



Thank you to our 2019 speakers!
Keynote: SCOTT WEIDENSAUL
Messing Around with Birds (for Fun and Science)
Youth keynote: PATRICK NEWCOMBE
A Journey through High School Ornithology: manakins, migration, and conservation
Youth keynote: CLAIRE WAYNER
Finding Birds in Unexpected Places
DAVID BARBER/PAUL HEVERAN
Satellite Tracking and eBird Are Changing What We Know About Wintering Broad-winged Hawks
BRACKEN BROWN
M.O.V.E.—Make Opportunities, Volunteer Everywhere
KASHI DAVIS
Dispatches from the Beachfront
MATTHEW HALLEY
DNA analysis, population genetics, and morphometrics
CATHERINE HAMILTON
How drawing and color can instantly change perception and cement experiences and identifications in the field
KITT HECKSCHER
Miniature GPS data loggers reveal the precise wintering habitat of Delaware Veeries in the southern Amazon basin
MARSHALL ILIFF
How eBird continues to change the landscape for conservation practitioners
ANDY JOHNSON
Conservation Media: telling stories to create impact
ASHLEY KENNEDY
How we discovered what birds eat and why we needed to know
DAVID LA PUMA
Two decades of watching blips on a screen…and finding the birds on the ground
MIKE LANZONE
Moving your passion for birding into a wildlife telemetry reality
TRISH MILLER
How Golden Eagles opened the doors of opportunity
EMILY THOMAS
Creating a career in ornithology through education, opportunities outside the classroom, and graduate school
JIM WHATTON
BSI: Bird Strike Identification at the Smithsonian