The newest issue of the Journal of Raptor Research is now available online. It includes research articles on Snowy Owls, Northern Goshawks, Guatemalan Pygmy-Owls, Daito Scops Owls, American Kestrels, and Bonelli’s Eagle. View the articles here
In response to the recent email about the proposed Society for Ornithology, the Raptor Research Foundation wrote a formal response and shared its perspectives with the rest of the OSNA community. RRF has rejected the concept of the SFO outright. Background information on the SFO can be found in the October 2011 Ornithological Newsletter and [...]
The 2011 Annual Raptor Research Foundation Conference will be held in Duluth Minnesota the first week of October. The meeting will host 119 scientific presentations including 93 oral presentations and 26 posters. For more information visit the conference website or download one of the pdf documents linked below. Conference Schedule Abstracts Full Program Book (~5MB [...]
Read the latest issue of Wingspan online – September 2011 issue now available! Click here to view the pdf newsletter.
The 2011 election results are now final. Please help us welcome the new members of the RRF Board of Directors: Eurasian: Fabrizio Sergio North American #3: Rick Harness Director at Large #3: Rob Bierregaard Director at Large #6: Miguel Ferrer Their 3-year terms begin 1 January 2012. We had a great ballot of potential candidates [...]
Issue: United States Congressional Bills S838 and HR1558 recently introduced by the U.S.-based Congressional Sportsman’s Caucus (CSC) have the potential for negative impacts on wildlife, including raptors, by forever preventing the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency from regulating on lead in ammunition. Publicity from the CSC and others regarding these bills claim there is “no credible [...]
The 2011 Election Ballot is now open for voting! Ballots must be received no later than August 15, 2011.
The latest edition of The Journal of Raptor Research is now available online to RRF members. Volume 45 number 2
The Adventurers and Scientists for Conservation is a non-profit offering its members as volunteers for RRF raptor researchers. One of their missions is to “mobilize an army of citizen- scientists that creates an avenue for the science community to gather inexpensive, reliable, and otherwise unattainable datasets from around the world”. They strive to provide scientific [...]
We’d like to thank the RRF members who made donations above and beyond their memberships in 2010! Donations to RRF can be to the endowment, which is used for our Grants and Awards, or to unrestricted (operating) funds. Thanks to the following members who made this commitment to our organization: Jack Barclay, Eduardo Inigo-Elias, Yasunori [...]