Congratulations to the 2024 recipients of WOS Research Awards! These grants fund research projects in all areas of #ornithology, with a special focus on research by students. https://wilsonsociety.org/2024/08/15/2024-wos-research-grant-recipients/

There's a new perk of WOS membership! Members now receive a 15% discount on purchases from Kowa Optics. Members, check your email for details on how to access this benefit!

One last photo from #AFOSCOWOS24 last week: Here's a long line of past, present, and future WOS presidents! From left to right, this is current Second Vice President Letty Reichart, First Vice President Auriel Fournier, President Dan Klem, immediate past president Tim O'Connell, Tim's predecessor Jim Chace, and Jim's predecessor Sara Morris.

Don't miss Dan Klem's guest post on the WOS blog, in which he explains how he arrived at the estimate that window collisions may kill a staggering 2 billion (or more) birds in the U.S. each year. #ornithology https://wilsonsociety.org/2024/07/15/guest-post-what-happens-when-birds-hit-windows/

The frontispiece of the current issue of the WJO is this beautiful watercolor of Ecuadorian Hillstars by artist Jan Dungel, inspired by one of the papers in the issue. #ornithology https://meridian.allenpress.com/wjo/article/136/2/fmii/501463/Frontispiece

Outgoing WOS Secretary Lindsey Walters reads the traditional commendation to close out the meeting: "Whereas..." And that's a wrap on #AFOSCOWOS24!

Congratulations to the WOS Student Presentation Award winners! (Two of the four recipients were not here this evening to accept their awards - full details on all four will be up on our website soon!)

Careers in Ornithology panel kicking off now at #AFOSCOWOS24!

Current and past WOS Research Award recipients at #AFOSCOWOS24 - watch our website for the full announcement of this year's recipients after the meeting!

And finally... Kristen Covino announced the details of next year's WOS meeting, which will take place June 23-25 on the beautiful Loyola Marymount University campus in Los Angeles, California! See you at #WOS2025! #AFOSCOWOS24