NORTH AMERICAN AWARDS:

Sara Ann Kaiser, Michigan State University - Effects of Landscape Configuration on the Breeding Productivity of Wood Thrush (Hylocichla mustelina).

Adam Smith, Boise State University - Partial Migration and the Northern Goshawk: Insights from Stable Isotope Analysis.

Gina Zimmerman, Georgia Southern University - Cuba’s role as a stopover site during the fall migration of Swallow-tailed Kites (Elanoides forficatus).

Thomas B. Ryder, University of Missouri St. Louis - Ecological relationships, habitat selection and spatial distribution of seven syntopic species of manakins (Pipridae) in lowland Ecucador.

David DesRochers, The College of William & Mary - Avian communities on created and natural saltmarshes of southeast Virginia.

LATIN AMERICAN AWARDS:

Victor Manuel Ortega Jumenez, El Colegio de la Frontera Sur, Unidad Campeche - Colonial nesting and nest construction behavior of the Orange Oriole.

Dawn Gable, University of California Santa Cruz - Nesting Ecology of the white-tailed Hawk in Apure Venezuela: a preliminary investigation.

Gabriel Jaime Colorado, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Medellin - Diversity and Habitat use in Wintering Areas by Boreal Migrant Songbirds in the Darien region, Choco Province, Northern Colombia - second phase.

Alejandra Maria Pantaleon L. and Diego Fernando Rodriguez G., Universidad de Bogota Jorge Tadeo Lozano - Adding to the knowledge of the Caribbean Flamingo in the Lagunas de Navio Quebrado (Flamingo Sanctuary) and Musiche, in the Guajira region.