2013 Annual Report to members Administrative Board, Program Directors, and Cornell Faculty Administrative Board Program Directors and Faculty

Edward W. Rose III— Russell B. Faucett William K. Michener John W. Fitzpatrick* Mary Guthrie Chairman General Partner, Ph.D., Professor and Ph.D., Louis Director, Corporate President and Owner, Barrington Partners Director of e-Science Agassiz Fuertes Director; Marketing Partnerships Cardinal Investment Initiatives, University of Professor of Ecology and Company John H. Foote New Mexico Evolutionary Biology Steve Kelling Co-Founder, TransCore Director, Information Ellen G. Adelson (Cornell ’74) Edwin H. Morgens Paul Allen Science Social Worker in private Founder and Chairman, Director, Technology and practice (Cornell ‘58) Alan J. Friedman Morgens, Waterfall, Information Management Walter Koenig* Ph.D., Consultant in Vintiadis, & Co. Inc. Ph.D., Senior Scientist, Bird Philip H. Bartels museum development and (Cornell ’63) Rick Bonney Population Studies and Attorney, Shipman & science communication Director, Program Neurobiology and Behavior Goodwin LLP (Cornell ‘71) H. Charles Price Development and Ron R. Hoy* Retired Chairman, Evaluation Irby Lovette* Andrew H. Bass* Ph.D., Professor, H.C. Price Company Ph.D., Director, Fuller Ph.D., Professor, Neurobiology and John Bowman Evolutionary Neurobiology and Behavior, Cornell Inge T. Reichenbach Director, Multimedia Biology Program; Associate Behavior, Associate Vice University, (ex officio) Principal, Reichenbach Productions Professor, Ecology and Provost for Research, Consulting LLC Evolutionary Biology Cornell University, Imogene P. Johnson Adriane Callinan (ex officio) Civic Leader, Maria Schneider Senior Director, Aaron Rice Conservationist, Jazz Composer Administration and Ph.D., Director, Bioacoustics Robert B. Berry Business Operations Research Program S. C. Johnson Company Julie Schnuck Retired CEO, U.S. Liability (Cornell ’52) Golden-winged Warblers (cover) Insurance Companies Civic Leader (Cornell ‘70) Miyoko Chu Amanda Rodewald* Ph.D., Senior Director, Ph.D., Director, have suffered one of the steep- Austin H. Kiplinger Brandon Southall James R. Carpenter Chairman, Kiplinger Communications Conservation Science; est population declines of any President, Southall President and CEO, Washington Editors Robert F. Schumann Faculty songbird. In December 2012 the Environmental Associates Christopher Clark* Wild Birds Unlimited (Cornell ’39) Fellow, Natural Resources Cornell Lab of Ornithology and (SEA), Inc. Ph.D., Imogene Judson Dayton Powers Johnson Senior Sean Scanlon partners published a conservation Kathryn M. Kiplinger Jennifer P. Speers Investor, Okabena Co-Head, U.S. Corporate Scientist, Neurobiology Senior Director, plan (above) that calls for restor- Conservationist, ing early successional habitat Investment Services Banking, Scotia Capital and Behavior Development and Philanthropist Philanthropy bordered by mature forest (prime Louisa Duemling (The Bank of Nova Scotia) André Dhondt* (Cornell ’79) Joseph H. Williams golden-wing breeding grounds, Civic Leader Ph.D., Director, Bird Scott Sutcliffe Director and Retired (Cornell ‘58) Linda R. Macaulay Population Studies; Edwin Director of Annual Fund pictured on back cover) on more Chairman, The Williams Cornell Lab of H. Morgens Professor of and Stewardship than 1 million acres nationally. V. Richard Eales Companies, Inc. Ornithology Research Ornithology, Ecology and Ultimately, the plan aims to grow Lead Director, Nancy Trautmann Associate, Birdsong Evolutionary Biology the current golden-wing popula- Range Resources David W. Winkler* Ph.D., Director, Education Recordist Ph.D., Professor, Ecology tion by 50% by the year 2050. (Cornell ‘58) Janis Dickinson* and Evolutionary Biology, Michael Webster* Claudia Madrazo de Ph.D., Arthur A. Alexander Ellis III Cornell University, Ph.D., Director, Macaulay Hernández Allen Director of Citizen This page: Golden-winged General Partner, (ex officio) Library; Robert G. Engel Founder and Director, Science; Associate Warbler by Laurie Johnson Rockport Capital Professor of Ornithology, La Vaca Independiente * Cornell University Faculty Professor, Natural Neurobiology and Behavior Catherine Smith Falck Resources Civic Leader * Cornell University Faculty a message fromJohn Fitzpatrick

t the heart of science is the curiosity to ask a big ques- Our explorations this year took us to every continent— from Audubon on a project to raise public awareness tion, combined with the courage, cleverness, and de- on the slopes of the Himalayas, in mountain forests of about Greater Sage-Grouse and the imperiled western termination to find the answer. This is what we do at the Andes, on ships plying the Bering Sea. Our work is sagebrush ecosystem. Athe Cornell Lab of Ornithology. We are an institute of inspired by a desire to understand how humans affect exploration, fueled by intense passion for nature and natural systems, and how we can reduce our impact. There are simply no other institutions like this one. We the desire to understand better how it works—in the And it’s fueled by innovation. Discovery often requires draw on a diverse arsenal of passions and talents, inte- air, in habitats around the world, even in the ocean. figuring out new ways to get at a question. We invent grating the energies of young students with the visions new hardware that takes acoustic monitoring to larger of experienced professionals. Often, the Lab of Orni- scales; new web applications that grow citizen science thology feels like an orchestra to me. Flutes and violins, through crowdsourcing; complex machine-learning al- drums and trumpets are all such different instruments, gorithms that enable unprecedented big-data analysis. yet by each player working hard individually, the result comes together to produce amazing music. The Lab Our scope is global, but we do not have offices in combines ecological scientists and computer scien- far-flung countries. Rather, we teach people around tists with citizen scientists, flourishes with educators the world about birds and conservation through dis- and internet programmers, rings in with bioacoustic tance-learning and web portals. Our citizen-science oceanographers and multimedia videographers, all of networks reach into nearly every nation of the world, whom are united with the common mission to inter- allowing us to monitor birds everywhere, in real time. pret and conserve the earth’s biological diversity. Information is our currency, our lifeblood. But our mission begins with “interpret and conserve.” These You are an integral part of this orchestra. Through are vital action verbs, and we are committed to real ac- your passion and generosity, your unwavering intel- tion on the ground. lectual and financial support, you make everything on the pages that follow possible. Please turn the page One afternoon at Sapsucker Woods last summer, I re- and explore some of the questions you enabled us to flected on what was going on within a few feet of my ask in the past year, and the answers we discovered. office. In a meeting next door, a Nature Conservancy ecologist and our eBird staff were working on an in- Gunnison Sage-Grouse by Gerrit Vyn novative, targeted conservation solution using our revolutionary bird distribution models. Down the hall, We pursue daring lines of inquiry. Revelations about a science educator was collaborating with web design- birds and nature are our most important measure of ers to create a new kind of interactive, open-access bi- success. Seemingly every month, one of our scientists, ology course. Upstairs, a team of computer scientists students, or staff returns from some corner of the dug into the knotty but essential problem of generat- globe with a discovery—audio, video, or data about ing accurate abundance maps from eBird data. Down- John W. Fitzpatrick bird behavior never before heard, seen, or understood. stairs, our multimedia producers met with a director Louis Agassiz Fuertes Director

3 - - a mostly forested landscape. Cor the back at Meanwhile - con Vallender Rachel Fellow Postdoctoral Lab, nell Fuller ducted pioneering genetic analyses blood of bird samples led discovery the to that of cryptic hybrids—individual look golden-wings, pure like that birds genetic but show evidence of past This hybridization family in their history. discovery helped scientists better dynamics understand the of hybridization, and how Golden-winged Blue- Warblers, differ use hybrids slightly and their may winged Warblers, habitats.ent As hybridization with blue-wings is a prime factor in golden-wings’ disappearance as a species, link this between genetic and health was habitat a crucial find. arbler Recovery arbler ntists in a a in entists citizen sci Enlisting ey e surv large-scal As working the needed a first step, group to ascertain where Golden-winged and Canada? in 17 states birds Get do you count still existed. How Warblers a lot of friendsThe Cornell on help. citizen-scienceword the to put out Lab networks—such as the of one eBird—to recruit into birders 300 than more surveys bird largest-scale a single species. for Conducted 2006, from 1999 to Project golden-wing Atlas the discovered Golden-winged that the Warbler East, Midwest the from the to range no longer ran contiguously but had now receded two isolated to sub-populations in Minnesota/Wisconsin centered Mountains. Appalachian and along the habitat to genetic link a ering Discov working group needed the Next best kind understand of habitat what to - pro Cornellthe reproduction. field, moted In the Golden-wingedLab Warbler helpeddiscovered lead prime to a research that golden-wing initiative - habi just open shrublands (as wasn’t tat previously but ideally shrub thought), - of and set forest context lands in the bordered or young forest by mature - Through research, planning, and action. and planning, research, Through Former (2011) Current LEGEND Ranges Breeding Conservationeffective,is best—most most and guided by good The science. it’s efficient—when Cornell Lab of Ornithology adds authoritative knowledgerigorous and conserva planning to - tion effortsfor species in decline. wasSuch case the Golden-winged the for War rvation ervation cons Optimizing ence through sci a specieshas the steepest suffered one of that bler, population past declines over the songbird of any 45 years. 1990s, late In the Cornell Lab the and severalpartners Golden-winged the convened and launched a massive Group Working Warbler foster a could to done be what explore to effort This pastrecovery. yearthe published group one research-backed mostof the thorough conserva- newtion strategies ever produced. And already, pairs of breeding golden-wings showingin up are new strategy the places has where been initially implemented.

Golden-winged Warbler by Marty Piorkowski From 1999 to 2006, the Cornell the Cornell 1999 to 2006, From that usedLab led an atlas project field surveys by citizen scientists biologists (such as and professional Barker Sara Lab researchers Cornell to create at right) Rohrbaugh, and Ron up-to-date golden-wing a detailed, that discovered project The map. range golden-wing distribution had receded to two disjunct sub-populations in the Appalachians.Upper Midwest and inged W Golden-w Igniting a How Can We We How Can a Species? Save 4 An Emergency Response for Orange- breasted Falcons Fewer than 30 territorial pairs of Orange-breasted Fal- cons are left in Central America. Research shows that The Cornell Lab and partners published two regional guides with prescriptions for land managers to create the population is isolated and declining, limited to the golden-wing habitat (above, photo by Laurie Johnson). Maya Mountains of Belize and the Mirador Cordillera of Guatemala. The population faces multiple threats, A plan for recovery including indiscriminate shooting—two falcons have In December 2012, the Cornell Lab and the Golden-winged Warbler Working been shot in the past year. After the first shooting, Group published the Golden-winged Warbler Conservation Plan, a master blue- Robert Berry, Cornell Lab board member and direc- print to create an additional 1 million acres of golden-wing habitat and grow the tor of the Peregrine Fund’s Orange-breasted Falcon global population 50% by 2050. The Cornell Lab and working group partners also restoration program, immediately notified the Cornell published a set of regional habitat management guides with specific localized pre- Lab’s eBird leaders, who maintain a special register for scriptions to guide land managers in fostering golden-wing habitat. “We have the sci- the species. It was clear that the declining falcon pop- ence to back this up,” Cornell Lab conservation scientist Ron Rohrbaugh said. “Now ulation could not withstand additional mortality and it’s a matter of translating our science into habitat.” would soon be extirpated without immediate action. Now experts from the Cornell Lab’s Conservation Science depart- New birds in new places ment are assisting the Peregrine The plan is working. In central Pennsylvania, the management guidelines were used to thin trees Fund with setting up research and create shrubby openings in a regenerating forest. Golden-winged Warblers showed up and and conservation collaborations started nesting the following spring. Likewise, habitat created according to the plan in Tennessee with Guatemalan partners, and North Carolina has resulted in new nesting golden-wings. The word is getting out among and Cornell PhD student Lily concerned birders, too. After a Living Bird magazine story about Golden-winged Warblers ran Briggs is travelling to Belize in the Spring 2013 issue, readers responded by offering up large acreages of private property in on behalf of the BirdSleuth Ontario and Tennessee for golden-wing habitat management. education program. Briggs will lead workshops to formulate an educational strategy for teach- ing schoolkids about Orange- What’s next? breasted Falcon conservation. The Cornell Lab and the working group are now working on a winter range conservation plan in As the kids bring that message partnership with the Latin American bird conservation consortium Alianza Alas Doradas (Gold- home to their parents, en-winged Alliance). This winter, Cornell PhD student Ruth Bennett is working with her advi- local attitudes will sor, Conservation Science director Amanda Rodewald, to launch a research project in Honduras begin to change. on Golden-winged Warbler wintering grounds. Orange-breasted Falcon by Robert Berry

5 How Can We Create By giving students a world of experience. Conservation Leaders?

Gary Langham—From Cornell PhD to Audubon Society Chief Scientist

From birder to scientist to leader Thinking bigger, Gary Langham knew a lot about birding when he came to Cornell as a gradu- beyond a degree ate student in 1996; he had years of experience working with his father lead- At the Cornell Lab, students often don’t ing bird tours in North, Central, and South America. But he came to the Cor- stay within the lines of a typical degree nell Lab to become a scientist. The Cornell Lab is unique as a conservation program. That’s partly because they’re ex- science institute at one of the world’s premier research universities, with a posed to an array of experiences and men- speciality in turning passionate birders into trained scientists who can think tors who broaden how they look at the critically about how natural systems work. For Langham, the opportunity to world. During his field work in Bolivia, study and work alongside some of the world’s top ornithologists inspired a Venezuela, and Peru, Langham couldn’t driving urge to do more, push boundaries, and be bold in his scientific study help but notice the dearth of support for of birds. In the process, he became a leader. his counterparts there, local ornitholo- gists who were abandoning biology due to lack of resources and going into agricul- An Ambitious dissertation ture instead. So he took the very uncon- ventional step as a student of founding a nonprofit group—the Neotropical Langham knew he wanted to do something big for his doctoral dissertation. Grassland Conservancy—that funnels used research equipment and grants “The Cornell Lab is the gold standard in ornithological training,” Langham from donors in the U.S. to biologists in South America. “The Lab gives you the says. “Being at Cornell gave me the courage to tackle something difficult, confidence to try things that a graduate student wouldn’t normally do,” says something never done before.” And indeed, his PhD research broke new Langham. Over the past 10 years, Langham’s nonprofit has helped more than ground, as he sought scientific verification that birds are a driver in butterfly 100 South American researchers and is still funding projects today. evolution. It wasn’t easy—five grueling years in South America on a shoestring research budget in field camps with no electricity, where jeep breakdowns in the Andes were common, and his research quarry, jacamars, were difficult to As a graduate researcher, Gary Langham labored for years in rainforest field camps (photo above by find and study. Nevertheless, he prevailed, publishing the first direct evidence Stephen Williams). Langham’s research as a Cornell PhD student showed how predatory pressure that birds indeed can be responsible for the evolution of patterns on non- by the Rufous-tailed Jacamar (photo by Kenneth Rosenberg) impacts butterfly evolution. Today poisonous butterflies that mimic the look of poisonous butterflies. Langham is Audubon’s chief scientist (photo at right courtesy of Audubon).

6 Diverse experiences make leaders Today Langham is at the top of his field, the chief scientist at the Na- Turning Science tional Audubon Society. “My job is not just science, but policy, market- ing, fundraising, management,” says Langham. “I draw on my experi- into Policy ences from the Lab every single day.” Leila Hatch has one foot in the world of science And likewise, the Cornell Lab continues to benefit from the leaders Photo courtesy of Leila courtesy Hatch Photo and the other in environmental policy. It’s a bal- it develops. Langham is a key partner in Cornell Lab–Audubon joint ancing act she learned as a graduate student at Cornell, where she studied initiatives, such as the Great Backyard Bird Count, which achieved an with former Cornell Lab Bioacoustics Research Program director Christopher historic milestone in February. Powered by W. Clark as one of her advisors. Working with BRP, Hatch studied the song eBird (another Cornell Lab–Audubon part- dialects of whale populations, but she got much more than the typical gradu- nership), the count opened up to citizen sci- ate student experience as she accompanied Clark to meetings held by the entists worldwide for the first time, resulting National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and the International in 3,144 species tallied (nearly a third of the Whaling Commission. Today she’s a marine ecologist at the Stellwagen Bank world’s total species) in just four days. “This National Marine Sanctuary off the coast of Massachusetts, where she leads year’s historic Great Backyard Bird Count research on the impacts of shipping noise on whales, and then uses her find- shows the strength of these two great con- ings to advise U.S. policy on how best to protect marine wildlife from noise servation organizations working together,” impacts. In August 2012 Hatch and colleagues at NOAA and BRP made Langham says. newspaper headlines with a study that showed shipping traffic in Stellwa- gen Sanctuary is significantly affecting whales’ ability to communicate due to chronic periods of high noise. A new way to study climate change Are birds flexible enough to deal with a chang- ing climate? That’s the intriguing, and challeng- ing, question Cornell graduate student Sara Kaiser tackled in her PhD dissertation published in July. And she studied it in a novel way—by ex- Photo courtesy of Sara courtesy Kaiser Photo amining the birds’ blood. Over the course of six breeding seasons, Kaiser took blood samples from almost 1,000 Black-throat- ed Blue Warblers in New Hampshire’s White Mountains. She analyzed the blood to look for signs of adaptation along the natural climatic changes up and down the mountain slopes. Kaiser found that black-throated blues’ hor- mone levels responded rapidly to experimental increases in food availability and was associated with adaptive changes in their mating and parental be- havior. Kaiser’s innovative physiological approach may open up a new avenue “I draw on my experiences from the Lab every single day.” of studying how birds respond to climate-induced environmental change. —Gary Langham, Audubon chief scientist 7 How Can We Make Through partnerships. Conservation Go Further?

Building a bird audio archive for South America’s Southern Cone

Extending our reach, not our overhead For every amazing bird species around the globe, there are people who live near it, know it, admire it, and want it to live on for the future. The Cornell Lab supports the people and groups around the world who are already in the Photo courtesy of Macaulay Library best position to help their local birds, by supplying them with knowledge, resources, and training. Training new recordists In South America, the continent blessed with the highest bird diversity in Every year, the Cornell Lab’s Macaulay Library holds workshops across the the world, many birds from the tropical rain forests to the grassy steppes of country and around the world to train professional biologists and citizen sci- the Pampas still aren’t documented well enough for effective conservation. entists in the science of monitoring with sound. In 2007, Argentine ornithol- Sound recordings of many birds are needed in order to conduct acoustics- ogist Nacho Areta attended a workshop in California on a scholarship from based bird population monitoring (estimating population sizes by counting the Ted Parker Memorial Fund. In Areta, Macaulay Library audio curator the number of calls and songs heard). Greg Budney saw a talented young biologist with a passion for bioacoustics But deploying teams of Cornell Lab audio recordists into the field is cost- and conservation. Months later, Areta wrote to Budney with a proposal to prohibitive. Instead, the Macaulay Library has fostered a capacity-building compile the first-ever high-quality bird recording library from the Southern partnership that is blossoming into a much larger homegrown South Ameri- Cone of South America. Areta had the knowledge to do it, but he needed the can bird-recording enterprise. tools, technology, and archival support.

In 2013 the Macaulay Library commemorated the sad 20th anniversary of the death of renowned ornithologist and bird audio recording pioneer Ted Park- er. Parker contributed more than 10,000 recordings to the Macaulay Library, including a rich collection of bird sounds from Central and South America. In honor of Ted, this year the Cornell Lab will ship bird sound guides featuring his recordings to schoolchildren and conservationists in Latin America.

Macaulay Library audio curator Greg Budney provides in-the-field instruction at an audio monitoring 8 workshop in South America (photo courtesy of Macaulay Library ). Through partnerships. Bicknell’s Thrush Erickson by Laura eBird and the U.S. Forest Service A Cornell Lab partnership with the U.S. Forest Service is leading to better manage- ment of our national forests for birds. A USFS analysis of eBird data found that one- third of America’s bird species of conservation concern rely on federal forestland for habi- tat. Now USFS biologists are using eBird species distribution models to guide forest management. For example, in the Green Mountain Argentine ornithologist Nacho Areta (above) has added thousands of bird audio recordings from the and White Mountain National Forests, USFS land leases for ski resorts Southern Cone to the Macaulay Library (photo courtesy of Macaulay Library). Macaulay Library audio workshops throughout South America are spreading the Cornell Lab’s expertise and advanced tech- where Bicknell’s Thrushes occur were updated to ensure that thrush nology in acoustics-based bird monitoring to the continent with the highest bird diversity on earth. habitat is managed properly.

Outfitting and Support At the time, Areta and his colleagues in Grupo Falco—a team of 16 Argentine

ornithologists dedicated to recording birds of the Southern Cone—were using Grebe ImbertiHooded by Santiago outdated analog equipment. The Macaulay Library responded to Areta’s request with a loaner fleet of digital audio recording equipment, along with copies of the Cornell Lab’s Raven software, which enables fast, computerized analysis of hours of recordings. Now outfitted with the tools for fast and efficient digital audio collection, Areta and Grupo Falco stepped up their bird recording efforts.

12,000 recordings and counting Altogether, Areta and Grupo Falco have added 12,000 bird recordings to the Ma- caulay Library. In December they added the melodic whistles of the endangered Hooded Grebe, a first for the Macaulay archives. Areta has also used the Raven software to tease apart sound recordings of earthcreepers, thus discovering a new species—the Patagonian Forest Earthcreeper. More discoveries are sure to come as Areta and Grupo Falco continue to contribute digital recordings to the Macaulay Library, where they are available online to ornithologists everywhere, thus adding to the world’s scientific understanding of South America’s birdlife. 9 How Can We Adapt a Modern Economy to By being thoughtful, and using science. Conserve Wildlife?

Developing offshore wind energy that’s friendlier to whales North Atlantic Right Whale by National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration Economics and wildlife can be compatible The Cornell Lab strives toward a vision where people live side-by-side with healthy natural systems, but that vision doesn’t mean stopping economic growth. Rather, it means growing in new ways. For example, the renewable energy potential that blows off the Atlantic coastline is tremendous—enough pollution-free, wind-generated electricity to power about 14 million homes in the United States, creating more than $200 billion in new economic activity in the process. But for the whales of the North Atlantic Ocean, the construc- tion of wind farms anchored to the ocean floor may be a massive disruption. The Cornell Lab’s Bioacoustics Research Program, a leader in marine wildlife research, is playing a critical role in crafting a solution for developing this source of offshore wind energy while minimizing impacts to whales.

Listening underwater In 2011, the New England Aquarium and the Cornell Lab began a joint proj- ect to assess the presence of whales in an area proposed for wind energy development off the coast of Massachusetts. Cornell Lab BRP biologists de- ployed six of the Lab’s custom-designed marine autonomous recording units in the waters of the Massachusetts Wind Energy Area to listen for whale songs and calls.

10 An Interstate Highway for Whales Early results from the project showed that whales occur Bird-Friendly more often near the proposed wind energy area than previ- ously thought. All seven great whale species of the western Farming

North Atlantic were documented, including three (hump- 2013 The State of the Birds In July, the Cornell Lab Report on Private Lands back, fin, and minke) that appeared to be present almost United States of America and partners published year-round. Most notably, endangered North Atlantic right a State of the Birds report Rendering of proposed wind energy whales were recorded from fall to spring. It turns out that development off the Atlantic Coast (www.stateofthebirds.org) that focused on private courtesy of Deepwater Wind Massachusetts’ coastal waters could be a migratory stopover lands, particularly on the need for America’s farm- hotspot for right whales, similar to the wetlands that ducks ers, ranchers, and foresters to be good stewards use as they hopscotch along their flyways. This finding is important for conservation efforts of bird habitat. According to the report (which since fewer than 400 North Atlantic right whales are estimated to remain. was based on eBird distribution models), some of America’s most threatened birds rely on habitat An historic agreement with found on private lands, particularly in agricultural the wind industry areas. More than 80 percent of grassland bird pop- ulations (which have experienced drastic declines) The research findings contributed to an agree- are on private lands. But more than just ringing the ment last year between federal regulators and alarm, the report spotlighted efforts that are pro- wind energy companies on a set of protective viding crucial bird habitat on farms and ranches, in measures to be voluntarily implemented. For ex- rice fields and timber plantations. “Working lands ample, wind energy companies will incorporate and habitat conservation can complement, even the report’s findings into their work plans, such strengthen, each other,” the report emphasized. as focusing their development activities during As a follow-up, Cornell Lab director John Fitzpat- the summer months when right whales are not rick wrote editorials in the Washington Post and present. “Deepwater Wind is proud to sign this Denver Post that called for passage of a conser- historic agreement to help protect the North At- vation-friendly Farm Bill that supports America’s lantic right whale,” said Jeffrey Grybowski, CEO farmers and ranchers who grow good food while of Deepwater Wind. providing good habitat for birds.

The Cornell Lab’s Bioacoustics Research Program has pioneered the use of autonomous audio recording units that can be left in the field to monitor for wildlife sounds over long periods of time. Terrestrial audio recording units invented by BRP were used in the search for Ivory-billed Woodpeckers in the mid-2000s and are still used extensively today for bird and elephant audio surveys. BRP has also invented proprietary deep- sea audio recording devices—sealed glass spheres containing a microprocessor, data storage, circuitry, and batteries, all connected to an external hydrophone—that sink to the bottom of the ocean. Also known as “pop-ups,” these marine audio recording units release on command and float to the water’s surface so they can be retrieved for data downloading. Now thanks to a generous gift from the Kenneth L. Harder Trust and Scott and Karen (Cornell ‘81) Harder family, the Cornell Lab’s Acoustic Monitoring Project is developing the next generation of hardware and software for recording and analyzing large volumes of natural sounds data. (Photos of pop-up recorders on back of boat courtesy of BRP.)

11 How Can We Do More Than Just Inform People, By sharing the experience. But Inspire Them?

A multimedia expedition into The Yukon Delta

Sharing the world’s birds with the world The Cornell Lab’s mission to conserve the earth’s biodiversity means helping people realize they’re connected to birds throughout the world. The migra-

tory birds that alight in our yards and ponds one day fly off to faraway places Willow Ptarmigan and nest by Gerrit Vyn where they mingle with other birds from other continents. Every time we lose a species or a special place in those great crisscrossing flyways, that fab- ric of interconnectedness unravels a little bit more. For the Cornell Lab, it’s important to inspire people to protect all birds, even birds they’ll never see in places they’ll never visit. The Cornell Lab’s multimedia team virtually trans- ports viewers to the world’s wildest places and portrays visceral encounters with wildlife that make people care.

In a vast unknown, an opportunity to inspire Alaska’s Yukon Delta was the perfect subject for a Cornell Lab multimedia proj- ect. At 19 million acres, it’s one of the world’s largest waterfowl breeding areas. But most people, even most birders, don’t know anything about it. Cornell Lab multimedia producers Eric Liner and Gerrit Vyn partnered with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to travel to the Yukon Delta and capture footage of breeding and migration over the course of two years. Coastal tundra pond in the Yukon Delta National Wildlife Refuge by Gerrit Vyn

“If we don’t protect an area like this, it’s like turning off the faucet … and suddenly at the other end of the flyways people won’t have the opportunity to see and appreciate and find wonder in the organisms that make up this planet.” —Brian McCaffrey, USFWS biologist

12 Long-tailed Jaeger by Gerrit Vyn Conjuring the grandeur of the Yukon Delta Inspiring teachers, The resulting film, narrated by USFWS biologist Brian McCaffrey, offers a unique perspective on the Yukon Delta from a biologist who has worked there inspired students for 20 years. As the camera sweeps across the waterlogged Alaskan plains, panning above a V of migrating geese, then landing softly in an Photo courtesy of Pamela Evans egg-laden nest, the film transports viewers into a magical land of tens of thousands of Sandhill Cranes, and millions of ducks, loons, and shorebirds. McCaffrey’s words bring understand- ing to the avian spectacle, as he explains how birds come to the Yukon Delta from as far away as New Zealand, Thailand, even Africa. The Yukon Delta, he explains, is connected to nearly every flyway in the world. (The film is posted online birds.at cornell.edu/yukondelta.) Willow Ptarmigan and nest by Gerrit Vyn

Reverberations throughout the flyway Enthusiasm in the classroom flows from teacher to In June the USFWS debuted the film at a meeting of the East Asian– students. BirdSleuth, the Cornell Lab’s K-12 science Australasian Flyway Partnership, attended by members of 15 nations education curriculum, gets teachers excited to along a flyway that contains more than 50 million migratory waterbirds. teach about birds. For Pamela Evans, a 6th-grade teacher in Charleston, Illinois, BirdSleuth’s class- Now the State Department is showing the film at U.S. embassies in room resources are a great way to get kids using Korea, Japan, Thailand, Vietnam, Australia, and New Zealand to the scientific process to answer their own questions promote international conservation for the birds of this flyway. about nature. Evans used the Bird Bingo unit to get “Everyone who has seen this film through the State Depart- her students outside practicing observation skills. ment, domestically and abroad, has been wowed by the She also engaged her class in a unit about evolu- beauty and quality of the film itself, and affected by the tion where students were challenged to design new knowledge of our shared environmental resource their own bird and then write a report explaining with East Asia and the Pacific,” said Antoinette its unique adaptations to a real environment. “My Condo, who works for the Biodiversity Team at the favorite part about BirdSleuth is when my students U.S. Department of State. “Our economic officer acquire a love of birds,” Evans says. One boy in her in Seoul was very excited to use the film and ad- class was so inspired he added a birdbath and sev- ditional information about the birds we share eral birdhouses to his family’s backyard so he could with Korea in talks with students about the attract more birds to identify and watch at home. mission of the State Department and our mutual interests.”

Cornell Lab multimedia producer Eric Liner scans for shorebirds across the 13 vast tidal flats of the Yukon Delta. Photo by Gerrit Vyn. …connect people to nature HOW CAN WE... in their own backyard?

By Making it fun to watch Birds. The Cornell Lab’s citizen-science programs make bird watching fun and purposeful. In 2013 the programs had a record-breaking year for getting people engaged Pine Grosbeak by BirdSpotter in watching what’s going on in their backyards. Nest- photo contest winner Catherine M. Diehl-Robbins Watch participants monitored more than 17,000 nest- ...open new doors for scientific exploration? ing attempts in all 50 states, the most ever recorded in the history of the program. Project FeederWatch recruited a record number By Exploring in New ways. of participants (more than 20,000) to submit a record number of bird obser- The Cornell Lab’s Fuller Evolutionary Biology Program uses the emerging vations (7.3 million), with a big boost from a partnership with Bob’s Red Mill powerful technologies in molecular biology to delve into the processes that Natural Foods. The Bob’s Red Mill BirdSpotter Photo Contest encouraged drive evolution and generate the earth’s biodiversity. This past year Fuller FeederWatchers to submit photos of birds in their backyard to the program’s Postdoctoral Fellow Scott Taylor turned these research tools toward the field Facebook page, with weekly winners awarded prizes from Bob’s Red Mill. of climate change science, as he joined a collaborative study examining how Over the course of the contest the FeederWatch Facebook page grew from changing climatic conditions are affecting the hybridization of Black-capped 2,500 to more than 11,000 Likes, building social-media momentum for re- Chickadees and Carolina Chickadees. Taylor’s research opens a new door, cruiting even more FeederWatchers this winter. studying how climate change influences species interactions at the level of the genome. Ultimately, Taylor’s research aims to improve our understand- ing of the influences of a changing climate on species’ interactions. …make the world’s biggest biodiversity media archive even better?

By making it accessible to everyone. Last October the Cornell Lab’s Macaulay Library complet- ed a 12-year-long project to digitize the more than 150,000 analog wildlife audio recordings in its archives. “In terms of Cornell Lab researcher Scott Taylor is using thousands of speed and the breadth of material now accessible to anyone genetic markers (like the ones shown at top) distributed in the world, this is really revolutionary,” said Macaulay Li- across the chickadee genome to identify hybrids and brary audio curator Greg Budney. “This is one of the great- gain a better understanding of the genetic reproductive est research and conservation resources at the Cornell Lab, barriers between Black-capped and Carolina chickadees. and through its digitization we’ve swung the doors open on it in a way that Black-capped Chickadee by Dale J. Herman wasn’t possible 10 or 20 years ago.” As a prime example, in May the Macau- lay Library released The Cornell Guide to Bird Sounds: Master Set for North America, a comprehensive audio download package of nearly 5,000 MP3 files from 735 species that is the most complete vocal repertoire of North Ameri- can birds ever released. 14 …study an animal that hides …inspire people to care about a bird in the forest? on the other side of the world?

By listening closely. By bringing the reader to the bird. For 14 years, the Elephant Listening Project within the Cornell Last winter, the Cornell Lab’s award-winning Lab’s Bioacoustics Research Program has conducted acoustic magazine Living Bird ran a feature story by monitoring of forest elephants roaming and rumbling through Lab multimedia producer Gerrit Vyn about some of the world’s largest rainforests in Africa. Forest elephants his expedition into Russia’s remote Sibe- are a distinct species from their larger cousins on the savannah. rian tundra to document the demise of the They mostly stay within the forests to browse vegetation and eat Spoon-billed Sandpiper, one of the world’s tree fruits, making them more often heard than seen, and very most endangered birds. Vyn’s vivid first- difficult to study. But scientific research on forest elephants is person account of interactions with this critical because their population has declined by 60% over the special species struck a deep chord with past decade. This past summer the ELP team released the first- the magazine’s readers. “Gerrit Vyn’s mag- ever measurement of how far a forest elephant’s rumbles can nificent piece about the Spoon-billed Sandpiper was one of the travel through dense rainforest—from 3 to 4 miles, as calculated best conservation articles I’ve ever read,” wrote one reader. An- by comparing the energy loss on more than 200 recorded calls. other asked: “I was immensely moved by Gerrit Vyn’s article on This distance is similar to how far elephant calls carry on the open the Spoon-billed Sandpiper …How can I help this bird?” savannah, meaning the forest elephant’s calls carry through the Forest elephant by Andrea Turkalo trees as if they weren’t there. The male Spoon-billed Sandpiper featured in a Living Bird story last year was re-spotted in August along the coast of China, a hopeful sign of survival for one of the world’s …grow global awareness about birds? most endangered species.

By teaching more people, Michelle and Peter Wong and reaching out to new audiences. Cornell Lab of Ornithology scientists are also core Cornell faculty members, and in 2013 they taught more students enrolled in Cornell courses than ever before—about 1,500 un- dergraduates and postgraduates. But that’s just a fraction of the total number of people around the world who are learning about birds through the Cornell Lab. More than 600 people logged on to the Cornell Lab’s new bird identification webinars, some from as far away as Australia, Chile, and the Netherlands. The Lab’s Celebrate Urban Birds program offered up bird-related science, cultural, and community activities in two languages, English and Spanish, to more than 128,000 students, from American inner-city schools to rural Mexican villages. The Cornell Lab’s broadest reach of all happens every day on the preeminent online information source about birds—AllAboutBirds.org, visited by more than 10 million people in the past 12 months, with annual web traffic up 66%.

15 a letter toOur donors The Discover Campaign—Looking Ahead to the Next Century of Conservation

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Hopping Kevin & Jenifer Kramer Ms. Michelle Maton Ms. Judith C. Nelsen Mrs. Holly K. Emmons Mrs. Carol Ann Krug Graves Ms. Jean A. Horton Dr. Stephen Kress Mrs. April L. Matthews Mr. Lathrop B. Nelson, Jr. Jennifer Engel Ms. Judith A. Gray Henry & Sharon Hosley Rudolf & Dagmar Kroc Ari Rice Ms. Nancy Nelson Mr. Henry Erikson Ms. Julia L. Gray Mrs. Stephanie S. Householder Robert & Susan Kuehlthau Vincent & Rose Maxwell Klaus & Mary Neuendorf Ms. Veronica Espada Ms. Cynthia Gray Ms. Melissa Howard Mrs. Carol Kueppers Ann Mayer Dr. Alice Newberry Mrs. Alexandra L. Evans Greater Kansas City Community Mrs. Jeanne Howard Mr. Mark Kuhns Ms. Missy Mayfield Charlie Nims Professor & Mrs. Howard E. Evans Foundation Vernon & Winona Howe Ms. Connie Kummer Frances & Scott McAdams Ms. Susan Nordyke-Smith 19 donors(continued) Dr. C.J. Norton Ms. Jane P. Rice Greg & Patti Seymour Ms. Patricia A. Thomas Mr. & Mrs. Peter H. Wolfe Corning Incorporated Ms. Alice A. Nott Mr. Leonard Richards & Ms. Maureen Mr. & Mrs. Paul Shanahan Mr. & Mrs. Joe Thomas Mr. Peter Wolfe Dollar Bank Matching Gift Company Mrs. Katherine O’Brien McClure Mr. Stephen Shaner Ms. Carol Thompson Ms. Marina Wolkonsky Eaton Corporation Ms. Judy O’Donovan Mrs. Susan Starr Richards & Mr. Ms. Victoria Shaw Ms. Mary D. Thompson Professor Robert L. Wolpert Eli Lilly & Company Foundation Ms. Catherine E. Ogden Richard M. Richards Mr. John T. Shaw TOSA Foundation Mrs. Marilyn M. Woodhouse ExxonMobil Foundation Mrs. Judith L. O’Neale Mr. Thomas F. Richardson Mr. Douglas Sheldon Ms. Robin Tost Dennis & Laura Woodside General Electric Company Dr. Edward O’Neil Larry & Margaret Richardson Ms. Cynthia Shereda Ms. Marjorie Toth Mr. Duane Woofter General Mills Foundation Mr. Norman Orr Mr. Bob Righter Mrs. Linda W. Siecke Ms. Barbara J. Trask Ms. Mary P. Wright GlaxoSmithKline Dr. & Mrs. Hosahalli Padmesh Theodore Robbins Mrs. Joan Siedenburg Charles Trautmann Ms. Donna L. Yee Global Impact Mr. Stephen L. Pagans Mrs. Laura N.R. Roberts Ms. Barbara J. Siepierski Ms. Michaeleen Trimarchi Ms. Catherine Yerzley Goodrich Corporation Foundation Mr. C.W. Eliot Paine Joanne Roberts Katharine B. Simonds Mr. Richard Tuckerman Ms. Lisa D. Yntema Google Matching Gift Program Mr. Matthew Palenica Ronald & Katharine Robey Mr. Leroy W. Sinclair Ms. Rebecca Tulloch Mr. Merle E. Yoder Harris Foundation Corporation Dr. Lucia F. Palmer Mr. George Rock Ms. Judy Singer Ms. Alice H. Turk Mr. Dan Young Heinz Company Foundation Mr. & Mrs. Francis Pandolfi C. Graydon & Mary Rogers Mr. & Mrs. William Sloan Ms. Alison Van Dyke Mr. & Mrs. James D. Young Hershey Foods Corporation Ms. Melinda Papp Ms. Ellen Rollins Ms. Mary Sly Mr. Nicholas Van Plew Owen & Linda Youngman Hewlett Packard Company Dr. Wendy R. Parish Ms. Shari Romar Mrs. Marjorie Smart & Mr. Robert Camp Mr. Mark Vander Hart Dr. Andrea A. Zachary HSBC Bank USA Mr. Roy H. Park Mr. Robert Rotberg Mr. David B. Smingler Mr. Alison E. VanKeuren Ms. Paula Zebrowski IBM Corporation Mrs. Barbara W. Parson Ms. Polly Rothstein David & Karen Smith Lesley Varga David & Cherie Zelinger Intel Corporation Mr. Robert E. Parsons Ms. Anne Roughton Mr. James Smith Ms. Lyda Vellekoop Ms. Cathleen S. Zepelin John Hancock Financial Services, Inc. Ms. Edith Pashley Mr. Philip D. Rowe Dr. Orlando C. Snead Ms. Karlene Wadleigh Erika Zetty & Phillip Martin John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Ms. Marilyn Pasierb Ms. Michelle Rozales Ms. Karen Solem Ms. Rose Wadsworth Ms. Elizabeth H. Zimmerman Johnson & Johnson Mr. Robert A. Paul Mr. Marvin B. Rubin Mr. James Sollins Florian & Shelley Walchak JP Morgan Chase Foundation Mr. John W. Pauley Mr. & Mrs. Michael H. Ruden Dr. Sonja Sorbo Mrs. Diane T. Walker Matching Gifts Kimberly-Clark Foundation Dick & Shirley Paulson Virginia Rupert Mr. Jonathan F. Soule Mr. William Wallis 3M Foundation KPMG-Matching Gift Company Robert & Veronica Petersen Ms. Karen L. Ruppert Mr. & Mrs. James W. Spencer Dorris Wampler Abbott Laboratories Kresge Foundation Glenn & Ellen Peterson Professor & Mrs. David Ruppert Ms. Barbara Spitz Ms. Michelle E. Watkins Adobe Systems LabCorp Ms. Joann Pettinicchio Dr. L. Mark Russakoff, M.D. Ms. Mary St. George Dr. Arnold N. Weinberg Aetna Foundation Land O’Lakes, Inc. Dr. Barbara Phelan & Dr. Carol Reed William Russell Mr. Charles St. John Ms. Georgia E. Welles Aetna, Inc Law School Admission Council Ms. Regina Phelps Mr. Gary Rydstrom Mark Stanback Dr. & Mrs. John W. Wesner, Jr. Air Products & Chemicals, Inc. Lockheed Martin Ms. Ruth E. Phillips Scott & Patricia Sainsbury Dr. Jeanne M. Stellman Mr. Robert Wessels AkzoNobel Macy’s Inc. Matching Gift Mr. William Phillips & Ms. Barbara Smith Ivan Samuels Ms. Brooke Stevens Mr. & Mrs. D.B. Wetherell, Jr. American International Group, Inc MasterCard International, Inc. Mr. Barrett W. Pierce Ms. Kathryn Sandacz Dr. Pamela Stewart Ms. Susan L. Whaley American Transmission Company McKesson Corporation Foundation Ms. Antoinette M. Pilzner Dr. Toni Engst Santmire Mr. James R. Stewart, Jr. Carol & Owen Whitby Aon Corporation Merck Company Foundation Mr. William W. Pinchbeck Mrs. Sara Saplin Mr. Larry Stillman Mr. David White Apple Computers Inc Metropolitan Life Foundation Ms. Patricia Poggi Ms. Georgina C. Scalice Ms. Kay Stocker Dr. Stephen M. White Argonaut Group, Inc. Microsoft Corporation Mrs. Ann P. Porter Dr. William E. Schaeffer Ms. Virginia K. Stowe Ms. Emily B. White Artio Global Management LLC Minerals Technologies, Inc. Donald & Renate Powers Dr. Suanne Schafer Mr. Jim Strachan Dr. T.W. White-Henry Assurant Matching Gift Company Mobil Foundation, Inc. Ms. Kathryn Powers Dr. Alan N. Schechter Steven & Alexis Strongin Anji White AT&T Foundation Mondelez International, Inc. Dr. Erika & Michael Pratt Dr. Daniel Scheiman Dr. Stephen D. Stroupe Widgeon Point Charitable Foundation BAE Systems, Matching Gift Program Monsanto Company Dr. & Mrs. Eric Preston Ms. Noelle Schlette Ms. Paula Stuart Wild Birds Unlimited in Saratoga Springs Bank of America Foundation Moody’s Foundation Mrs. Lucy D. Preston Dr. Ruth E. Schmitter Ms. Dorothy J. Stumpf Mr. William Wilkinson & Ms. Janet Dale Bank of the West Motorola Foundation Mr. Lou Probst Terry Schroeder Ms. Joanna Sturm Mrs. Carolyn Will Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Munich Reinsurance America, Inc. Ms. Mary Jane Proschel Ms. Sue Schulgin Steve & Beth Suddaby Ms. Diane Willey Matching Gift Program Nintendo of America, Inc. Mrs. Caren Prothro Mr. Kurt R. Schwarz Ms. Virginia M. Sullivan Ms. Sally Williams Boeing Company NRG Energy, Inc. Mr. Samuel Radcliffe Mr. Mitchel E. Schwass Ms. Eugenia Summer Mr. Stefan T. Williams BP Foundation, Inc. Orvis-Perkins Foundation Dr. & Mrs. Jan R. Radke Tim & Judith Sear Ms. Julia Swords Dr. & Mrs. Hibbard E. Williams Bristol-Myers Squibb Company Pacific Life Larry & Mary Ramsey Ms. Barbara Searles Mr. David M. Taggart Williams Family Foundation Cambia Employee Giving Patagonia—Subsidiary of Lost Arrow Corp. Mr. Bayard D. Rea Ms. Sandra Sedillos Mrs. Mary Tannen Mr. & Mrs. William E. Willis ChevronTexaco Corporation Penn Virginia Corporation Dr. Mitchell C. Reese Ms. Mary Lee Seitz Dr. Michael G. Tannenbaum Katharine Wilson Chubb Corporation PepsiCo Foundation, Inc. Mr. Paul J. Regan, Jr. Mr. Christopher Selley & Ms. Nocole Mr. David P. Tapscott Mrs. Marillyn B. Wilson Clorox Company Pew Charitable Trusts Mr. Paul Regan, III Luecke Mrs. Nancy E. Tarkenton Ms. Bonnie Wilson Coca-Cola Foundation Pfizer, Inc Dr. Elizabeth A. Reich Mr. Jack A. Sellinger Ms. Donna E. Tatro Ms. Anna Winand Computer Associates International Pioneer Hi-Bred International Mr. & Mrs. Edward Reilly Dr. Paul Serridge Ms. Lili Taylor Mrs. Sheryl Winter Con Edison Company PPG Industries Foundation Mr. & Mrs. Steven A. Reisinger Ms. Joyce Servidio Ms. Marie Terlizzi & Mr. Robert Dobbs Mrs. Melanie Wirtanen ConocoPhillips Principal Financial Group Fdn. Ms. Ginny Remeika Ms. Lisa Seshens The Garden Club of America Ms. Deborah Wishner Cooper Industries, Inc. Procter & Gamble Company 20 donors(continued) Prudential Insurance Foundation Mrs. James C. H. Bonbright Mr. William F. Fuerst, Jr. Marian Legg Ms. Ellen I. Paul Mrs. Alice M. Shaw Random House Matching Gift Company Ms. Ann Bregman Mr. and Mrs. H. Laurance Fuller Georgina Lentini Ms. Esther A. Pearlman Dr. Richard S. Shirley Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Dr. Joan Brenchley-Jackson Mr. Robert Garbacz Dr. Carol Letendre Dr. & Mrs. William D. Peterson Mr. Richard J Siewers Rockwell Collins Sandra and Jeff Bricker Mrs. Esther B. Garnsey Ms. Marjorie Lewin Mr. George M. Pflaumer Ms. Mindy Simon Salesforcefoundation Ms. Irene Brown Mr. Donald P. Garrett Ms. Bertha A. Lewis Mr. William Phillips and Ms. Barbara Smith Mrs. Carol U. Sisler Security Mutual Life Insurance Ms. Becky A. Brown Ms. Paula Gills Eric and Constance Lincke Professor Elmer S. Phillips Bernie and Mary Slofer Shell Oil Company Foundation Dr. Robert E. Brown Vincent and Ann Marie Glaviano Mr. Richard and Mrs. Mae Livesey Ms. Lauren Pickard Ms. Victoria Slowik Starbucks Coffee Company Ms. Cori A. Brown Mrs. Emily R. Glover Ms. Catherine Lomuscio Mr. Richard F. Pietsch Mrs. Marjorie Smart and Mr. Robert Camp Tyco Electronics Corp Ms. Betty A. Bruhns Ms. Doris Goldstein Mr. C. James Luther Ms. Marjorie A. Pitts Mrs. Emily C. Smith United Technologies Corporation Mr. Gregory Brumfield Mr. Alfred H. Gray Mrs. Madeline Lutz Jose Pizarro Ms. Marybeth Sollins UnumProvident Corporation Ms. Michele Burlew and Mr. John Bauhs John and Suzanne Gregoire Mr. and Mrs. William Macaulay Mr. Zoltan Porga Michael and Jean Stahnke Verizon Foundation Ms. Gretchen L. Burmeister Mr. William Anson Grover, Sr. Mr. J De Navarre Macomb, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Ronald R. Porter Dr. and Mrs. Kenneth T. Steadman Wells Fargo Bank Ms. Frances Burnett Ms. Joan M. Guerin Ms. Marion Mascari Mr. Richard Pough Mr. David Stein Wells Fargo Foundation Ms. Colette A. Burrus Mrs. Suzanne O. Happeny Ms. Mary Mauel Albert and Diane Puff Barry and Sandy Stevenson Williams Companies Dr. & Mrs. David L. Call Ms. Marjorie Harbin Ms. Claudia Mayfield James and Valorie Ramakka Mr. William R. Stewart Wisconsin Energy Corporation Mrs. Mary Josephine Campbell Ms. Karen E. Harris Mr. William McCarthy Ms. Alice M. Rand Mr. James R. Stewart, Jr. Xerox Corporation Ms. Eleanor R. Campbell Duncan and Adrienne Hartley Mr. Richard G. McClung Ms. Hazel E. Reed Ms. Pamela J. Story Dr. Alvin R. Carpenter Lynn Hassler Ms. Mary Ellen McCrossen Ms. April L. Reese Mr. Edward P. Street, Jr. Sapsucker Woods Society Mr. Fred Carr Jane and Gerry Haviland Ms. Betty L. McCurdy Mr. Paul J. Regan, Jr. Mrs. Lyman K. Stuart Recognizing all friends Carol and Daniel Cash Ms. Lisa Hayes Mr. Everett G. McDonough, Jr. Ms. Louise Reisch Mr. and Mrs. Edward P. Stuart who have included the Lab in their estate plans, Ms. Kathaleen A. Cattieu Sheila Harrah Hearne Estate Ms. Margaret J. McDowell Ms. Rachel T. Renaud Ms. Ingrid Sunzenauer past and present Mr. Dwight R. Chamberlain Harry Heidt Estate Ms. Winifred McDowell and Mr. John Follett Dr. Laurie Renz Mr. Scott Sutcliffe Mr. Sal Acosta and Ms. Suzanne Ms. Joyce W. Cima Ms. Phyllis Henney Estate Dr. Ann J. McGarvey, D.D.S. Ms. Frances M. Rew Mr. Robert Swift Hutchinson Clarann Estate Joe and Suzanne Henninger Mrs. D. M. McKee Ms. Kathleen Rhodes Ms. Donna E. Tatro Mr. Charles S. Adams Ms. Patricia Collins Dr. Linda J. Himot Mrs. Elizabeth A. McLaren Mrs. Susan Starr Richards and Mr. Richard Mrs. Nancy Thomas Ms. Louise Addis Ms. Joyce F. Colwell Mrs. Leona S. Hine Ms. Carol McQuade M. Richards Mr. John H. Thomson Ms. Diane Adkin Ms. Beth Cooper Ms. Mary P. Hines Mrs. Nancy Menefee Roger and Betty Robb Mrs. Amanda Thurber Ann and Philip Aines Ms. Joan Cordle Mr. Ray Hinkle Mr. Harry Merker Mrs. Eleanor Robbins Mrs. Phyllis Tillinghast Albrecht Estate Mrs. Mary E. Cost Mr. Frederick Hoch Mr. John P. Merrill Mr. Chandler Robbins Elizabeth Todd Mr. John E. Alexander Mr. William Powell Cottrille Ms. Barbara Holtz Ms. R. Rosalie Metzger Mr. William R. Robertson Mr. Charles E. Treman, Jr. Russell and Barbara Allison Mrs. Virginia R. Crocker Ms. Jean A. Horton Ms. Marinia Michalec Mr. Stan Rodwin Reverend Barbara B. Triggs Mrs. Helga N. Alten Ms. Ruth Cummings Henry and Sharon Hosley Dr. Norman S. Moore Mr. Thomas W. Rogers Estate Mrs. Mary Van Vleck Mr. Elwin F. Anderson Peter and Rhoda Curtiss Mr. John Huppler Mr. Frederick Morelle Mr. and Mrs. Edward W. Rose III Ms. Charlotte Vaughn Ms. Bertha Andrew Ms. Cornelia Daley and Mr. Phil Cowan James and Roberta Hutchison Hildegarde and George Morgan Mrs. Jeanette G. Rosenberger Ms. Shirley A. Victor Mrs. Patricia L. Angotti Mr. Michael Damer Mr. Bernard Iliff Mr. John A-X Morris Ms. Martha Rouin Mrs. Mary Clare Ward Mrs. Sue D. Ansley Randi and L. Van Dauler Tom and Patsy Inglet Mr. David David Morris Elizabeth and Jean Rowley Mrs. E.R. Webster Bill and Katherine Atterbury Ms. Martha E. Day Mr. Isidor Jeklin Marcia and Thomas Morton Ms. Gayle Russell Mrs. Madelon G. Wehner Terry Auld Mr. Vernon D. Dayhoff Mrs. Imogene P. Johnson Penny and Don Moser Mrs. Lynette Russo Ms. Mariellen Whelan Ms. Katharine M. Aycrigg Ms. Nancy A. deGroff Mr. Michael C. Johnston Ms. Ursula Muehllehner Dr. William L. Rutherford Ms. Jeanne A. White Ms. Judith M. Bajoris Mrs. Vicki DeLoach Ms Nora W Jones Ms. Rita J. Myrick Ms. Suzanne Rutter Mrs. Jeanne D. Wigen-Ayers Ms. Madge Baker Mrs. Ruth D. Dillon Ms. Nora Jones Ellen Nagler Mr. Richard Sanders and Ms. Janice Hand Dr. Andrea Wiggins Mr. & Mrs. Konrad Bald Ms. Doris B. Donk Mr. James A Jordan Ms. Mildred E. Neff Mrs. and Mr. Allison Savage-Cairns Ms. Hazel L. Wilbur Ms. Marjorie L. Barrows Mr. and Mrs. V. Richard Eales Mrs. Judith M. Joy Gary Neuman and Julie West Mr. Richard Scales Mr. Robert G. Williams Mrs. John F. Barry Stephen and Betty Eaton Mrs. Judith M. Kay Mr. Gary l. Newkirk Ms. Lynne R. Scheer Mr. Stefan T. Williams Ms. Margaret R. Barton Estate of Michael Barton Eddy Mrs. Blanche Kelly Dr. Polly G. Nicely Dr. Francis G. Scheider, M.D. Ms. Patricia Wolff Mrs. Karen F. Beall Ms. Norma Edsall Mr. David Keyes and Ms. Penelope Mr. Alphonse R. Normandia Richard and Janey Schnoor Mrs. Louise W. Woodruff Mrs. John Wilhelmine Behnken Ms. Frances J. Ehlers Hillemann Mrs. Judith L. O’Neale Ms. Ellen M. Schopp Mrs. Shirley S. Woods Mrs. James (Dorothy) W. Bell Leonard Eiserer Mrs. T. Spencer Knight Mr. Stephen B. Oresman Mr. Robert F. Schumann Dr. Jane E. Woods Mr. Joseph Benner Mrs. George B. Emeny Mr. & Mrs. Robert G. Knox Mrs. Mary A. Oster Ms. Paula M. Schutte Ms. Jeannie B. Wright Mrs. Brenda J. Best Mr. and Mrs. Roger H. Farrell Linda F. Kramer Ms. Julie Oxford Ms. Monica J. Schwalbach Mrs. Barbara Wright Mr. Mark J. Bilak & Family Ms. Elizabeth E. Fay Dr. Samuel Kramer Ms. Patricia Packer Robert and Nancy Searjeant Mr. L. Christopher Wright Mrs. Janet Blam Rita M. Fetter Mr. Harold E. Kubly Mr. Thomas R. Palmer Drs. Sheldon and Lucia Severinghaus Carolyn Wynne Ms. Marie Bocca Ms. June M. Ficker Mr. Norman C. Lantz Ms. Virginia Panarace Estate Betty and Jim Shannon Mrs. Clara Taylor Yager Ms. Susan D. Boettger Mr. Robert T. Foote ‘39 Mr. Robert J. Laskowski Mrs. Ellen S. Parkes Ms. Helen R. Shaskan Dr. Paula Yellin Dr. Kathy Freas Howard and Sydney Leach Ms. Joanne Parrott Mrs. Mary S. Shaub Mr. James Younger 21 (continued) Rose Bianconi Dr. Robert D. Harwick Dr. Chester Martin, Jr. Dr. Donald C. Samson, Sr. Mrs. Corinne Mistretta Mr. Robert D. Harwick Jr. Dr. Florian Henke Ms. Marcy J. Singer donors Willse Bolling Dr. Jean C. Harwick Ms. Naomi H. Bender Ms. Mary M. Schultz Mr. George W. Zepko Mr. Matthew Robbins Ms. Dorothy N. Zirkle Ms. Marjorie Friedlander Mr. Bolling Willse, Sr. Elsie Helzer Ms. Maxine McCall Ms. Mimi Bussan Karl and Mollie Butler Dr. Dennis Skalka Judy Farrell Ms. Nancy Shor Gifts in Honor of Mr. and Mrs. Edward W. Rose III Ms. Helen Dreibelbis Ms. Lucile R. Finn Mrs. Sandy Laughlin Butler Family Foundaiton Jean Johnson Mr. Ferris Akel III Ms. Dorothy Neely Ms. Ellen G. Sampson Mrs. Caren Prothro Mr. & Mrs. James Marks Ms. Mary Monson Dr. David Carpenter Mr. Scott Douglass David and Mary Curtiss Mr. and Mrs. Randolph S. Little Mrs. Patricia Langan Ken and Anne Rosenberg Ludwig Kempe Mr. Michael Kozikowski Kim and Shari Muller Dr. & Mrs. Darwin Ferry Ms. Melissa I. Whitmire Mr. and Mrs. David Junkin Orville Chapman Ms. Christine Bailey Mrs. Mary Kadish Mr. Sherburne Jamison Mr. Jack Sattel and Mrs. Karen Sattel Mrs. Susan Chapman Ann Kendall C. Sheldon Seibel Mary F. Bell Mike and Sharon Saunders Gina and Nico Zappia Mr. and Mrs. Buschmann Ms. Norma Parker & Family Community Foundation of Louisville Richard Cliggott Margaret and Truman Moon Mrs. Shirley Seibel Alison Cairns Mr. Walter G. Bruska Ruth Kiligas Greg Budney Mr. Rainey Taylor Ms Nina Martin Ronald and Nancy Clemens Dr. Everett C. Short Jr. Mrs. Margaret Childers Julia Cole Ms. Patricia Cox Donald Robert Mott Mr. and Mrs. Edward Ware Mr. Ed Scholes Ms. Catherine Duncan and Ms. C. Emma Conkle’s Birthday Mrs. Susan Werntgen Fidelity Charitable Gift Ms. Patricia Dowdell Mr. Timothy A. Burr Mr. Herbert Hachler Westbrook Nanna Virginia Kingsolver Paul Mundinger Mr. and Mrs. Bradley L. Njaa Mr. and Mrs. Ian Condra Mr. Scott Sutcliffe Mrs. Nancy Boyd Mr. & Mrs. Brian C. Myres Ms. Mary Mundinger Ms. Harriet Strain Ms. Patricia M. Sheperd Mr. and Mrs. David Junkin Ms. Meredith I. Raine Erin Fowler Helen and Thomas Brannagan Ruth Kipploa Dr. Royse P. Murphy Ms. Tamesin L. Eustis Erick Greene & Heiko Langner— Lorinda and Richard Kendrick Mr. and Mrs. David Beck Mr. Frederick Kippola Mr. & Mrs. Dennis Block Dave Swormstedt Osprey Project Mrs. Carol Abell Janet Gardner—Hours spent for Mrs. Margaret Nichols Ms. Margaret F. Wihtol Mrs. and Mr. Winifred Swormstedt Mr. and Mrs. John Long Mrs. Jane Hagedorn Ms. Deborah Cipolla-Dennis Project FeederWatch Ms. Catherine Mulholland Anne Walker Terry Mr. Brad Walker Fred and Mary Widding Mr. Frederic A. Williams Northrop Grumman Foundation D1 and D3 Timothy and Christina Palmer Rebecca and William Parkin Mrs. Ann Battle Robert Klages Dr. Deanna Gomby John Pennywitt Mr. & Mrs. Dan Collins Ms. Andrea Kulick Ms. Marilyn Mehr Mrs. Margaret Childers Mrs. Delores Williams Ms. Mary P. Lester Greg Frost Mr. Richard Williams Mrs. Jonnel Covault Ms. Lynn Niedenthal Daniel and Anne Kenlon Mr. Scott Haber Ms. Nancy Ordman Mrs. Eleanor Penrose Ms. Mary E. Winston Joanne Doll Stephen Penrose Daniel Pierce Rebecca and William Parkin Ms. Julie Holsenbeck Rebecca and William Parkin Ms. Sherie Dunagan Student Affairs Administration Mrs. Theresa A. Winer Inez Rafaeli Program at Binghamton Univ. Mr. Brian Haskett Ruth Dugan Ms. Kathy Odendahl Rosalyn Zalutsky Marcia and Thomas Morton Ms. Doris Rafaeli H. J. Terry Ms. Maureen Dugan Dr. and Mrs. Thomas Richard Halberstadt Ms. Margaret Hallyburton Virginia W. Raynor Michelle Sardella and Tony Alise Ms. Mary P. Hines Dr. and Mrs. Sam Dugan Mr. Chris DeBottis Jonah Zuckerman’s Bar Mitzvah Mr. Robert Heine Miss Courtney Wilson Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth Nebenzahl Burton H. Entrekin Ms. Diana Drucker Ms. Alice Pirie Wirtz Ms. Julie Katz Ms. Jean M Whitehead Ms. Joanna Grosodonia Hollie and Charles Pettit Ms. Julie Burg Mrs. Marta Neuman Larsson Penn Virginia Corporation Ms. Roberta Palmiotto Mr. & Mrs. Paul B. Hood Dr. Wendy Greenspun Clara Euker Mrs. Margareta Levy Alice A. Robinson Ms. Alice Gomez Henry and Eleanor Hood Mr. Jeffrey Sprung Diane and David Brunworth Mr. Horace Latimer Ms. Bonnie Dixon Mr. & Mrs. Peter Randall Mr. Ian Harvey Dylan Jansen Dr. & Mrs. John B. Wood Hollie and Charles Pettit Mrs. Ruth Morton Mrs. Lisa Porad Bruce Fetz Ms. Katherine M. Jansen-Byrkit Dr. and Mrs. Thomas Richard Ms. Michelle E. Watkins Mr. Eli Pristoop John and Bonnie Strand Susan Rosa Rydalch Halberstadt Mrs. Imogene P. Johnson Janet Rice French Mr. and Mrs. Eric Cody Mrs. Dorothy M. Constantine Gifts in Memory of Reverend Peter Bridgford Ms. Carol Krist and Mr. Paul Alpers Dr. Chester A. Albosta, Jr. Charles Geanangel Dr. Susan C. Bourque Lynn Ryan Dr. Lavern Timmer Emily and Marybeth Kozar Sponsors Steve and Marie Pardi William Giezendanner Grace Johnson Ms. Arlene Gray and Ms. Patricia Hall The Cornell Lab thanks our sponsors for their support in 2013. Through these partnerships we Jack McCarthy Mr. Dean Heath reached out to even broader audiences to improve the understanding and protection of birds in Katharine Payne Mr. Glenn Middleton Julia Cooke Gle Dr. Clare Fewtrell backyards and around the world. Thank you! Mike and Alice McMahon Stephen and Andrea Cohen Mr. and Mrs. Richard F. Albosta Bob’s Red Mill OpticsPlanet, Inc. Red River Commodities Mr. Fred Powell Mrs. Anne J. Guettler David Parish ZEISS Pennington® Wild Bird Feed Wild Birds Unlimited, Inc. Mr. Paul J. Bartishevich Scott and Karen Harder Ms. Marilyn Rowland Droll Yankees Inc. Pine Tree Farms, Inc. Wild Birds Unlimited at Mrs. Anne E. Putnam Gove Norman Hambridge Mr. Peter Canby Sapsucker Woods Mrs. Barbara Berenfield Mrs. Mary N. Hambidge Mr. Leonard Berenfield For more information about corporate sponsorship opportunities, contact Mary Guthrie, Ms. Beverly Quinlan Mrs. Jane Smiley Hart Mary and Joseph Hughes director of corporate marketing partnerships, at [email protected]. Mrs. Harriet Bernhardt Ms. Diane Borst and Mr. Robert Ms. Barbara Bernhardt Horowits 22 Financial Report Fiscal Year 2013 (July 1, 2012—June 30, 2013)

he Cornell Lab of Ornithology takes great pride in the stewardship of your gifts. FY13 REVENUES FY13 EXPENDITURES Together with a growing group of generous members and donors, the Cornell Lab contin- •2.45% 12.0% T 7.48% ues to build sustainable programs and promote global conservation through science and educa- 12.8% tion. We work hard to keep administrative costs 12.59% •3.55% 39.15% as low as possible and invest our valuable human and financial resources in building high-quality research and education programs. Thank you for your trust and support which en- 75.2% able us to advance knowledge, build technologies, 34.78% and strengthen conservation initiatives around the world. Membership and Gifts...... $8,830,528 Program...... $17,390,032 Grants and Contracts...... $7,845,184 Administration...... $2,964,426 Program Income...... $2,839,594 Development...... $2,769,612 Invested Funds Income...... $1,686,391 Total Expenditures...... $23,124,070 Gifts Directed to Investment Funds...... $800,000 Other...... $552,432 Total Revenue...... $22,554,129

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