About the Authors

Many individuals contributed to this book. The following list should include the names of everyone who attended five or more of the 150+ meetings of the Manitoba Avian Research Committee of the Manitoba Naturalists Society that prepared the book over a 20-year period. Those who worked more intensively in the final editorial and production stages between 2000 and 2003 are shown in boldface.

Ron Austin, Brad Carey, Ward Christianson, Norman J. Cleveland, Herbert W.R. Copland, Andy Courcelles, Carolyn E. Curtis, Calvin W. Cuthbert, Larry de March, Ken D. De Smet, James R. Duncan, Scott Edie, Dennis Fast, Gordon D. Grieef, George E. Holland (Chairman), Phil Horch (former Chairman), Nancy F. Johnston, Richard W. Knapton, Brian Knudsen, Rudolf F. Koes (Illustrator), Lew Layman, Julia W. Maynard, Wayne P. Neily, Robert W. Nero, Robert J. Parsons, Jean Scriven, Bob Shettler, Martin G. Siepman, Peter Taylor (Editor-in-Chief), Russell Tkachuk, Liis Veelma, Marlene Waldron, Gene Walz, and Ian A. Ward.

Outside help was sought for several of the introductory chapters: Martin K. McNicholl wrote the account of Manitoba’s long and complex ornithological history, Gordon D. Grieef prepared the chapter on birding in Manitoba, Richard J. Staniforth provided an account of the province’s diverse ecosystems, and Virginia Petch described the importance of birds to Manitoba’s aboriginal people. Finally, C. Stuart Houston wrote the foreword as the book approached completion.

The preparation of species accounts was likewise not limited to MARC members; the following is a full list of contributing authors: Ron Austin, Jean Bancroft, Richard K. Baydack, Robert P. Berger, Maureen L. Bouchart, David L. Braddell, James V. Briskie, Deborah Buitron, Fred Cooke, Carolyn E. Curtis, Stephen K. Davis, Ken D. De Smet, James R. Duncan, Patricia A. Duncan, Scott Edie, Roger M. Evans, Kenneth A. Gardner, J. Paul Goossen, Cheri L. Gratto-Trevor, Gordon D. Grieef, Paula M. Grieef, Susan M. Haig, Keith A. Hobson, George E. Holland, Mark Huebert, Robert E. Jones, Richard W. Knapton, Rudolf F. Koes, William J. Koonz, Mary Krueger, Julia W. Maynard, Martin K. McNicholl, Robert W. Nero, Gary L. Nuechterlein, Phil Ould, Robert J. Parsons, Tom Réaume, John D. Reynolds, Ulrike Sliworsky, Peter Taylor, Kim Tyson, William J. Walley, and Gene Walz.

Dennis Fast generously provided many photographs. We also acknowledge the photographs contributed by Christian Artuso, Ward Christianson, Thomas Davis, Larry de March, Heidi den Haan (Delta Marsh Bird Observatory), Garry Dyck, June Finnson (Ducks Unlimited), Fred Greenslade (Delta Waterfowl and Wetlands Research Station), Gordon Goldsborough, Gordon Grieef, Stewart Holohan, Ray Irvine, Richard Knapton, Rudolf Koes, Akira Kumagai, Elizabeth Lavender, Paul Lehman, Norman Lightfoot, Manitoba Archives, Doug McRae, Virginia Petch, Jim Reimer, Victor Reimer, Liette Robert (The Manitoba Museum), Gerry Rosset, Carol Scott, David Seldon, Alma Simm, Glen Suggett, Peder Svingen, Peter Taylor, Robert Taylor, Marlene Waldron, Bill Walley and Renee Will. Other valuable contributions are acknowledged in the Preface of the book.

Publication would have been impossible without the generous financial assistance of Manitoba Culture, Heritage and Tourism, the Thomas Sill Foundation, Inc., the Winnipeg Foundation, Manitoba Hydro, the Province of Manitoba’s Special Conservation Fund, and an anonymous donor.

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