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--Apple-Mail-20-699390373 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed Thanks, Eric, and congratulations to Ian! As I was reading Eric's descriptions of what this award represents, I'll bet I was not the only one who was thinking of Ian as a perfect candidate! And great news about his badly needed update book on birds of our province. Cheers from Jim in Wolfville. On 15-Jun-12, at 1:45 PM, Eric L. Mills wrote: > Ludlow Griscom ((1890-1959) was a specialist in Neotropical birds > at the American Museum of Natural History in New York and for a > long time with the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard, in > Cambridge, Massachusetts. He is best known to birders as the first > really influential exponent of bird field identification that did > not necessarily involve collecting. From the 1920s into the 1950s > he was regarded as one of the most skilful field birders in North > America, and his influence on many birders, notably Roger Tory > Peterson, resulted in the publication of the first edition of > Peterson's A Field Guide to the Birds in 1934 - arguably the most > important advance in field birding ever and the inspiration of all > the wonderful bird guides that have followed. Our modern approach > to birding owes an enormous amount to Griscom. > > The American Birding Association instituted the Ludlow Griscom > Award in 1980. It was to be > > given to individuals who have dramatically advanced the > state of ornithological knowledge for a particular > region. This may be through their long-time > contributions in monitoring avian status and > distribution, facilitating the publication of state bird > books, breeding bird atlases and significant papers on the regional > natural history of birds. This may also be through the > force of their personality, teaching and inspiration. > > The first recipient was Roger Tory Peterson, and some of the later > ones include O.S. Pettingill, Chandler Robbins, Guy McCaskie, Ken > Kaufman and Earl Godfrey. > > This years recipient of the Ludlow Griscom Award is Ian McLaren. > > The award will be presented to Ian by Jeff Gordon, the President of > the ABA, in Halifax in the fall, and coincidentally the > presentation should take place just about the time that Ian's book > All the Birds of Nova Scotia, dealing with the identification > problems and status of Nova Scotia's birds, is published by > Gaspereau Press. > > > > Eric L. Mills > 286 Kingsburg Road > RR#1 Rose Bay, NS B0J 2X0 > Canada > e.mills@dal.ca --Apple-Mail-20-699390373 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset=US-ASCII <html><body style=3D"word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; = -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "> Thanks, Eric, and congratulations to Ian! As I was reading Eric's = descriptions of what this award represents, I'll bet I was not the only = one who was thinking of Ian as a perfect candidate! And great news = about his badly needed update book on birds of our province. = Cheers from Jim in Wolfville.<div><br><div><div>On 15-Jun-12, at = 1:45 PM, Eric L. Mills wrote:</div><br = class=3D"Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type=3D"cite"> <div = align=3D"left"><font face=3D"Arial" size=3D"2"><span style=3D" = font-size:10pt">Ludlow Griscom ((1890-1959) was a specialist in = Neotropical birds at the American Museum of Natural History in New York = and for a long time with the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard, = in Cambridge, Massachusetts. He is best known to birders as the first = really influential exponent of bird field identification that did not = necessarily involve collecting. =46rom the 1920s into the 1950s he was = regarded as one of the most skilful field birders in North America, and = his influence on many birders, notably Roger Tory Peterson, resulted in = the publication of the first edition of Peterson's <i>A Field Guide to = the Birds</i> in 1934 - arguably the most important advance in field = birding ever and the inspiration of all the wonderful bird guides that = have followed. Our modern approach to birding owes an enormous amount to = Griscom. </span></font></div> <div align=3D"left"><font face=3D"Arial" = size=3D"2"><span style=3D" font-size:10pt"><br> </span></font></div> = <div align=3D"left"><font face=3D"Arial" size=3D"2"><span style=3D" = font-size:10pt">The American Birding Association instituted the Ludlow = Griscom Award in 1980. It was to be </span></font></div> <div = align=3D"left"><font face=3D"Arial" size=3D"2"><span style=3D" = font-size:10pt"> &nbs= p; </span></font></div> <div align=3D"left"><font face=3D"Arial" = size=3D"2"><span style=3D" = font-size:10pt"> &nbs= p; given to individuals who have dramatically advanced the state of = ornithological = knowledg= e for a particular region. This may be through their long-time = contributions = in = monitoring avian status and distribution, facilitating the publication = of state bird = books, = breeding bird atlases and significant papers on the regional natural = history of = birds. = This may also be through the force of their personality, teaching and = inspirat= ion.</span></font></div> <div align=3D"left"><font face=3D"Arial" = size=3D"2"><span style=3D" font-size:10pt"><br> </span></font></div> = <div align=3D"left"><font face=3D"Arial" size=3D"2"><span style=3D" = font-size:10pt">The first recipient was Roger Tory Peterson, and some of = the later ones include O.S. Pettingill, Chandler Robbins, Guy McCaskie, = Ken Kaufman and Earl Godfrey. </span></font></div> <div = align=3D"left"><font face=3D"Arial" size=3D"2"><span style=3D" = font-size:10pt"><br> </span></font></div> <div align=3D"left"><font = face=3D"Arial" size=3D"2"><span style=3D" font-size:10pt">This years = recipient of the Ludlow Griscom Award is Ian McLaren. = </span></font></div> <div align=3D"left"><font face=3D"Arial" = size=3D"2"><span style=3D" font-size:10pt"><br> </span></font></div> = <div align=3D"left"><font face=3D"Arial" size=3D"2"><span style=3D" = font-size:10pt">The award will be presented to Ian by Jeff Gordon, the = President of the ABA, in Halifax in the fall, and coincidentally the = presentation should take place just about the time that Ian's book = <i>All the Birds of Nova Scotia</i>, dealing with the identification = problems and status of Nova Scotia's birds, is published by Gaspereau = Press. </span></font></div> <div align=3D"left"><font face=3D"Arial" = size=3D"2"><span style=3D" font-size:10pt"><br> </span></font></div> = <div align=3D"left"><font face=3D"Arial" size=3D"2"><span style=3D" = font-size:10pt"><br> </span></font></div> <div align=3D"left"><font = face=3D"Arial" size=3D"2"><span style=3D" font-size:10pt"><br> = </span></font></div> <div align=3D"left"><font face=3D"Arial" = size=3D"2"><span style=3D" font-size:10pt">Eric L. = Mills</span></font></div> <div align=3D"left"><font face=3D"Arial" = size=3D"2"><span style=3D" font-size:10pt">286 Kingsburg = Road</span></font></div> <div align=3D"left"><font face=3D"Arial" = size=3D"2"><span style=3D" font-size:10pt">RR#1 Rose Bay, NS B0J = 2X0</span></font></div> <div align=3D"left"><font face=3D"Arial" = size=3D"2"><span style=3D" font-size:10pt">Canada</span></font></div> = <div align=3D"left"><font face=3D"Arial" size=3D"2"><span style=3D" = font-size:10pt"><a = href=3D"mailto:e.mills@dal.ca">e.mills@dal.ca</a></span></font></div> = </blockquote></div><br></div></body></html>= --Apple-Mail-20-699390373--
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