May 2001 IFO Workshop on Neotropical Birds Learn about tropical bird ecology from John Kricher, ABA Board member and author of A Neotropical Companion . Cancellations have re-opened a few spaces in the Institute for Field Ornithology s Neotropical Bird Ecology workshop. Don t miss this outstanding opportunity to watch remarkable birds in a spectacular setting, while developing a sophisticated understanding of how this avifauna functions. Full details .
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Prizes for winners include Leica binoculars and field guides. Full details . In April, we reported that the Smithsonian Migratory Bird Center was under threat of closure by year-end. Smithsonian Secretary Lawrence M. Small has apparently yielded to intense public pressure and dropped his current plans to close the Conservation and Research Center facility in Front Royal, Virginia. Full details .