next message in archive
no next message in thread
previous message in archive
Index of Subjects
This is a multipart message in MIME format.
------=_NextPart_000_0028_01CD4B0B.DBE0D200
Content-Type: text/plain;
charset="us-ascii"
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
Ditto to Jim's comments!
From: naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca [mailto:naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca]
On Behalf Of James W. Wolford
Sent: June-15-12 3:11 PM
To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca
Subject: [NatureNS] re Ian McLaren for Ludlow Griscom Award, American
Birding Association
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
------=_NextPart_000_0028_01CD4B0B.DBE0D200
Content-Type: text/html;
charset="us-ascii"
Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
<html xmlns:v=3D"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:vml" =
xmlns:o=3D"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" =
xmlns:w=3D"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:word" =
xmlns:m=3D"http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/2004/12/omml" =
xmlns=3D"http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40"><head><META =
HTTP-EQUIV=3D"Content-Type" CONTENT=3D"text/html; =
charset=3Dus-ascii"><meta name=3DGenerator content=3D"Microsoft Word 14 =
(filtered medium)"><style><!--
/* Font Definitions */
@font-face
{font-family:Calibri;
panose-1:2 15 5 2 2 2 4 3 2 4;}
@font-face
{font-family:Tahoma;
panose-1:2 11 6 4 3 5 4 4 2 4;}
/* Style Definitions */
p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal
{margin:0cm;
margin-bottom:.0001pt;
font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";}
a:link, span.MsoHyperlink
{mso-style-priority:99;
color:blue;
text-decoration:underline;}
a:visited, span.MsoHyperlinkFollowed
{mso-style-priority:99;
color:purple;
text-decoration:underline;}
span.EmailStyle17
{mso-style-type:personal-reply;
font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D;}
.MsoChpDefault
{mso-style-type:export-only;
font-size:10.0pt;}
@page WordSection1
{size:612.0pt 792.0pt;
margin:72.0pt 72.0pt 72.0pt 72.0pt;}
div.WordSection1
{page:WordSection1;}
--></style><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
<o:shapedefaults v:ext=3D"edit" spidmax=3D"1026" />
</xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
<o:shapelayout v:ext=3D"edit">
<o:idmap v:ext=3D"edit" data=3D"1" />
</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=3DEN-CA link=3Dblue =
vlink=3Dpurple><div class=3DWordSection1><p class=3DMsoNormal><span =
style=3D'font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497=
D'>Ditto to Jim’s comments!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p =
class=3DMsoNormal><span =
style=3D'font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497=
D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div =
style=3D'border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0cm =
0cm 0cm'><p class=3DMsoNormal><b><span lang=3DEN-US =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span>=
</b><span lang=3DEN-US =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> =
naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca [mailto:naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca] =
<b>On Behalf Of </b>James W. Wolford<br><b>Sent:</b> June-15-12 3:11 =
PM<br><b>To:</b> naturens@chebucto.ns.ca<br><b>Subject:</b> [NatureNS] =
re Ian McLaren for Ludlow Griscom Award, American Birding =
Association<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p =
class=3DMsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=3DMsoNormal>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.<o:p></o:p></p><div><p =
class=3DMsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><p class=3DMsoNormal>On =
15-Jun-12, at 1:45 PM, Eric L. Mills wrote:<o:p></o:p></p></div><p =
class=3DMsoNormal><br><br><o:p></o:p></p><p class=3DMsoNormal><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>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 <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><o:p></o:p></p><p =
class=3DMsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=3DMsoNormal><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>The American =
Birding Association instituted the Ludlow Griscom Award in 1980. It was =
to be </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=3DMsoNormal><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> &=
nbsp; </span><o:p></o:p></=
p><p class=3DMsoNormal><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> &=
nbsp; given to =
individuals who have dramatically advanced the state of ornithological =
knowled=
ge 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 =
inspira=
tion.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=3DMsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p =
class=3DMsoNormal><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>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><o:p></o:p></p><p =
class=3DMsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=3DMsoNormal><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>This years =
recipient of the Ludlow Griscom Award is Ian McLaren. =
</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=3DMsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p =
class=3DMsoNormal><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>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><o:p></o:p></p><p class=3DMsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p =
class=3DMsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p =
class=3DMsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=3DMsoNormal><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Eric L. =
Mills</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=3DMsoNormal><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>286 =
Kingsburg Road</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=3DMsoNormal><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>RR#1 Rose =
Bay, NS B0J 2X0</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=3DMsoNormal><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Canada</span>=
<o:p></o:p></p><p class=3DMsoNormal><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><a =
href=3D"mailto:e.mills@dal.ca">e.mills@dal.ca</a></span><o:p></o:p></p></=
div><p class=3DMsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></div></body></html>
------=_NextPart_000_0028_01CD4B0B.DBE0D200--
next message in archive
no next message in thread
previous message in archive
Index of Subjects