martin Eastwood Pamela Johnston Asociación Armonía, Bolivia Galveston Island State Park National Audubon Society Southeastern Grasslands Initiative Mary Bachman Merryl Edelstein Anthony Jones Asociación Ecosistemas Andinos Genesee Audubon National Bobwhite Conservation Southern Sierra Research Station Beverly Baker Randall Jones Alison Ellicott (ECOAN), Peru GEOS Institute Initiative St. Louis County, Minn. David Baker Stephen Elston Stephen Jones Asociación Red Chilena de Eric K. Gillespie Professional Natural Resources Defense Council Sustainable Forestry Initiative Corporation David Ball Sherry Ferguson Karl Jungbluth Herpetología (RECH), Chile National Tropical Botanical Garden Tamarac National Wildlife Refuge Robert Newman Carolyn Russell Tim Tesar Golden Eagle Audubon Society Gregory Ball William Fiero Arlette Keene Audubon New York National Wild Turkey Federation Tennessee Ornithological Society David Nimich Kirk Scarbrough Nancy Tikalsky Audubon Society of Northern Virginia Golden Gate Audubon Alison Bardrick Margaret Filman Joy Keithline National Wildlife Federation Texas General Land Office, Coastal Government of the Dominican Frank Baskay James Nix Steven Schafer Bill Todman Aves y Conservación, Ecuador Natural Resources Research Institute Management Program Mary Fischietto Paul Kelley Republic, Dominican Republic Phyllis Nofzinger Sophia Schafter- Marana Tost Bahamas National Trust, Bahamas Nature Canada Texas Parks and Wildlife Department Jean Bassett Susan Ford-Hoffert Jeff Kingery Government of Honduras, Honduras Wharton Joel S. Townsend Bat Conservation International The Nature Conservancy Theodore Roosevelt Conservation Donald Bauman Ed Kinnane Ann Nolte Douglas Forsell Beltrani County, Minn. Greenbelt Land Trust (incl. many state chapters) Partnership Erin Beake Russell Oates Susan Schuur Steven Tracy John Fox Judith Klinman Bird City Wisconsin Grupo de Ecología y Conservación Nature Saskatchewan United Nations Environment Program Roger O’Connell Ellen and Max Richard Trieff de Islas, Mexico Meredith Bell Michael Francis Karen Klomparens Bird Conservancy of the Rockies New York City Audubon University of Georgia Frank Ohrt Schwenne Charles Trost Grupo Jaragua, Dominican Republic Brian Bender Barbara Franko Karen Koral Bird Conservation Network North American Bird Conservation University of Guadalajara, Mexico Mary A. Oster Mike Scott Margaret Truman Gulf Coast Bird Observatory Paul Bengtson Dennis Fravel Diane M. Krause Birders for Responsible Wind and Initiative University of Maryland, Baltimore Mary B. Palmer Joseph Seber Holly Van Dyk Solar Energy Hanalei Watershed Hui Sandra Beranich Richard P. Frechette Gerald Kruth Northern Great Plains Joint Venture County Shelle Palmer Patricia and Gregory Peter Van Dyke BirdLife International Hawai‘i Cooperative Studies Unit, Northern Laramie Range Alliance University of Missouri, Columbia Charles Berginc Susan Galbraith Klara Kurowski University of Hawai‘i-Hilo Mark Pando Seymour Roger and Christina Black Swamp Bird Observatory Oikonos Ecosystem Knowledge University of West Florida Elizabeth Berry Catherine Gallagher Max G. Lagally Hawai‘i Department of Land and Sandra Shanks Van Ghent Blandin Paper Company Ontario Nature Urban Ecology Center Mary Bicknell Karen Landen and Leonard Pardue Natural Resources, Division of Anne Galli Joseph Sherfy (UPM-Kymmene Corporation) Oregon Department of Fish The Urban Wildlands Group Blake Biles Dean Stahl Susan J. Peak Sandi Vanacore Forestry and Wildlife Joan M. Galli Bon Secour National Wildlife Refuge and Wildlife U.S. Geological Survey Western Virginia Pear Sandra Shirey Kenneth Vatz Hawai‘i Green Growth Sara Birkmire Harrison Glasgow David E. Lange Braddock Bay Bird Observatory Ecological Research Center - Samuel Shouse Doris Waggoner Hawai‘i Volcanoes National Park Oregon Wild Heidi Blechar Arthur Langton Robert and Madeline California Polytechnic State University Seabird Program Jamie Godshalk and Melinda Simon Hawaiian Islands National Wildlife Oregon Wildlife Foundation Kent Lannert Pendergrass Robin Wagner Carnegie Museum of Natural U.S. Green Building Council Sharon Boatright Marj Lundy Refuge Pacific Birds Habitat Joint Venture Greg Penkowsky Mary Sjoerdsma Stephen Walch History’s Powdermill Avian U.S. Treasury William Boeh Carole Goodyear Irene Lasko Houston Audubon Society Pacific Cooperative Studies Unit, Ron and Sheila Pera Jocelyn Sladen Clare Walker Research Center Virginia Alliance for Animal Shelters Jessica Borak Janice Gordon Richard Latuchie Hui Ho‘omalu i Ka ‘Āina University of Hawai’‘i-Mānoa Lisa Renstrom Laurie Slater Nadine Wallace Center for Biological Diversity Pacific Islands Climate Change Virginians for Responsible Energy Maggie Boswell Tiffany Grade Joanne Lazar Human-Wildlife Interactions Perkowitz Gary and Jan Small Michael Walther Center for Natural Lands Cooperative Western Environmental Law Center Emmerson Bowes Michael Graff Catherine Leahey Management Fundación Humedales Bogotá, Geoffrey Peters Carolyn Smith Alistair Ward Colombia Pacific Islands Fish and Wildlife Western Great Lakes Bird and Bat Margaret Bowman Leda Beth Gray Paul Lehman Chippewa National Forest Office, USFWS Observatory Mary Lou Petersen Michael C.T. Smith Ellen Weiss Inland Empire Resource Conservation John Boyd Amy Grose Jeffrey Lehmer City of Eugene, OR Pacific Rim Conservation Western Watersheds Project Sandra Smith District, Calif. Roma Lenehan Matthew Peterson Joan Weissman City of Port Aransas, TX Alice Boyle Candice Guth Instituto Butantan, Brazil Pacific Seabird Group Wild Utah Project Paul Pisano Max Snodderly Bronwen Welch Coastal Bend Bays and Estuaries Arthur Braun Mace Hack Michael Levin Instituto de Ecología, Mexico Papahānaumokuākea Marine Wildearth Guardians George Powell Joyce Solomon Richard Wells Program National Monument Susan Breisch Carolyn Jane Haley Mindy Loiselle Instituto de Fomento Pesquero, Chile Wildlife Management Institute Sonja Sorbo Colorado State University Travis Longcore and Thane Pratt Jan Wentz Paso Pacifico The Wilderness Society Ellen Brown Anthony Halterlein Columbia Land Trust Instituto Uiraçu, Brazil Catherine Rich Joe Pugh Lowell Spring Judy Whitcombe PETA The Wildlife Society Sharon Brown Sarah Hamm-Alvarez Comisión Nacional para el Island Conservation Tomas Radcliffe Vivek Sriram Pauline Wiessner Pew Environment Group Wisconsin County Forests Association Phil Browne Joanne Luebbert Conocimiento y Uso de La International Crane Foundation Kate Hannah Pheasants Forever, Inc. and Wisconsin Humane Society Steve Lyons Raleigh Durham Caged Bill Stewart Wild Birds Unlimited Biodiversidad (CONABIO), Mexico Jamaica Conservation Development Linda Brunner Elizabeth Hardy Quail Forever Wisconsin Wildlife Federation Bird Society Sarah Stewart David Williams Trust, Jamaica Janet Buell Mark J. Mahaffey Confederated Tribes of Arizona Picaflor de Arica, Chile W. Edward Harper James Campbell National Wildlife Wisconsin Young Forest Partnership Michelle Manzo Evelyn Ralston Louis Storace Sandra Z. Wilson Conservation Council for Hawai’i Mary Bullock Demere Lou Ann Harris Refuge City of Port Aransas, TX Divya Rana Jim Stratton Nancy Hamill Winter The Conservation Fund Dennis Cabral Christopher Harwood Jina Mariani Kaua‘i Albatross Network Portland Audubon Jon Randal The Lowell and Susan Conservation Law Center Caroline Callery Carol Marks Shirley Wodtke Kaua‘i Endangered Seabird Recovery The Prairie Enthusiasts Ann Harwood-Nuss Strine Foundation Conservation Metrics Susan Marsden R & D Rebers Zachary Worley Project Prendergast Laurel Architects Nancy Chang Carol and Peter Conservation Northwest Marc Reider David Stuller Jeffrey Wright Kaua‘i Forest Bird Recovery Project Pro Delphinus, Peru Elliot Chasin Hausner Elizabeth A. Martin Cornell Lab of Ornithology Jim Rettig Brad Suster Mary Wright Kaua‘i Island Utility Cooperative Pronatura Chiapas, Mexico Mark Childs Louisa Havstad T. D. Mathewson Corporación Nacional Forestal, Chile Beverly S. Ridgely Mark Sutherland Dan Wrinn Kentucky Department of Fish and Pronatura Noreste, Mexico Nancy Cladel Nancy Haynes Jennifer Matkin Defenders of Wildlife Anton Szabados Wildlife Resources Pronatura Noroeste, Mexico Scott Maylen Grant Riedesel Bill Wuerthele Deschutes Land Trust Leslie Clapp Jane Hedberg Kīlauea Field Station, Pacific Island Pronatura Sur, Mexico Wendy Rihner Sean Tai Kimberley Young Lisa Climo James Hendrick Daniel McDonald Driftless Area Land Conservancy Ecosystems Research Center, U.S. ProVita, Venezuela Helen Rijkes Catherine Tauber Leland Younker Earthjustice Clare Close Thomas Henry Kenneth McEnaney Geological Survey Proyecto de Golondrina de la Michael Robbins John Tautin Robert Zappala ECO, Brazil Jane Cole Chris Herman Patricia McGill Kīlauea Point National Wildlife Tempestad de Collar, Peru Jim Roberts Tennessee William Zwartjes Endangered Habitats League Refuge Red de Observadores de Aves y Vida Robert Cosgriff Nancy Herrman Eileen McLellan Marius Robinson Ornithological Endangered Species Coalition Klamath Bird Observatory Silvestre de Chile (ROC) Stephen Daley Hermi Hiatt S.N. McNeil Society Daniel Roby Ennead Architects Land Trust of Santa Cruz County, CA Red Lake Band of Chippewa Patricia Danzon John Hiatt Sharon Metsch Environment Now Rockingham Bird Club Long Tom Watershed Council Reserva Biológica Tirimbina, Lindsey Davidson Zach Hilton John Charles Meyers Environmental Protection in the Louisiana-Pacific Corporation Costa Rica Rockley Foundation Donors at the $100-$499 level are John A. Davis Heather Hodges Dana Mikstay Caribbean Lumberjack Resource Conservation Reserva Silvestre Privada El Jaguar, Susan Rogers Robert Davis Alison Hope Charles Nakell listed in the online version of this Forest Resources Association and Development Council Nicaragua Sally Rosenfeld The Forestland Group, LLC Revive & Restore Johanna Dawes Caitlin Hopkinson Erik Nelson report, available at abcbirds.org/ Maryland Ornithological Society Victoria Rosenfield Forestry, Wildlife and Parks Division, Maui Forest Bird Recovery Project Rochester Birding Association Deanna Dawson Richard Horrigan Russell Nelson results/annual-reports/ Dominica Ruffed Grouse Society/ Ed Newbold Barbara Rubinstein Maui Nui Seabird Recovery Project American Woodcock Society American Woodcock by John Turner

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Agency and Organizational Supporters LEGACY CIRCLE The Legacy Circle consists of ABC members who have included ABC in Arkansas Game & Fish Commission San Antonio Quail Coalition their estate plans through a bequest or other planned gift. This group of Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies Southeast Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies committed individuals supports our vision for the future of bird conservation. Bureau of Land Management Southern Wings Center for Natural Lands Management State of Hawai’i Commonwealth of Pennsylvania State of Minnesota Outdoor Heritage Fund Anonymous (52) David Davis and Jo Ann Mills Dawn Harris Narca and Alan Moore-Craig Donna Springer Commonwealth of Virginia State of Oregon Jane Alexander John Davis David Harrison and Penny Moser Sue Staebler Betsy Amsel Kathleen Davis Joyce Millen Juanita Moston Peary and B.K. Stafford Department of Defense State of Tennessee Roberto and Victoria Ancis Nancy Davlantes Kathleen Hartman Robert Mougin Suzanne Staples Ducks Unlimited State of Texas Michael and Lorna Anderberg John and Judy Day Jeff Hayward Helmut and Nancy Mueller Cynthia Stengel Global Environment Facility Sustainable Forestry Initiative Gordon Andersson Liz Day June Heilman Sena Mulder Christine Stolnack Candye Andrus Marie De Angelis Patricia Heirs Charles Nasser in memory of Roger and Donna Storz Indiana Department of Natural Resources Tennessee Wildlife Resource Agency Joyce Angleberger Werner Deuser Dale Henderson Al and Marjorie Nasser Susan Strange Indiana University of Pennsylvania Research Institute Tennessee Wildlife Resources Foundation Roberta and Ira Asher Dale Melinda Dixon Carolyn Hendricks Polly Nicely Karen Stubenvoll Iowa Department of Natural Resources Texas A&M University Susanne Bader Jamie Donaldson Jessie McPhee Herndon Ian Nisbet Michael Suman David Ball Barbara Driscoll Joan Hero Kathleen O’Connor Ingrid Sunzenauer Michigan Department of Natural Resources Texas Parks & Wildlife Department Gwen Baluss William Drucker Lois Herrmann Bill Opengari Cathy and Bob Sussky Midwest Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies United Nations Environment Program Charles and Nancy Bell Barbara and William Ellen Hoffman Sophie Osborn Jil Swearingen and Minnesota Department of Natural Resources U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Katy Belt Drummond Helen-Marie and Miriam Paquin Warren Steiner Arthur Benson Katy Duffy Paul Holmgren Janet M. Pawluk Thomas and Gail Sweet Missouri Department of Conservation USDA Forest Service Karen Benzel Daniel Dunst Lisa Holzapfel Else Perkins-Martin John Tautin National Park Service USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service Sandra Beranich Bill Duston Alison Hope Mary Lou Petersen Steve and Britt Thal Ohio Biological Survey U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Kenneth and Sue Ann Berlin Janna Dutton Peter Hubbell Robin Peterson Larry Therrien Jean Berry Dick and Nancy Eales Mary Humes Regina Phelps David Thomas Oklahoma Department of Fish and Wildlife Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries Brenda Best Diane Engleke Terry Hunter Frank Pine Craig and Mary Thompson Oklahoma Prescribed Burn Association Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources Dianne Bilderback Mari Epstein Diane Ichiyasu Patricia Polent Johanna Thompson Pennsylvania Game Commission Marsha Booker Diane Exeriede Thomas and Patsy Inglet Calvin and Carolyn Pomarius Lawrence Thompson Joan Farhat Mary Janvrin Jane Poss Suzanne and Seth Thompson Long-wattled Umbrellabird Michael Boss and Sheila Vince by Owen Deutsch Ronald Bowman Marie Farr Carol Jeffery Nancy Post Jim and Cathy Tilling Maggie Brahm Joan M. Felder George Jett Daniel Potente Alice Turk Phyllis Brissenden Lola Felix Stephen Johnson Johnny Powell Henry Turner Gifts In Memoriam Henry Brooks Lauren Fenstermacher Mark Johnston John and Earle Quy Roger and Christina Van Ghent Jim and Yuko Brumm Cynthia Ferguson Pamela Johnston Toni Rautus Van Royce Vibber Lorraine Allen Joan Hogan and Michael Moss Bobi Bryant Louise and Richard Judith Joy Campbell Read Gregory Voge Ruby Anderson Tom Halpin Juan Osuna Joelle Buffa and Clyde Morris Fessenden Thomas Joyce Carol Reed-Glow Bob Wagner Armand and Estrealla Fidanza F.G.T. Andres Virginia M. and Newman Karl Otto Ehlers Steven Bullock Karl Jungbluth Donald Reinberg Karen and Ronald Wagner T. Halvorson Stanley Buman Sandy Fiebelkorn Bonnie Jupiter The Reissing Family David Walsh Annette Barbier Thomas K. Patterson, Sr. Gary Filerman Susan Kaley Sandy Ress Marianne and Michael Walsh Roberta W. Hinkins Shelly Bunge and Lura Burton Evelyn J. Barnes Betty Pehle Kathy Burger and Janie and Ric Finch Judith and Richard Kay Susan Richards Robert Walton Sandy Bernstein Audrey Hope Gerry Petermann Glen Gerada Thomas Finegan Warren and Barry King Irene-Eva Ries Robert Warren Jason Berry Carla Hotvedt Norma Sue Pfeiffer Robert Burgett Carol Fiore Gerald Klebauskas Donald Roberson Tom Wasilewski Marty Huestis Karen L. Burtness and Howard Fischer Steve Kornfeld and Mary Rojas Fred Weber William Berry Michelle Philips Jan Willem Prak Virginia Fischer Terry Chianello Karen Imparato Colleen Rooney Ileen Weber Vic Berry Kathryn Plucinski Theresa Cabral James Fossard Kristine Kramer Hugh Rose and Judy Marc Weinberger Eileen Boland Richard Insel William Pulliam Brian and Sheryl Caine Jonathan Franzen Diane Krause Kolo-Rose Melanie Weintraub William Bryant Dorothy Jajewski Pushpa Rana Nancy Campbell Kathy Freas Woody Kuehn Arlene Roth Nancy Weiss and Carol Wise Hope Johns Norman Michael and Mary-Lynn John Frederick Anne Kulcsar Lee Rudin and Lauren Melinda Welton Terri Caldwell Jan Rapacz Friedman Nancy Johnston Cervantes Darlene Friedman Denise LaBerteaux Lynn and Stuart White Mary Louise Cestone Michael Runow Jeff and Melinda Chapman Larry and Jean Fry Gloria and Jim Lawrence Dorothy Rudolph Steve Wickliffe Beatrice Kaplow Bijoli Chatterjee John Sr., Rose, June Chastain Walter S. Fuller Margaret Leahy Jeffrey Rusinow David Wilcove Aime J. Cloutier Lawrence M. Keithline Penelope, John Jr., David Chuljian Alicia Furman Catherine C. and Cindy Russell Marjorie Williams Mark Scheuerman Jim Damschoeder Ronald F. Kirby and David Sadd Susan Clasen Jennifer Gaden Geroge C. Ledec Jacqueline Williamson Max L. Kirk Starr Saphir Clare Close Mary Ellen and Robert Gadski Paul Lehman Nicholas Schliapin John Williamson Therese Davis Arthur Cody Erika Gates Avra and Kevin Leigh Georgann Schmalz Myrtle Klosowski Anne Sellitti Meredith Wilson Mary Lou Diebold Mary Strasser Colclough Susan Germaine Rita Leonard Kurt and Deborah Schroeder Sandra Wilson Milton Smithman Max Doran Ralph Kuntz Kelly Colgan Azar Randolph and Sarah Gerrish Sherry Leonardo Meredith Schroeer MaryAnn Wiskerchen John Easton Renne Leatto Betty Snowden Carlton Collier Sibyll Gilbert Nick Macahan Bishop and Lynn Sheehan Elise Wolf Rosemary Ludington Renne Sommie William Collins Paula Gills Jim Macaleer Richard Shepard Roger Wolfe Robert Fauteux David Sickles Wanna Mae Hyden Frank S. Stein Roseann Comstock Carole and Phillip Goodyear Louise Mariana Christine Wolff Dan Forster Sheila Conant Laura Gorman Stanley and Wendy Marsh Kathleen B. Siebert Sam Woods Joseph Maggio Capitola Taff Joe Frederick George Connell Gretchen Graff Mona Marshall Arline Siegel Jared Workman Elsie, Patricia, and Chuck French Barry Maloney Warren and Cathy Cooke Rachel Greenwood Susan Martin Mona and Paul Sinclair William and Betsy Wrenn Richard Tompkins Steven Singer Frederick Goldfeder Howard Mansfield Harriet Corbett John and Sue Gregoire Dottie McKissick Cora Wright Lindsey Renne Manuel Mary Twietmeyer Mary Crowe Costello Wink Gross Beth McMaster Jim Sipiora Harriet Wright Victoria Graffeo Carol Coy Candice Guth Kathi Mestayer Elizabeth Skakoon and Pilar Martocchia Patricia Ann Vaught Jeannie Wright Al Green James Cressman Paul Hagen Doreen Lynn Miller David Farr Albert G. Wagner William Wyman Jim Haw and Rodger Donald B. McGehee Virginia and Peter Culver Jennifer Hamilton Linda Miller Bernie Slofer William Young Rand Ella and Erich Meier Janine Watson Rigdon Currie Michael and Jo Ann Hamm Sandra Miller Steven Snyder Raymond Ziarno Marybeth Sollins Golden-winged Warbler © Michael Stubblefield Ireane Held Inge Meyer Paul Watson Michelle Cutrer Martha Hansen Yvonne Mohlman Elizabeth Zimmerman Charles and Sharon Sorenson Bill Morgan Helen Weaver Donnie and Jackie Dann John and Eleanor Harding Marianne Mooney and Walter Henricks Joseph Sasfy Susan Spencer Joan Wood David and Patricia Davidson W. Edward Harper and Paul Hernandez Kristine Morrison Susan Scott Robert R. Wood

20 ANNUAL REPORT 2017 TOP: Common Loon by Agnieszka Bacal, Shutterstock 21 ANNUAL REPORT 2017 AMERICAN BIRD CONSERVANCY ABC Board of Directors 2017 Financial Statement Larry Selzer, Chair Kathryn Hale Annie Novak Interest and Investment Gain: 3% Patricia Bauman David Harrison Michael J. Parr, President Martha Boudreau Carolyn Hendricks Jeffrey Peters Other Revenue: <1% ANNUAL SUPPORT AND REVENUE Individual Contributions: 27% David Davidson Kimberly Kaufman Shoaib Tareen Bequests $ 5,359,528 Cinnamon Dornsife Josh Lerner Andrew Velthaus Individual Contributions $ 4,739,031 Bequests: 30% V. Richard Eales, Vice Chair Walter Matia Robert Weeden Federal Government Grants $ 3,485,518 and Treasurer Merrie Morrison, Secretary Charlotte Wright Sharon Forsyth (Non Board-member) Foundation Contributions $ 1,723,502 Multi-Lateral/Federal/Other Agency Grants $ 1,595,082 Interest and Investment Gain $ 504,933 Eastern Kingbird © Michael Stubblefield Other Organizations and Corporations $ 187,494 Other Other Revenue $ 110,300 Organizations and Corporations: 1% Federal Government Total Annual Support and Revenue 17,705,389 Grants: 20% ABC Staff Foundation Contributions: 10% Andrés Anchondo, Conservation Specialist, Migratory Birds and Habitats Kayla Knoll, Partner Biologist (MI) Multi-Lateral/Federal/ Other Agency Grants: 9% Rob Anderson, Development Officer Daniel Lebbin, Vice President of Threatened Species ANNUAL EXPENSES Victoria Atkins, Bookkeeper Bryan Lenz, Bird Collisions Campaign Manager Program Callie Bertsch, Forest Habitat Coordinator Joe Lowe, Director of Digital Communications Bird Conservation Programs $ 9,758,402 Ana Boudreau, Development Officer Cheryl Mandich, Northern Plains Conservation Coordinator Education and Outreach $ 621,147 Fundraising for Chad Carroll, Grants and Finance Coordinator Conor Marshall, Associate, Communications, Policy, and Operations Fundraising International Membership $ 363,387 Management for ABC: 4% Partners: 1% Erin Stewart Chen, Vice President, Development Anna Matthews, Grasslands Conservation Associate (OPJV) and General: 11% Jenna Chenoweth, Membership Coordinator Kirsten Luke McCord, GIS Specialist, Atlantic Coast Joint Venture Total Program Services $ 10,742,936 Jennifer Cipolletti, Director of Conservation Advocacy & Director, Amelia McQueen, Membership Director Membership: 3% Bird Conservation Alliance Anne E. Mini, Science Coordinator, Lower Mississippi Valley Joint Venture Supporting Services Education and Andrea Collins, Northern Plains Conservation Specialist Jack Morrison, Planned Giving Director/Major Donor Officer Management and General $ 1,455,165 Outreach: 5% Sussy de la Zerda, International Program Manager Merrie Morrison, Vice President, Operations Fundraising for ABC $ 558,498 Aditi Desai, Director of Multimedia and Deputy Director, Communications Hannah Nevins, Seabird Program Director Fundraising for International Partners $ 78,597 Peter Dieser, Minnesota Public Lands Coordinator Clare Nielsen, Vice President, Communications Amanda Duren, Cerulean Warbler Appalachian Forest Enhancement Michael J. Parr, President Total Supporting Services $ 2,092,260 Partnership Coordinator (PA) Gemma Radko, Communications and Media Manager David Ewert, Kirtland’s Warbler Program Director/Conservation Specialist Kacy L. Ray, Gulf Conservation Program Manager Total Annual Expenses $12,835,195 Chris Farmer, Hawai'i Program Director Aimee Roberson, Rio Grande Joint Venture Coordinator Net Assets at December 31, 2017 $10,777,880 Todd Fearer, Appalachian Mountains Joint Venture Coordinator Holly Robertson, International Development Officer Bird Conservation Programs: 76% Jane Fitzgerald, Central Hardwoods Joint Venture Coordinator David Roos, Vice President of Finance and CFO Duane Fogard, Early Successional Habitat Private Lands Forester (MN) Andrew Rothman, Migratory Bird Program Director American Bird Conservancy’s financial statements for the year ending December 31, 2017 were audited by the certified Rhonda Foster, Sr. Grants & Finance Coordinator Jordan E. Rutter, Public Relations Director public accounting firm of Gelman, Rosenberg, and Freedman. A copy of ABC’s complete financial statements can be obtained Jesús Franco, Rio Grande Joint Venture Assistant Coordinator Bishop Sheehan, General Counsel by contacting: American Bird Conservancy, P.O. Box 249, The Plains, VA 20198 or on our website at abcbirds.org. Kenneth Gee, Oaks & Prairies Joint Venture Conservation Delivery Specialist Christine Sheppard, Bird Collisions Campaign Director

Jim Giocomo, Oaks & Prairies Joint Venture Coordinator Kevin Sheppard, Golden-winged Warbler Private Lands Coordinator Prairie Warbler © Michael Stubblefield Holly Goyert, Wind Campaign Manager Grant Sizemore, Director of Invasive Species Programs Shawn Graff, Vice President, Great Lakes Region Rachel Smith, SW Riparian Partner Biologist Slater Hafer, PA Cerulean Warbler Private Lands Forester Philip Tanimoto, International Project Officer Larry Heggemann, Central Hardwoods Joint Venture Delivery Coordinator Dan Trudeau, Great Lakes Development Officer Bennett Hennessey, Brazil Conservation Program Coordinator Amy Upgren, AZE Program Officer Steve Holmer, Vice President of Policy and Kristen Vale, Coastal Program Coordinator – TX Director of Bird Conservation Alliance Beth Wallace, Administrative and Program Assistant Natalie Howard, Office Manager David Wiedenfeld, Senior Conservation Scientist Ryan Jacques, Partner Biologist (WI) Emily Jo (EJ) Williams, Vice President, Migratory Birds and Habitats Cara Joos, Central Hardwoods Joint Venture Science Coordinator Wendy Willis, Deputy Director of International Programs Catherine (Kate) Jordan, Grants & Finance Coordinator Kevin Yoder, PA Cerulean Warbler Private Lands Forester Sara Keith, HR Coordinator David Younkman, Vice President, Western Region Brad Keitt, Oceans and Islands Program Director Howard Youth, Senior Writer/Editor Becky Keller, Appalachian Mountains Joint Venture Science Coordinator Dariusz Zdziebkowski, IT and Director of Information Technology

22 ANNUAL REPORT 2017 23 ANNUAL REPORT 2017 American Bird Conservancy P.O. Box 249 The Plains, VA 20198 540–253–5780 | 888–247–3624 abcbirds.org

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