8th meeting of the Western Hemisphere Shorebird Group meeting | 24-28 October 2019 Panama City, Panama

“The Western Hemisphere Shorebird Group is excited to announce the Call for Symposia for the upcoming meeting, to be held 24-28 October in Panama City, Panama, and hosted by the Panama Audubon Society.

To submit a proposal for a Symposium, please go here <http://198.199.91.241/symposium>.  Symposium proposals are due by 15 March 2019.

The Call for Abstracts for the meeting will follow soon, and Abstracts will be due by 1 May 2019.

Applications for Travel Awards, and nominations for the Baker and Oring awards, will also be due on 1 May 2019.  Travel award information will be posted soon with the Call for Abstracts.  Information for the Baker and Oring Awards is at the WHSG website here! <http://westernshorebirdgroup.org/awards/>

We hope you will consider proposing a symposium, or planning to submit an abstract, and we hope you will attend the meeting in October!

Stephen Brown
Chair, Science Committee

Eveling Tavera

Chair, Western Hemisphere Shorebird Group