Birds

of Tropical and Subtropical Queensland Conservation Conference

Hosted by &

BirdLife Southern Queensland

The Australian Bird Study Association

This annual conference brings together a blend of talks related to birds and their conservation. Location: Environmental Centre, Nathan Campus, Griffith University Date / Time: 23 March 2013. 8:00 16:30 - Registration form available from website.
Program: 9.00-10.00 Plenary Dr. Carla Catterall, Professor Griffith University (What do birds do for rainforest decline or recovery, and vice versa?) 10.00-10.30 Morning Tea Sponsor Displays 10.30-11.00 Dr. Martine Maron, Lecturer University of Queensland (Avifaunal disarray from a single despotic species) 11.00-11.30 Dr. Richard Noske. (Altitudinal Migration around Brisbane and the Problem of Historical Survey Data) 11.30 -12.00 Dr. Ayesha Tulloch, Post Doc University of Queensland (Making the most of investment in citizen science: what makes a twitcher tick?) 12.00-13.00 Lunch and Sponsor Displays. The ABSA AGM will be held during the lunch recess 13.00-13.15 Claire Runge, PhD candidate, University of Queensland (Conserving nomadic birds) 13.15-13.30 Jason Wimmer, PhD candidate, Queensland University of Technology (Effect of Observers on Calling Behaviour of Birds during Surveys) 13.30-13.45 Krista Verlis, PhD candidate, Central Queensland University (Marine debris and the seabirds of the Southern Great Barrier Reef) 13.45-14.00 Juliana Rechetelo, PhD candidate, James Cook University (Movement and home range of the black-throated finch southern subspecies (Poephila cincta cincta) preliminary results) 14.00-14.15 Stanley Tang, PhD Candidate, James Cook University (Foraging behaviour of the Peaceful Dove (Geopelia striata) in relation to predation risk: group size predator cues in a natural environment) 14.15-14.30 Renee Chapman, Phd Candidate, Griffith University (The Social Dimensions of Feeding Birds in Australia and the United Kingdom) 14.30-15.00 Afternoon tea Poster Session & Sponsor Displays 15.00-15.30 Dr. Paula Peeters, Threatened Species Unit, Department of Environment and Heritage Protection, Brisbane (Synergies between carbon farming and bird conservation in Queensland) 15.30-16.00 Dr. Darryl Jones, Professor, Griffith University (Guided by the light: what is going on with those huge urban lorikeet roosts?) 16.00-16.30 Awards and Close. Followed by BirdLife Southern Queensland AGM

AGMs: BirdLife Southern Queensland after the conference. ABSA during the lunchtime recess.

BSQ and ABSA thank the following sponsors for their generous support: