Jim Kushlan Award Winners

  • Conservation Ecology of Black-headed Ibis and Asian Openbill in Human-Dominated Landscapes of Chhattisgarh: Assessing Population Status, Breeding Biology, and Habitat Dynamics – India, Manoj Singh
  • From Shadows to Sanctuary: Understanding Nest Predation Dynamics and Enhancing Nesting Success of the Critically Endangered White-bellied Herons Ardea insignis – Bhutan Pema Khandu
  • Spatial ecology of a globally significant population of African Openbills – Zambia, Jonah Gula
  • Characterizing the Movement Patterns and Zoonotic Host Potential of Marabou Storks in Nairobi, Kenya, Meredith VanAcker
  • Study of the distribution and abundance of the Madagascar Heron within the Maevatanana – Ambato Boeny project area, Maholy Ravaloharimanitra
  • Dispersal of White Ibis (Eudocimus albus) from an extralimital colony in northeastern North America, José R. Ramírez-Garofalo
  • Research and Conservation of Threskiornis bernieri in Complex Mahavavy kinkony Madagascar, Renel Bemaro
  • Discovering the secret life of American Bitterns, Samuel Merker
  • Meta-population dynamics of Yellow-billed Egrets: population ecology, movements and reproductive success, Chrispo Allai Orimba
  • Unravelling the evolutionary story and current taxonomic status of the Cape Verde population of Purple Heron (Ardea purpurea bournei). A species on its own? Ricardo Jorge Lopes
  • Understanding the occurrence and associated habitats of the White Bellied Heron in Tiger Preserve India, Samiran Patrigi
  • Developing Community Conscience on Snowtrout Conservation for Survival of White-bellied Heron in HaraChhu River, Bhutan, Kuenzang Dorji
  • Frequency, diversity, and significance of antimicrobial genes in White Stork in Madrid along an anthropogenic risk gradient, Raquel Francisco
  • Using Saddlebill Storks as an umbrella wetland species in western Zambia, Jonah Gula
  • Using environmental DNA sampling to determine heron and bittern occupancy in western Michigan: a metegenomics approach, Anastasia Rahlin
  • Evaluating potential genetic adaptation and increased population resilience in the federally-listed Wood Stork (Mycteria americana), Kate Schlepr
  • Predicting wading bird foraging habitat and prey in dynamic intertidal systems, Marisa Martinez
  • Patterns and processes in wetland bird diversity: A study of the waterscapes in Telangana, India, Deepthi Chimalakonda
  • Population genetic structure and connectivity of Glossy Ibis, Simone Santoro and Alejandro Centero-Cuadros
  • Sacred Ibis foraging and its effect on Schistosoma-transmitting snails, Jared Bakusa
  • Population viability modeling of Reddish Egrets in Texas, Sarah Durham
  • The Birds and Vegetation of Tram Chim National Park, Vietnam: A model for wetland restoration and wading bird conservation in the Mekong Delta, Paul Senner
  • Population, Habitat Preference and Conservation Status of Lesser Adjutant (Leptoptilos javanicus) in eastern Nepal, Prabha Pandey
  • An examination of gene flow between distinct management units of the Reddish Egret, Golya Shahrokhi
  • Reducing extinction risk of the Critically Endangered Dwarf olive ibis, Bostrychia bocagei, Alice Ward-Francis
  • Waterbird diversity, abundance and threats in Mwea Rice Irrigation Scheme, Rogers K. Makau
  • Analysis of population trends of the Ciconiiformes of Madagascar, Rado Andriamasimanana
  • Linking whooping crane behavior, environmental drivers, and territory plasticity, J. Wozniak with E. Smith
  • Assessing the role of Ciconiiformes birds in ecosystem services to control potential pests in rice paddies of Ahera in western Kenya, N. Otieno
  • Genetic characterization of Cuban flamingo colonies, Roberto Carlos and Frias Soler
  • Comparative analysis of population sizes and conservation status of wading birds in Chitwan and Makwanpur District, Central Nepal, Bhaiya Khanal

No Award

  • MHC variation as a proxy for wildlife health in North American wading birds, Marcel van Tuinen
  • Crane Foundation. Wading bird abundance and habitat preferences in rice-dominated districts in Uttar Pradesh, India, K. S. Gopisundar
  • The distribution and abundance of the locally threatened grey-crowned crane in Lake Victoria, Kenya, Moses Abonga
  • Conservation of high Andes wetlands: comparing the influences of 2 flamingo species on aquatic ecosystems function and structure in Southwestern Bolivia, Marita Davison
  • Assessment of the genetic structure of the reddish egret, Austin Hill
  • A comparative and experimental study of species related differences in behavior and appearance of 5 species of frigatebirds, Vinni Madsen
  • Developmental measures of pollution impacts of pond herons in northern India, J.A. Urfi and Robert Bleiweiss
  • Ecological research on giant ibis in Northwestern Cambodia, Omaliss Keo
  • Does power (watts) output while foraging differ between breeding and nonbreeding seasons? Alan Maccarone
  • The discovery of a huge colony of Agami Herons: A unique research opportunity for this cryptic species, Dr. Eric Vidal
  • Ecology, conservation and management of the Black-necked Stork Ephippiorhynchus asiaticus, Greg P. Clancy
  • Feeding ecology of the Buff-necked Ibis in Sierra Grande, Córdoba, Argentina, Ricardo Torres
  • Genetic variation and movement patterns of Australian Ciconiiformes, Terry Chesser
  • The Shoebill Stork (Balaeniceps rex): a phylogenetic enigma, Bonnie Gulas-Wroblewski
  • Genetic variation and movement patterns of Australian Ciconiiformes, Terry Chesser
  • The influence of color dimorphism on the ecology of Reddish Egrets in south Texas, Clay Green
  • Foraging ecology and breeding biology of the sharp-tailed ibis in the southern Llanos, Venezuela, Jorge Perez Eman