Dear AFO Members and Friends:
We thought you’d like to know that the NAOC Steering Committee has canceled the in-person North American Ornithological Conference planned for Puerto Rico this August, due to concerns over health and safety. In its place, there will be a scaled-down virtual NAOC, taking form to be held during the week of August 10th. AFO is considering participation, and welcomes your thoughts and concerns regarding a virtual meeting. We are also in discussions about how to best hold a business meeting to conduct AFO business during 2020. Planning is already underway for our 2021 meeting, the 2nd Ornithological Congress of the Americas, which will occur in South America during the summer. Stay tuned for more information.
As always, AFO's research supplies business Avinet Research Supplies, run in partnership with the Biodiversity Research Institute, has mist nets and other field supplies in stock and can ship orders, so please continue to make purchases in support of your bird studies. Your purchases will benefit AFO as well, keeping cash flowing during these difficult times.
Thanks for everything you do in support of bird study and conservation. And, thanks for your continued support of the Association of Field Ornithologists.
Sincerely,
Dan Ardia, President of AFO
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