As the Condor Soars: Conserving and Restoring Oregon's Birds - Tapa blanda

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Susan Haigis a professor of wildlife ecology at Oregon State University and retired senior scientist at the US Geological Survey’s Forest and Rangeland Ecosystem Science Center in Corvallis, Oregon and a long-time research associate of the Smithsonian Institution. She is one of four women to have achieved the rank of Senior Scientist (ST) in USGS and was the first woman wildlife faculty member at OSU. She is a former president of the American Ornithologists’ Union and former president of the Audubon Society of Corvallis. She and her graduate students have studied endangered species in Micronesia, Brazil, Australia, etc., and in Oregon have worked on Spotted Owls, Snowy Plovers, California Condors, and many wetland species across the state.

Daniel Robyis a professor of wildlife ecology (retired) at Oregon State University and the the former leader-wildlife for the US Geological Survey’s Oregon Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit in Corvallis, Oregon. He is an internationally renowned seabird biologist and has worked on seabird physiological ecology and conservation in Alaska, Antarctica, Greenland, and China, among other places. In Oregon, his lab group has focused on research, conservation, and management of Caspian Terns, Double-crested Cormorants, and other fish-eating colonial waterbirds. He has served as chair of the Pacific Seabird Group and has been awarded for his research and conservation efforts by the American Ornithologists’ Union and the Pacific Seabird Group.

Tashi A. Haig is an apprentice museum educator in School and Family Programs at the Rubin Museum of Art, New York City. She has studied the relationships between art and religion, principally in Nepal, and specializes in translating complex cultural concepts to children of various backgrounds and traditions. She previously authored the children’s book, Aislinn’s Tale: The Broken Pact.