Each year WFO holds a multi-day conference with scientific papers, field trips, workshops, panels, a keynote address, the annual membership meeting, and other events. The location varies each year as WFO attempts to span its region of coverage while also making its conferences accessible to the bulk of its members.
| WFO Meeting Boise 2009
Oxford Suites 1426 S Entertainment Ave Boise, ID 83709 USA  Map and Directions
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34th Annual Meeting September 10 - 13, 2009 in Boise, Idaho
Western Field Ornithologists and our excellent hosts, Idaho Bird Observatory are looking forward to seeing you at our annual meeting in Boise, Idaho, September 10 - 13, 2009. Home to Boise State University, Boise is also the home to the Peregrine Fund’s World Center for Birds of Prey, the center of Idaho's wine country and boasts of a 25 mile river trail! The meeting will include science sessions, expert identification panels, half and full day field trips, field skills workshops, social events, and our annual membership meeting and banquet with this year’s keynote speaker Dr. Craig Benkman. Dr. Benkman’s research into Crossbills (Loxia), particularly those of Idaho, has been very exciting. Don’t miss the opportunity to travel to Idaho for the WFO meeting this year and see the new, South Hills Crossbill. We hope the following details will help you with your planning:
- Registration for the meeting and reservations for the meeting hotel (Oxford Suites of Boise) will begin the first week in May 2009 and will be on-line. No registration form will be mailed unless you specifically request one.
- Our meeting will be held at the Oxford Suites of Boise, 1426 S. Entertainment Ave, Boise ID. 83709, Phone: 208-322-8000.
- Boise is serviced by Delta, Frontier, Horizon, Northwest, Skywest, Southwest and United airlines with daily flights.
- WFO will be offering youth scholarships for the meeting registration in Boise for qualified young people of junior high and high school age. See the WFO's website newsletter for details.
- If you would like to exhibit at the WFO meeting in Boise, please let the meeting/exhibitors committee know by contacting contact@westernfieldornithologists.org .
- Abstracts, faculty, and agenda will be posted on the website in advance of the meeting.
- For those of you who enjoy the rustic, Boise has developed and primitive camping facilities and RV parks. For information about Forest Service Campgrounds and Forest Service Cabins contact (877) 444-6777. For RV camping visit www.rvidaho.org or www.reserveamerica.com.
- Field trips will include Ibo’s Lucky Mountain Banding Station, river rafting, South Hills and other locations that introduce us to the best of Boise.
- The Moon Handbooks Idaho is a wonderful guide to all things Idaho. It may be just the thing to help you plan your trip.
- A digital bird list and bird atlas of Idaho is available at http://imnh.isu.edu/digitalatlas/bio/birds/birds.htm. This is a great website, make sure you "visit" it.
- Come prepared to celebrate the 40th year of Western Birds!!!!
San Mateo, California - October 2008
Program information from our 2008 conference:
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