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| 2012 Red Slough Birding Convention Guest Speakers. |
Nancy L Newfield, co-author of Hummingbird Gardens, began studying hummingbirds
in 1975. She pioneered the practice of landscaping to provide high-quality natural nectar
sources for them and thus she learned the best ways to attract hummingbirds to any
garden.
Newfield’s major study has concerned the discovery and documentation of a hummingbird
population that spends the non-breeding season in southern Louisiana rather than the
'traditional' tropical region. To this end, she handles 400-500 hummers of 8-9 species
each winter. The study, which began as a 5-year project in 1979, is now in its 33rd year.
At the time of the initiation of the project, only 11 other people were federally permitted to
band hummingbirds. Now, more than 30 years later, Newfield is the most senior active
hummer bander in the United States and Canada. Including breeding season and
demonstration banding, Newfield has banded more than 20,000 hummingbirds of 15
species in Louisiana, Mississippi, Texas, and Arizona.
She has authored 5 books as well as more than 250 papers and articles. Newfield
delivers several lectures annually and, until her recent retirement, she organized birding
tours to Central and South America. She presents Confessions of an Obsessed
Hummingbirder and What Do We Know, power point programs detailing her more than
30 years of study and adventure in pursuit of the world’s smallest birds.
in 1975. She pioneered the practice of landscaping to provide high-quality natural nectar
sources for them and thus she learned the best ways to attract hummingbirds to any
garden.
Newfield’s major study has concerned the discovery and documentation of a hummingbird
population that spends the non-breeding season in southern Louisiana rather than the
'traditional' tropical region. To this end, she handles 400-500 hummers of 8-9 species
each winter. The study, which began as a 5-year project in 1979, is now in its 33rd year.
At the time of the initiation of the project, only 11 other people were federally permitted to
band hummingbirds. Now, more than 30 years later, Newfield is the most senior active
hummer bander in the United States and Canada. Including breeding season and
demonstration banding, Newfield has banded more than 20,000 hummingbirds of 15
species in Louisiana, Mississippi, Texas, and Arizona.
She has authored 5 books as well as more than 250 papers and articles. Newfield
delivers several lectures annually and, until her recent retirement, she organized birding
tours to Central and South America. She presents Confessions of an Obsessed
Hummingbirder and What Do We Know, power point programs detailing her more than
30 years of study and adventure in pursuit of the world’s smallest birds.
Dr. David Krementz is the Unit Leader of the US Geological Survey Arkansas
Cooperative Fish & Wildlife Research Unit which is located at the University of Arkansas,
Fayetteville, AR. He has been at Fayetteville for 13 years. Before then, he was a research
biologist at the Patuxent Wildlife Research Center. His primary research focus has been
on investigating habitat use and population dynamics of birds. Recently he has focused on
studying secretive marsh birds. These projects brought David to Red Slough Wildlife
Management Area in 2009 to study the king rail.
Dr. Doug Wood is currently an ornithologist and Associate Professor of Biological
Sciences at Southeastern Oklahoma State University. He earned his Bachelors in
Biology from Boston University, Masters in Zoology from Eastern Illinois State University,
and Ph.D. in Forestry and Wildlife Ecology from Mississippi State University. He has
taught a wide variety of classes at Southeastern including Ornithology, Field Ornithology,
Zoology, Mammalogy, Wildlife Management, and Conservation of Natural Resources. His
current field of study is cavity-nesting birds such as Red-cockaded Woodpeckers,
Prothonotary Warblers, and Tree Swallows, although he has conducted research on a
wide variety of ornithological subjects such as brood parasitism and migration ecology.
Dr. Wood is also an avid birder. He has birded in various parts of the U.S. and in
disparate parts of the world such as Mexico, the Caribbean, Costa Rica, Panama,
Ecuador, Bulgaria, and most recently, Ethiopia. He uses bird trips to improve his
knowledge of birds and conservation, as well as the thrill of birding and amateur
photography.
| Nancy L. Newfield |
| Nancy L. Newfield |
| Nancy L. Newfield |
| Dr. David Krementz |
| Dr. Doug Wood |