CURRICULUM VITAE
NILS WARNOCK
Audubon Alaska
441 West Fifth Avenue, Suite 300
Anchorage, AK 99501
Phone: (907) 276-7034
Fax: (907) 276-5069
E-mail: nwarnock@audubon.org
Education
Ph.D. Ecology, University of California, Davis and San Diego State University
B. A. Psychology, University of Colorado, Boulder
1994
1983
Present Positions
Vice President and Executive Director – Audubon Alaska
2010-present
Professional Positions
Wildlife Specialist – Oiled Wildlife Care Network, University of California, Davis
Research Associate – PRBO Conservation Science
Co-Director - Wetlands Ecology Division, PRBO Conservation Science
Senior Scientist - PRBO Conservation Science
2008-2010
2008 - present
2000-2008
1998-1999
Adjunct status
Adjunct Professor – Humboldt State University, Department of Wildlife
2007 - present
Post-Doctoral Experience
1997-1998
1996-1997
1994 - 1996.
Statistician (GS-9) - Forest and Rangeland Ecosystem Science Center, US Geological
Survey, Corvallis, OR.
Statistician (GS-9), US Forest Service, Corvallis, OR
Environmental and Resource Sciences, University of Nevada, Reno (with Dr. Lewis
Oring) and Department of Biological Sciences, Simon Fraser University (with Dr. Fred
Cooke) – shared post-doc
Research Experience
1982-1983
1984-1987
1987
1987-1988
1988
1988-1992
Psychology Dept., University of Colorado. Evolution of predatory behavior in
rattlesnakes and cobras.
Point Reyes Bird Observatory, Stinson Beach, CA. Wintering ecology of shorebirds,
breeding ecology of seabirds and marine mammals, ecology of breeding and migratory
landbirds.
USDA Forest Service, Fresno, CA. Breeding landbirds and comparative census
techniques.
Point Reyes Bird Observatory, Stinson Beach, CA. Wintering shorebird ecology,
breeding requirements and population dynamics of interior nesting Snowy Plovers.
United States Fish and Wildlife Service, Seward Peninsula, AK. Breeding distribution
and habitat requirements of the Bristle-thighed Curlew on Seward Peninsula, Alaska.
University of California, Davis; San Francisco Bay area, CA Biotic and abiotic factors
affecting the distribution and abundance of Dunlin.
1988-1989
1989
1990-1993
1992
1994-1996
1994-1996
1995-1996
1997-1998
1998-2008
2008-2010
Biology Dept., San Diego State University. Estuarine restoration and enhancement
Point Reyes Bird Observatory, Stinson Beach, CA. Abundance and distribution of
shorebirds in San Diego County, CA and northern Baja California, Mexico.
Troy Ecological Research Associates; Prudhoe Bay, AK Impact of oil development on
arctic breeding bird communities; Breeding and dispersal of Spectacled Eiders using
radio and satellite telemetry.
University of California, Davis; San Francisco Bay, CA Migration ecology of Western
Sandpipers using radiotelemetry.
University of Nevada, Reno; Honey Lake, CA Life history strategies of breeding Killdeer;
Post-breeding dispersal of Killdeer and American Avocets using radiotelemetry.
Simon Fraser University; Ensenada, Mexico Demography of a wintering Western
Sandpiper population.
University of Nevada, Reno; San Francisco, CA, Honey Lake, CA, Grays Harbor WA
Migration ecology and conservation of Western Sandpipers along the Pacific Flyway.
Forest and Rangeland Ecosystem Science Center, Corvallis, OR Local and
metapopulation dynamics of western Great Basin shorebirds.
PRBO Conservation Science, Stinson Beach, CA, Ecology and conservation of Pacific
Flyway birds: emphasis on endangered species, reintroductions, migration, wetland
habitat restoration, and shorebird management and conservation.
Wildlife Health Center, University of California, Davis, Wildlife capture, wildlife telemetry
techniques, effects of oil on wildlife, post-oil spill survival of birds, shorebird migration.
Publications
Radcliffe, C.W., T. Poole, F. Feiler, N.D. Warnock, T. Byers, A. Radcliffe, and D. Chiszar. 1983.
Immobilization of mice following envenomation by cobras (Naja mossambica pallida). Bull.
Psychonom. Soc. 21:243-246.
Warnock, N. 1989. Piracy by Ring-billed gulls on Dunlins. Wilson Bull. 101: 96-97.
Warnock, N. 1990. Apparent age-segregation of Dunlin within Bolinas Lagoon - a preliminary study.
Wader Study Group Bull. 60: 27-30.
Warnock, N. and S. Warnock. 1993. Attachment of radiotransmitters to sandpipers: review and methods.
Wader Study Group Bull. 70: 28-30. Reprinted 1993. Stilt 23: 38-40
Warnock, N. 1994. Biotic and abiotic factors affecting the distribution and abundance of a wintering
population of Dunlin. Ph.D. dissertation, University of California, Davis and San Diego State
University.
Warnock, N., G.W. Page and L.E. Stenzel. 1995. Non-migratory movements of Dunlin on their California
wintering grounds. Wilson Bull. 107: 131-139.
Warnock, N. and S. Schwarzbach. 1995. Incidental kill of Dunlin and Killdeer by strychnine. J. Wild.
Diseases 31: 566-569.
Iverson, G. C., S. Warnock, R. Butler, M. A. Bishop and N. Warnock. 1996. Spring migration of western
sandpipers along the Pacific coast of North America: a telemetry study. Condor 98: 10-21.
Warnock, N. 1996. Local and regional differences in habitat utilization by Dunlins (Calidris alpina) as
revealed by radiotelemetry; conservation implications. In Shorebird ecology and conservation in
the Western Hemisphere. (P. Hicklin et al., Eds.). International Wader Studies 8: 35-38.
Warnock, N. D. and R. E. Gill, Jr. 1996. Dunlin (Calidris alpina). In The Birds of North America No. 203
(A. Poole and F. Gill, Eds.). Philadelphia: The Academy of Natural Sciences; Washington D. C.:
The American Ornithologists' Union.
Warnock, N. and L. W. Oring. 1996. Nocturnal nest attendance of Killdeers: more than meets the eye.
Auk 113: 502-504.
Butler, R. W., T. D. Williams, N. Warnock and M. A. Bishop. 1997. Wind assistance: a requirement for
migration of shorebirds? Auk 114: 456-466.
Johnson, O. W., N. Warnock, M. A. Bishop, A. J. Bennett, P. M. Johnson, and R. J. Kienholz. 1997. Hawaii
to Alaska migration by radio-tagged Pacific Golden-Plovers and their subsequent survival. Auk 114:
521-524.
Reed, J. M., N. Warnock and L. W. Oring (Eds.). 1997. Conservation and management of shorebirds in
the western Great Basin of North America. International Wader Studies 9: 1-81.
Reed, J. M., N. Warnock and L. W. Oring. 1997. Censusing shorebirds in the western Great Basin of
North America. International Wader Studies 9: 29-36.
Warnock, N., J. M. Reed and L. W. Oring. 1997. Synthesis: shorebirds in the arid western Great Basin of
North America. International Wader Studies 9: 80-81.
Warnock, N., G. W. Page and B. Sandercock. 1997. Local survival of Dunlin Calidris alpina wintering in
California. Condor 99: 906-915.
Bishop, M. A. and N. Warnock. 1998. Migration of Western Sandpipers: links between their stopover areas
and breeding grounds. Wilson Bull. 110:457-462.
Warnock, N. and M. A. Bishop. 1998. Spring stopover ecology of migrant Western Sandpipers. Condor 100:
456-467.
Warnock, N., S. M. Haig, and L. W. Oring. 1998. Monitoring species richness and abundance of shorebirds
in the western Great Basin. Condor 100:589-600.
Buenrostro, A. A., N. Warnock, H. de la Cueva. 1999. Wintering Western Sandpipers (Calidris mauri) at
Estero de Punta Banda, Baja California, México. Wader Study Group Bull. 88:59-63.
Butler, R. W., T. D. Williams, M. A. Bishop and N. Warnock. 1999. Reply to Hedenström and Weber. Auk
116:563-564
Howe, M., J. Bart, S. Brown, C. Elphick, B. Harrington, C. Hickey, G. Morrison, S. Skagen, and N.
Warnock, eds. 2000. A Comprehensive Monitoring Program for North American Shorebirds.
Manomet Center for Conservation Sciences. 124 pp. http://www.Manomet.org/USSCP/files.htm.
Takekawa, J. Y. and N. Warnock. 2000. Long-billed Dowitcher (Limnodromus scolopaceus) In The Birds
of North America, No. 493 (A. Poole and F. Gill, Eds.). Philadelphia: The Academy of Natural
Sciences; Washington D. C.: The American Ornithologists' Union.
Warnock, N. 2000. Book review - Gathering of angels, migrating birds and their ecology (K. Able, ed.).
Western Birds 31:207-208.
Warnock, N., and S. Warnock. 2000. Waterfowl and shorebirds: Western Sandpiper Calidris mauri. Pages
296-300 in (P. Olofson, ed.). Goals project 2000. Baylands ecosystem species and community
profiles: life histories and environmental requirements of key plants, fish and wildlife. Prepared by the
San Francisco Bay Area Wetlands Ecosystem Goals Project. San Francisco Bay Regional Water
Quality Control Board, Oakland, CA.
Fernández, G., H. de la Cueva and N. Warnock. 2001. Phenology and length of stay of transient and
wintering Western Sandpipers at Estero Punta Banda, Mexico. Journal of Field Ornithology
72:509-520.
Shepard, P. C. F., D. B. Lank, B. D. Smith, N. Warnock, G. W. Kaiser, and T. D. Williams. 2001. Sex ratios
of Dunlin wintering at two latitudes on the Pacific coast. Condor 103:352-360.
Kelly, J. P., N. Warnock, G. W. Page, and W. W. Weathers. 2002. Effects of weather on daily body mass
regulation in wintering Dunlin. Journal of Experimental Biology 205:109-120.
Shuford, W. D., N. Warnock, K. C. Molina, K. K. Sturm. 2002. The Salton Sea as critical habitat to migratory
and resident waterbirds. Hydrobiologia 473:255-274.
Takekawa, J. Y., N. Warnock, G. M. Martinelli, A. K. Miles, and D. C. Tsao. 2002. Waterbird use of
bayland wetlands in the San Francisco Bay Estuary: movements of Long-billed Dowitchers during
the winter. Waterbirds 25 (Special Publication) 2):93-105.
Nebel, S., D. B. Lank, P. D. O'Hara, G. Fernández, B. Haase, F. Delgado, F. A. Estela, L. J. Evans
Ogden, B. Harrington, B. E. Kus, J. E. Lyons, F. Mercier, B. Ortego, J. Y. Takekawa, N. Warnock,
and S. E. Warnock. 2002. Western Sandpipers (Calidris mauri) during the non-breeding season:
spatial segregation on a hemispheric scale. Auk. 119:922-928.
Warnock, N., G. W. Page, M. Ruhlen, N. Nur, J. Y. Takekawa, and J. T. Hanson. 2002. Management
and conservation of San Francisco Bay salt ponds: effects of pond salinity, area, tide, and season
on Pacific Flyway waterbirds. Waterbirds 25 (Special Publication 2):79-92.
Fernández, G., H. de la Cueva, N. Warnock, and D. B. Lank. 2003. Local survival rates of Western
Sandpipers wintering in northwest Baja California, Mexico. Auk 120: 55-61.
Rintoul, C., N. Warnock, G. W. Page, and J. T. Hanson. 2003. Breeding status and habitat use of Blacknecked Stilts and American Avocets in South San Francisco Bay. Western Birds. 34:2-14.
Warnock, N. 2003. Dunlin Calidris alpina. Pages 242-244 in ( D. B. Marshall, M. G. Hunter, and A. L.
Contreras, Eds.) Birds of Oregon: a general reference, Oregon State University Press. Corvallis.
Warnock, N. 2003. Western Sandpiper Calidris mauri. Pages 235-237 in ( D. B. Marshall, M. G. Hunter,
and A. L. Contreras, Eds.) Birds of Oregon: a general reference, Oregon State University Press.
Corvallis.
Warnock, N., and J. Y. Takekawa. 2003. Use of radio telemetry in studies of shorebirds: past
contributions and future directions. Wader Study Group Bull. 100: 138-150.
Shuford, W. D., N. Warnock, and R. L. McKernan. 2004. Patterns of shorebird use of the Salton Sea and
adjacent Imperial Valley, California.. Studies in Avian Biology No. 27: 61-77.
Warnock, N., W. D. Shuford and K. Molina. 2004. Distribution pattern of waterbirds at the Salton Sea,
California, in 1999. Studies in Avian Biology No. 27:78-91.
Warnock, N., J. Y. Takekawa, and M. A. Bishop. 2004. Migration and stopover strategies of individual
Dunlin along the Pacific Coast of North America. Canadian Journal of Zoology. 82: 1687–1697.
Bishop, M. A., N. Warnock and J. Y. Takekawa. 2005. Differential spring migration by male and female
Western Sandpipers at interior and coastal stopover sites. Ardea 92:185-196.
Stralberg, D., N. Warnock, N. Nur, H. Spautz and G.W. Page. 2005. Building a habitat conversion model
for San Francisco bay wetlands: a multi-species approach for integrating GIS and field data. Pp.
121-129 In (C. J. Ralph and T. O. Rich, Eds.) Bird Conservation implementation and integration in
the Americas: proceedings of the third international Partners in Flight conference. 2002 March 2024; Asilomar, CA. Volume 1. Gen. Tech. Rep. PSW-GTR-191. Albany, CA: Pacific Southwest
Research Station, Forest Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture.
Warnock, N. 2005. Book review. Shorebirds. An illustrated behavioural ecology. (J.van de Kam, B. Ens,
T. Piersma, and L. Zwarts, Eds.). Condor 107:188-189.
Bishop, M.A., N. Warnock, and J.Y. Takekawa. 2006. Spring migration patterns in Western Sandpiper
Calidris mauri. Pp. 545-550 in G.C. Boerne, C.A. Galbraith, and D.A. Stroud (eds.). Waterbirds
around the world. The Stationery Office, Edinburgh, U.K.
Williams, T. D., N. Warnock, J. Y. Takekawa, M. A. Bishop. 2007. Flyway scale variation in plasma
triglyceride levels as an index of refueling rate in spring migrating Western Sandpipers. Auk
124:886-897.
Ackerman, J. T., C. A. Eagles-Smith, J. Y. Takekawa, S. A. Demers, T. L. Adelsbach, J. D. Bluso, A. K.
Miles, N. Warnock, and T. H. Suchanek. 2007. Mercury Concentrations and Space Use of Prebreeding American Avocets and Black-necked Stilts in San Francisco Bay. Science of the Total
Environment 384:452-466.
Hickey, C., N. Warnock, J. Y. Takekawa, and N. Ahearn. 2007. Space use by Black-necked Stilts in the
San Francisco Bay Estuary. Ardea 95:275-288.
Heath, S.R., E. L. Kershner, D. M. Cooper, S. Lynn, J. L. Turner, N. Warnock, S. Farabaugh, K. Brock,
and D. K. Garcelon. 2008. Rodent control and food supplementation increase productivity of
endangered San Clemente Loggerhead Shrikes (Lanius ludovicianus mearnsi). Biological
Conservation 141:2506-2515.
Iverson, S. A., J. Y. Takekawa, S. Schwarzbach, C. J. Cardona, N. Warnock, M. A. Bishop, G. A. Schirato,
S. Paroulek, J. T. Ackerman, H. Ip, and W. M. Boyce. 2008. Low prevalence of avian influenza
virus among shorebirds on the Pacific Coast of North America. Waterbirds 31: 602-610
Gill, R. Jr., T. Tibbitts. D. Douglas, C. Handel, D. Mulcahy, J. Gottschalck, N. Warnock, B. McCaffery, P.
Battley, and T. Piersma. 2009. Extreme endurance flights by landbirds crossing the Pacific:
ecological corridor rather than barrier? Proceeding of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences
276:447-457
Stralberg, D., D. L. Applegate, S. J. Phillips, M. P. Herzog, N. Nur, and N. Warnock. 2009. Optimizing
wetland restoration and management for avian communities using a mixed integer programming
approach. Biological Conservation 142:94-109.
Faaborg, J., R.T. Holmes, A. Anders, K. Bildstein, K. Dugger, S. Gauthreaux, P. Heglund, K. Hobson, D.
H. Johnson, S. Latta, D. Levey, P. Marra, C. Merkord, E. Nol, S. I. Rothstein, T.S. Sillett, T.
Sherry, F. Thompson II, and N. Warnock. 2010. Recent advances in understanding migration
systems of New World land birds. Ecological Monographs 80:3–48
Faaborg, J., A. Anders, K. Bildstein, K. Dugger, S. Gauthreaux, P. Heglund, K. Hobson, R.T. Holmes, D.
H. Johnson, S. Latta, D. Levey, P. Marra, C. Merkord, E. Nol, S. I. Rothstein, T.S. Sillett, T.
Sherry, F. Thompson II, and N. Warnock. 2010. Conserving migratory land birds in the New
World: do we know enough? Ecological Applications 20:398–418.
Book Chapters
Warnock, N., and S. Warnock. 2001. Sandpipers, phalaropes, and allies. Pages 273-287 in The Sibley
guide to bird life and behavior. Chanticleer Press, Inc., NY.
Warnock, N., C. Elphick, and M. Rubega. 2001. Shorebirds in the marine environment. Pages 581-615 in
(J. Burger and B. A. Schreiber, Eds.). Biology of Marine Birds. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.
Publications in Popular Journals
Warnock, N. 1987. Dunlin journal. Point Reyes Bird Observatory Newsletter 76: 6-7.
Warnock, N. and S. Warnock. 1996. Tracking shorebirds. Bird’s-Eye View 4: 4-5.
Warnock, N., S. Warnock and M. A. Bishop. 1997. Marvels of migration: the northward flight of the
Western Sandpiper. Tideline 17: 1-3.
Warnock, N. and M. A. Bishop. 1998. Northwest passage. Natural History Magazine 107: 50-53.
Warnock, N. 1998-99. Salton Sea studies: assessing the birds of an inland sea. Point Reyes Bird
Observatory Newsletter 115: 6.
Warnock, N. 1999. San Clemente Loggerhead Shrikes: a mixed success story for 1999. Bird Calls 3:14.
Warnock, N. 1999. Sandpiper travels. Point Reyes Bird Observatory Newsletter 117: 10.
Warnock, N. 2000. Habitat balancing act. Point Reyes Bird Observatory Newsletter 122: 5.
Warnock, N. 2001. Tools for conservation: radio and satellite technology. Observer 126: 1 (also co-edited
this newsletter).
Warnock, N. 2003. Responsible science: shorebird telemetry. Observer 131: 8-9.
Warnock, N. 2003. Waterbirds and saltponds. Observer 133: 10-11.
Warnock, N. 2004. PRBO’s San Francisco Bay project. Observer 136: 1.
Warnock, N., W. J. Sydeman, and T. Gardali. 2004. Time: the ecology of change. Observer 138: 1-6.
Warnock, N. 2005. A presence on San Francisco Bay. Observer 139: 7.
Warnock, N., M. A. Bishop, and J. Y. Takekawa. 2005. Spring migration of Western Sandpipers, Dunlins,
and dowitchers in western North America. Birding 37:392-399.
Warnock, N. 2005. Long distance migration strategies. Observer 142: 7.
Warnock, N. 2007. Tracking the elusive Bar-tailed Godwit. Observer 147.
Battley, P. R. Gill, and N. Warnock. 2008. Satellite-tagged godwits: the continuing journey. Southern Bird
33:9 and 12.
Significant Reports
Evens, J.G., G.W. Page, L.E. Stenzel, and N.D. Warnock. 1986. Distribution, density and habitat of Black
Rails in Marin county marshes. A special scientific report of the Point Reyes Bird Observatory.
Page, G.W., H.R. Carter and N.D. Warnock. 1986. Number of beached oiled birds. Sec. 3 in Impacts of 1986
San Joaquin Valley Crude oil spill on marine birds in central California. (G.W. Page and H.R. Carter,
Eds.) A special scientific report of the Point Reyes Bird Observatory.
Warnock, N., S.E. Griffin and L.E. Stenzel. 1989. Results of the 22-23 April 1989 shorebird census in coastal
wetlands of San Diego County and northern Baja California. Report of the Point Reyes Bird
Observatory.
Warnock, N. and D. Troy. 1992. Distribution and abundance of Spectacled Eiders at Prudhoe Bay,
Alaska. Report for BP Exploration, Anchorage, AK.
Warnock, N. 1995. Progress Report on Western Sandpiper Project: Estero de Punta Banda, Ensenada,
Mexico October 1994 - February 1995. CWS/NSERC Research Chair in Wildlife Ecology,
Department of Biological Sciences, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, Canada.
Bishop, M.A. and N. Warnock 1995. Conservation of Western Sandpipers Along the Pacific Flyway: Yearend Report, June 1995. Report for National Fish and Wildlife Foundation, Washington, DC
Warnock, N., H. de la Cueva Salcedo and L.W. Oring 1996. Report on Western Sandpiper Project:
Estero de Punta Banda, Ensenada, Mexico, 1994 - 1996. CWS/NSERC Research Chair in
Wildlife Ecology, Department of Biological Sciences, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, Canada
Warnock, N. and M.A. Bishop 1996. Conservation of Western Sandpipers along the Pacific Flyway:
summary report, 1995-1996. National Fish and Wildlife Foundation, Washington, DC.
Warnock, N. and M.A. Bishop 1996. Spring migration of Western Sandpipers at the San Francisco Bay
Estuary. Report for Don Edwards San Francisco Bay National Wildlife Refuge, Newark, CA and
San Francisco Bay Estuary Project, Ecological Services, USFWS, Sacramento, CA.
Mader, T., and N. Warnock. 1999. 1998 population monitoring of the Loggerhead Shrike on NALF, San
Clemente Island, California. D.O.D., U.S. Navy, Natural Resources Management Branch,
Southwest Div., Nav. Fac. Eng. Command, San Diego, CA.
Shuford, W. D., N. Warnock, and K. C. Molina. 1999. The avifauna of the Salton Sea: a synthesis. Salton
Sea Authority for U.S. Environmental Protection Agency grant # R826552-01-0.
Shuford, W. D., N. Warnock, K. C. Molina, B. Mulrooney, and A. Black. 2000. Avifauna of the Salton Sea:
abundance, distribution, and annual phenology. Final report for EPA Contract No. R826552-01-0
to the Salton Sea Authority. 78401 Highway 111, Suite T, La Quinta, CA 92253.
Howe, M., J. Bart, S. Brown, C. Elphick, R. Gill, B. Harrington, C. Hickey, G. Morrison, S. Skagen, and N.
Warnock. 2000. A comprehensive monitoring program for North American Shorebirds. Manomet
Center for Conservation Sciences.
Mader, T., N. Warnock, and W. Ostheimer. 2000. 1999 population monitoring of the Loggerhead Shrike
on NALF, San Clemente Island, California. D.O.D., U.S. Navy, Natural Resources Management
Branch, Southwest Div., Nav. Fac. Eng. Command, San Diego, CA.
Blackford, A.V., C. Couroux, H. Carlisle, J. Plissner, and N. Warnock. 2001. 2000 Population Monitoring
of the Loggerhead Shrike on NALF, San Clemente Island, California, D.o.D., U.S. Navy, Natural
Resources Management Branch, Southwest Div., Nav. Fac. Eng. Command, San Diego,
California.
Warnock, N., M. A. Bishop, and J. Y. Takekawa. 2001. Spring migration of Dunlin and dowitchers along
the Pacific Flyway. Unpublished progress report, Point Reyes Bird Observatory, Stinson Beach,
CA 94970.
Bart, J., B. Andres, S. Brown, G. Donaldson, B. Harrington, H. Johnson, V. Johnston, S. Jones, R. I. G.
Morrison, M. Sallaberry, S. K. Skagen, and N. Warnock. 2002. Program for regional and
international shorebird monitoring (PRISM). A technical report of the Research and Monitoring
Group of the U.S. Shorebird Conservation Plan.
Plissner, J., A.V. Blackford, H. Carlisle, and N. Warnock. 2002. 2001 Population monitoring of the
Loggerhead Shrike on NALF, San Clemente Island, California, D.o.D., U.S. Navy, Natural
Resources Management Branch, Southwest Div., Nav. Fac. Eng. Command, San Diego,
California.
Warnock, N., M. A. Bishop, and J. Y. Takekawa. 2002. Spring shorebird migration, Mexico to Alaska.
Final report 2002. Unpubl. Prog. Rep., Point Reyes Bird Observatory, Stinson Beach, CA and U.S.
Geological Survey, Vallejo, CA.
Blackford, A.V., S. Lynn, J. H. Plissner, and N. Warnock. 2003. 2002 Population Monitoring of the San
Clemente Loggerhead Shrike on NALF, San Clemente Island, California. U.S. Navy,
Environmental Department, Southwest Division, Naval Facilities Engineering Command, San
Diego, California.
Spautz, H., J. Harley, N. Nur, and N. Warnock. 2003. San Francisco Bay tidal marsh project annual
report 2003: distribution, abundance, and reproductive success of tidal marsh birds. Unpubl. Prog.
Rep., PRBO Conservation Science, Stinson Beach, CA.
Stralberg, D., N. Warnock, N. Nur, H. Spautz and G.W. Page. 2003. Predicting the effects of habitat
change on South San Francisco Bay bird communities: an analysis of bird-habitat relationships
and evaluation of potential restoration scenarios (Contract # 02-009, Title: Habitat Conversion
Model). Final report, California Coastal Conservancy, Oakland, CA
Herzog, M., L. Liu, N. Nur, H. Spautz and N. Warnock. 2004. San Francisco Bay tidal marsh project
annual report 2004: distribution, abundance, and reproductive success of tidal marsh birds.
Unpubl. Prog. Rep., PRBO Conservation Science, Stinson Beach, CA.
Nur, N., H. Spautz, J. Wood, and N. Warnock. 2004. Avian response to tidal marsh restoration: BREACH
II project. Unpubl. Prog. Rep., PRBO Conservation Science, Stinson Beach, CA submitted as
part of final CalFed report.
Lynn, S., B. L. Sullivan, H. A. Carlisle, N. A. Chartier, and N. Warnock. 2004. 2003 Population Monitoring
of the San Clemente Loggerhead Shrike on NALF, San Clemente Island, California. U.S. Navy,
Environmental Department, Southwest Division, Naval Facilities Engineering Command, San
Diego, California.
Lynn, S., H. A. Carlisle, N. A. Chartier, and N. Warnock. 2004. Western Snowy Plover surveys on Naval
Auxilary Landing Field San Clemente Island, Los Angeles County, California, 2003-2004. U.S.
Navy, Environmental Department, Southwest Division, Naval Facilities Engineering Command,
San Diego, California.
Warnock, N., M. A. Bishop, J. Y. Takekawa, and T. D. Williams. 2004. Pacific Flyway Shorebird
Migration Program: Spring Western Sandpiper migration, Northern Baja California, Mexico to
Alaska – Final Report 2004. Unpubl. Prog. Rep., PRBO Conservation Science, Stinson Beach,
CA; Prince William Sound Science Center, Cordova, AK; U.S. Geological Survey, Vallejo, CA; and
Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC.
Herzog, M., L. Liu, J. Evens, N. Nur, and N. Warnock. 2005. Temporal and spatial patterns in population
trends in California Clapper Rail (Rallus longirostris obsoletus): 2005 CLRA Progress Report to
California Department of Fish and Game and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. PRBO Conservation
Science.
Lynn, S., C. M. Leumas, and N. Warnock. 2005. 2004 Population Monitoring of the San Clemente
Loggerhead Shrike on NALF, San Clemente Island, California. U.S. Navy, Environmental
Department, Southwest Division, Naval Facilities Engineering Command, San Diego, California.
Lynn, S., H. A. Carlisle, N. A. Chartier, and N. Warnock. 2005. Western Snowy Plover surveys on Naval
Auxiliary Landing Field San Clemente Island, Los Angeles County, California, 2004-2005. U.S.
Navy, Environmental Department, Southwest Division, Naval Facilities Engineering Command,
San Diego, California.
Warnock, N. 2005. Synthesis of Scientific Knowledge for Managing Salt Ponds to Protect Bird
Populations. Technical Report of the South Bay Salt Pond Restoration Project. State Coastal
Conservancy, Oakland, California. [online] URL:
http://www.southbayrestoration.org/Science.html
Fernandez, G., N. Warnock, D. B. Lank, and J. B. Buchanan 2006. Conservation plan for the Western
Sandpiper. Prepared by Western Hemisphere Shorebird Reserve Network for the National Fish
and Wildlife Foundation, Portland, ME.
Lynn, S., H. A. Carlisle, and N. Warnock. 2006. Western Snowy Plover surveys on Naval Auxiliary
Landing Field San Clemente Island, Los Angeles County, California, June - November 2005. U.S.
Navy, Environmental Department, Southwest Division, Naval Facilities Engineering Command,
San Diego, California.
Lynn, S., C. M. Leumas, H. Carlisle, and N. Warnock. 2006. 2005 Population Monitoring of the San
Clemente Loggerhead Shrike on NALF, San Clemente Island, California. U.S. Navy,
Environmental Department, Southwest Division, Naval Facilities Engineering Command, San
Diego, California.
Stralberg, D., M. Herzog, N. Warnock, N. Nur, and S. Valdez. 2006. Habitat-based modeling of wetland
bird communities: an evaluation of potential restoration alternatives for South San Francisco Bay.
Final report to California Coastal Conservancy, December 2006. PRBO Conservation Science,
Petaluma, CA. [URL: http://www.prbo.org/wetlands/hcm]
Warnock, N., M. A. Bishop, J. Y. Takekawa, and T. D. Williams. 2006. Pacific Flyway Shorebird
Migration Program: Spring Western Sandpiper migration, Pt. Mugu, California to Alaska – Draft
Report 2006. Unpubl. Prog. Rep., PRBO Conservation Science, Petaluma, CA; Prince William
Sound Science Center, Cordova, AK; U.S. Geological Survey, Vallejo, CA; and Simon Fraser
University, Burnaby, BC.
Warnock, N., and R. E. Gill. 2007. Pacific Shorebird Migration Project Interim Report. Packard
Foundation Grant 2006-30354.
Warnock, N., L. Stenzel, W. D. Shuford, G. Page, J. Y. Takekawa, and C. Strong. 2007. Coastal
California Shorebird Survey: November 2006 shorebird survey of San Francisco Bay and other
major coastal California estuaries. Report to U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Ecological Services,
Sacramento, CA.
Fernandez, G., J. Buchanan, R. Gill, Jr, R. Lanctot, and N. Warnock. 2008. Conservation plan for the
Dunlin. Prepared by Western Hemisphere Shorebird Reserve Network for the National Fish and
Wildlife Foundation, Portland, ME.
Warnock, N. 2008. Post-oil spill shorebird surveys of San Francisco Bay and Marin Co. shoreline, Nov –
Dec 2007. Report to California Department of Fish and Game, Office of Spill Prevention and
Response, Sacramento, CA.
Warnock, N. and J. McMorran. 2008. Loggerhead Shrike surveys on Santa Cruz Island – April-May
2008. Report to U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Ventura Fish and Wildlife Office, 2493 Portola
Road, Suite B, Ventura, California 93003
Warnock, N., and R. E. Gill. 2008. Pacific Shorebird Migration Project – Phase II 2008 Interim Report.
Packard Foundation Grant #2007-31604
Talks
Warnock, N., D. Chiszar and C. Radcliffe. 1983. Prey - directed behavior in cobras and rattlesnakes.
Colorado - Wyoming Academy of Science, University of Wyoming.
*Warnock, N. 1987. Age related distribution in Dunlins. Avian Studies Group, San Francisco, California.
Warnock, N. 1991 Local differences in habitat utilization by Dunlin (Calidris alpina). IV Neotropical
Ornithological Congress, Quito, Ecuador
*Warnock, N. 1993. Habitat use by shorebirds in coastal California. Western Hemisphere Shorebird
Reserve Network and Manomet Observatory, Shorebird Management workshop, Sacramento
National Wildlife Refuge, California.
Warnock, N., and G. Page. 1993. Population dynamics of Dunlin at Bolinas Lagoon: a 14 year study.
Western Section of the Wildlife Society, Monterey, California.
Warnock, N., G. Page and L. Stenzel. 1993. Regional movement patterns of Dunlin: a response to rain?
American Ornithological Union, Fairbanks, Alaska.
Warnock, N. 1993. Survival rates of a wintering Dunlin population at a coastal estuary: a fourteen year
perspective. Colonial Waterbird Meeting, Arles, France and Wader Study Group Meeting,
Ipswich, England
*Warnock, N. 1994. Biotic and abiotic factors affecting the distribution and abundance of Dunlin.
Sacramento State University, Sacramento California.
*Warnock, N. 1994. Winter ecology of Dunlin. Canadian Wildlife Service, Reifel, British Columbia,
Canada.
*Warnock, N. 1994. Winter ecology of Dunlin a long term study. Centro de Investigacion Cientifica y de
Educacion Superior de Ensenada, Ensenada, Mexico.
Warnock, N. and M. A. Bishop. 1995. Spring migration ecology of Western Sandpipers as revealed by
radiotelemetry. International Waterfowl Ecology Symposium and Wader Study Group
Conference, Aveiro, Portugal.
Warnock, N. and M. A. Bishop. 1995. Migration strategies of radiomarked Western Sandpipers along the
Pacific Flyway: 1995. Pacific Seabird Group/Colonial Waterbird Meeting, Victoria, Canada.
Buenrostro, A., H. de la Cueva, and N. Warnock. 1995. Phenology of Western Sandpiper (Calidris mauri)
in Punta Banda, Ensenada, B.C., Mexico. Cooper Society Meeting, La Paz, Mexico
Fernandez, G., H. de la Cueva and N. Warnock. 1996. One year return rates of Western Sandpipers
(Calidris mauri) to Estero Punta Banda, B.C., Mexico. Cooper Society Meeting, San Diego,
California.
Oring, L., N. Warnock, L. Powers and S. Haig. 1996. Dispersal decisions: how are they made and
assessed?. International Behavioral Ecology Conference, Brisbane, Australia.
Oring, L., N. Warnock and L. Powers. 1996. Philopatry and breeding success of Great Basin Killdeer.
Cooper Society Meeting, San Diego, California.
Powers, L., N. Warnock and L. Oring. 1996. Space-use patterns of Killdeer (Charadrius vociferus) during
the breeding season at a Great Basin wetlands. Cooper Society Meeting, San Diego, California.
*Warnock, N. 1996. Space use patterns of sandpipers: management and conservation implications.
Western Hemisphere Shorebird Reserve Network and Manomet Observatory, Shorebird
Management workshop, Santa Nella, California.
*Warnock, N. 1996. Spring migration ecology of Western Sandpipers as revealed by radiotelemetry.
Western Sandpiper Working Group Meeting, Ensenada, Mexico.
Warnock, N. and L. Oring. 1996. Nocturnal incubation of Killdeer: more than meets the eye. Cooper
Society Meeting, San Diego, California.
Warnock, N. and M. A. Bishop. 1996. Interannual use of stopover sites by radiomarked Western
Sandpipers along the Pacific Flyway: conservation implications. Society for Conservation Biology,
Providence, Rhode IsIand.
*Warnock, N, and M. A. Bishop. 1997. Migratory strategies of Western Sandpipers. Putting Dynamic
Models of Migration to the Test Symposium, Texel, The Netherlands.
*Warnock, N. (featured speaker). 1997. Avian migration: the flight of shorebirds. The Oregon Shorebird
Festival. Charleston, Oregon.
Bishop and Warnock. 1998. Spring stopover ecology of migrant Western Sandpipers. American
Ornithological Union, St. Louis, Missouri.
Warnock, N. and S. Haig. 1998. Species richness, abundance, and wetland use by shorebirds in the
western Great Basin. American Ornithological Union, St. Louis, Missouri.
*Warnock, N. (featured speaker). 1998. Avian migration: the flight of shorebirds. The Grays Harbor
Shorebird Festival. Grays Harbor, Washington.
*Warnock, N. (featured speaker). 1999. Shorebird migration along the Pacific Flyway. US Fish and
Wildlife's Flyway Festival. Vallejo, CA.
*Warnock, N. 1999. Regional planning for the United States Shorebird Conservation Plan. Western
working group meeting of Partners in Flight, San Diego, CA.
*Warnock, N., and T. Mader. 1999. Current status of San Clemente Loggerhead Shrike. 1999 San
Clemente Loggerhead Shrike Symposium, San Diego, CA.
Garcelon, D., N. Warnock, J. Opdycke, and K. Brock. 2000. Conservation efforts to restore the
endangered San Clemente Loggerhead Shrike. American Ornithological Union, St. Johns,
Newfoundland.
*Warnock, N., D. Shuford and K. Molina. 2000. Importance of the Salton Sea to waterbirds of the Pacific
Flyway. Salton Sea Symposium, Desert Hot Springs, CA.
*Warnock, N, T. Mader, and D. Garcelon. 2000. Conservation of wild and reintroduced San Clemente
Loggerhead Shrikes. Wildlife Society Meeting, Western Section, Riverside, CA
Warnock, N., G. Page, M. Ruhlen, C. Hickey, N. Nur, and J. Takekawa. 2000. Westerns, waterbirds, and
salt ponds along the Pacific Flyway: a critical relationship? Western Sandpiper meeting, Burnaby,
BC.
Warnock, N., G. Page, M. Ruhlen, C. Hickey, N. Nur, and J. Takekawa. 2000. Natural vs. unnatural
habitat: the role of salt ponds in the conservation of Pacific Flyway waterbirds. Waterbirds
meeting, Plymouth, MA and San Francisco Bay Joint Ventures Board meeting, Tiburon, CA.
Plissner, J., N. Warnock, H. Carlisle, A. Blackford, D. Garcelon, D. Brubaker, J. Opdyke, and K. Brock.
2001. Juvenile survivorship and dispersal of wild and reintroduced San Clemente Loggerhead
Shrikes. American Ornithological Union Meeting, Seattle, WA.
*Warnock, N., C. Hickey, G. Page, W. D. Shuford, and S. Brown. 2001. U.S. Shorebird Conservation:
status and implementation of regional and national plans. Wildlife Society Meeting, Western
Section, Sacramento, CA.
*Warnock, N. 2001. Conservation of an endangered species: population monitoring and reintroductions of
the San Clemente Loggerhead Shrike. Avian Studies Group, San Francisco, CA.
*Warnock, N. (featured speaker). 2001. Shorebird migration along the Pacific Flyway. Godwit Days,
Spring Migration Festival, Arcata, CA.
Warnock, N., A. Blackford, H. Carlisle, D. Garcelon, J. Opdycke, and K. Brock. 2001. Population
dynamics of endangered wild and reintroduced San Clemente Loggerhead Shrikes. Society for
Conservation Biology, Hilo, HI.
*Warnock, N., G. Page, N. Nur, J. Takekawa, and J. Hanson. 2001. Bird populations in San Francisco
Bay: What does the future hold? San Francisco State of the Estuary Conference, San Francisco,
CA.
*Warnock, N. 2001. Lessons in species recovery: the case of the endangered San Clemente
Loggerhead Shrike. University of Missouri
Stralberg, D., N. Warnock, N. Nur, H. Spautz, and G. Page. 2002. Building a habitat conversion model
for San Francisco Bay wetlands: a multi-species approach for integrating GIS and field data.
International Partners in Flight meeting, Asilomar, CA.
*Warnock, N. 2002. Birds of the Salton Sea: past, present, and future. Salton Sea Symposium, Indian
Wells, CA.
*Warnock, N. 2002. Shorebird migration along the Pacific Flyway. Western Hemisphere Shorebird Reserve
Network and Manomet Observatory, Shorebird Management workshop, Los Banos, California.
Plissner, J., N. Warnock, H. Carlisle, A. Blackford, E. Kirshner, J. Opdyke, and K. Brock. 2002.
Demographic variation and supplementation of the wild population as factors associated with
population increases in San Clemente Loggerhead Shrikes. North American Ornithological Union,
New Orleans, LA.
Warnock, N., M. A. Bishop, and J. Y. Takekawa. 2002. Sustained travel rates of migrating Western
Sandpipers. North American Ornithological Union, New Orleans, LA.
*Warnock, N. and G. Page. 2002. Monitoring breeding Snowy Plovers in western North America.
Monitoring temperate breeding shorebirds symposium in conjunction with the Waterbird Society
Meeting, La Crosse, Wisconsin.
*Warnock, N. 2002. Travels and birds in Alaska. Bird-a-thon dinner for PRBO Conservation Science,
Stinson Beach, CA
*Warnock, N., M. A. Bishop, and J. Y. Takekawa. 2003. Migration strategies of northward bound
Western Sandpipers, Dunlin and dowitchers. Western Sandpiper meeting, Burnaby, BC.
*Warnock, N., J. Y. Takekawa, and M. A. Bishop. 2003. Telemetry the old fashioned way: spring
migration of shorebirds in western North America. Exploratory Workshop within the Bird Migration
program of the European Science Foundation on "The use and future of automated radio-tracking
systems (ARTS) in bird migration studies”, Texel, The Netherlands.
*Warnock, N. 2003. Lessons in species recovery: the case of the endangered San Clemente
Loggerhead Shrike. Center for the Reproduction of Endangered Species, Applied Conservation,
Zoological Society of San Diego, San Diego, CA.
*Warnock, N. 2003. Conserving Biodiversity through Birds in San Francisco Bay. Save the Bay,
Oakland, CA.
*Warnock, N., D. Stralberg, N. Nur, and G. Page. 2003. South San Francisco Bay Restoration Effects on
Shorebirds and Waterfowl. State of the Estuary Conference, Oakland, CA.
Cohen, E. M., W. J. Sydeman, K. Mills, and N. Warnock (presenter). 2004. A California Current Joint
Venture. Waterbirds Around the World, Edinburgh, Scotland
*Warnock, N., D. Stralberg, N. Nur, and G. Page. 2004. Predicting Effects of South San Francisco Bay
Habitat Restoration on Avian Communities. National Science Panel meeting, South Bay
Restoration Project, San Francisco, CA.
*Warnock, N., J. Y. Takekawa, and M. A. Bishop. 2004. Shorebird Migration along the Pacific Flyway.
Waterbirds Around the World, Edinburgh, Scotland (co-chair of two migration sessions).
*Warnock, N. 2004. Importance of saline lakes of the Intermountain West to waterbirds. Western States
Water Council meeting, Salt Lake City, UT.
*Warnock, N. 2005. Western Sandpiper Research network. U.S. Shorebird Council meeting, Galveston,
TX.
*Warnock, N. 2005. Avian migration: the flight of shorebirds. Birding and Blues festival, Pacific City, OR
*Warnock, N. 2005. Overview of migratory birds use/habitat needs in the South Bay. South Bay Salt
Pond Restoration Project, San Francisco, CA. (March)
*Warnock, N. 2005. Spring migration strategies of Pacific Flyway shorebirds: From individuals to
populations. University of Missouri, Columbia, MO. (April)
*Warnock, N. 2005. Modeling the Effects of Restoration on South San Francisco Bay Bird Communities.
South Bay Salt Pond Restoration Project, Stakeholders Workshop (May) and National Science
Panel Meeting (June)
Bishop, M. A., N. Warnock, and J. Y. Takekawa. 2006. Spring migration on the Pacific Flyway: piecing
together the big picture from radio-marked shorebirds. Western Hemisphere Shorebird Group
meeting, Boulder, CO.
Taylor, C., D. Lank, and N. Warnock. 2006. An individual-based model of the migration of Western
Sandpipers along the north Pacific Coast. Western Hemisphere Shorebird Group meeting,
Boulder, CO.
*Warnock, N. 2006. Wings over borders: waterbird migration and lessons for avian migration. Global
Business Network meeting (presented to Department of Defense staff), Emeryville, CA
*Warnock, N., J. Y. Takekawa, M. A. Bishop, and T. C. Williams. 2006. Spring-time site use by migratory
Pacific Flyway shorebirds: ecological and management considerations. Western Wildlife Society
meeting, Sacramento, CA.
Warnock, N., J. Y. Takekawa, M. A. Bishop, and T. C. Williams. 2006. Connecting the spots – influences
on site use by migratory Pacific Flyway shorebirds. International Ornithological Congress,
Hamburg, Germany (Aug).
*Warnock, N. 2006. Wings over borders – shorebird migration along the Pacific Flyway. Madrone
Audubon Society, Santa Rosa, CA
*Warnock, N. 2006. Modeling the Effects of Restoration on South San Francisco Bay Bird Communities.
North American Wetlands Conservation Association – national meeting, Tiburon, CA (Dec)
*Warnock, N. 2007. Spring migration strategies of Pacific Flyway shorebirds: From individuals to
populations. University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand (Feb)
*Warnock, N., M. Herzog, N. Nur, D. Stralberg, and J. Y. Takekawa. 2007. Understanding the response
of birds to habitat restoration in San Francisco Bay. Society for Wetland Scientists, Sacramento,
CA (Jun)
*Warnock, N. 2007. Tracks around the globe - the migration of satellite tagged godwits and curlews.
PRBO Conservation Science board meeting, Mill Valley, CA (Jun)
Warnock, N. R. Gill, P. Battley, and L. Tibbitts. 2007. Tracks around the globe - the migration of satellite
tagged bar-tailed godwits. American Ornithological Union, Laramie, WY (Aug)
*Warnock, N. 2007. Numeniini migration around the world. Program for Regional and International
Shorebird Monitoring, Petaluma, CA (Sep)
*Warnock, N. (Keynote address), 2007. Beyond color bands: tracking shorebirds across the globe.
Western Bird Banding Association, Petaluma, CA (Oct)
*Warnock, N. 2007. Connectivity of shorebirds to the Colorado River region: examples and speculation.
Sonoran Joint Venture, Yuma, AZ (Nov).
*Warnock, N. 2007. Tracking the wind birds - migration of Pacific Basin shorebirds. Department of
Wildlife, Humboldt State University, CA (Nov)
*Warnock, N. 2007. Tracking the wind birds. PRBO Bird-a-thon dinner, Tiburon, CA (Dec)
*Warnock, N. 2008. Tracking the wind birds - migration of Pacific Basin shorebirds. Broome Bird
Observatory, Broome, Australia (Feb)
Warnock, N., G. Page, L. Tibbitts, A. Hartman, and R. Gill. 2008. Annual movements of Long-billed
Curlews in western North America. Wader Study Group, Gdansk, Poland (Oct)
*Warnock, N. (Keynote address) 2009. Wings over borders – migration of shorebirds around the Pacific
Basin. Graduate Student Symposium in Ecology, University of California, Davis (Feb).
*Warnock, N. 2009. Hop, skip, and jump – shorebird migration around the Pacific Basin. Laguna Oceans
Foundation, Laguna Beach, CA (Feb).
*Warnock, N. (Plenary address) 2009. Wings over borders – migration of shorebirds around the Pacific
Basin. Western Hemisphere Shorebird Group, Mazatlan, Mexico (Mar).
Warnock, N. 2009. Stopover vs. staging sites: a difference between a hop and a jump. Wader Study
Group, Texel, The Netherlands (Sep)
*Warnock, N. 2009. Post-release studies in oiled wildlife rehabilitation: importance, techniques and
examples. Effects of Oil on Wildlife, Tallinn, Estonia (Oct)
*Warnock, N. 2009. Shorebirds – champion migrants. Yolo Audubon, Davis, CA (Oct).
*Warnock, N. 2010. Wings over borders – migration of shorebirds around the Pacific Basin. Yolo Basin
Foundation, Davis, CA (Jan)
*Warnock, N. 2010. Post-Release Studies of oiled wildlife: do data support rehabilitation? American
Ornithological Union, San Diego, CA (Feb)
*Warnock, N. 2010. Effects of oil spills on shorebirds: a review. Pacific Seabird Group meeting, Long
Beach, CA (Feb)
*Warnock, N. 2010. (Keynote address) Wings over borders – the amazing migration of shorebirds.
Copper River Delta Shorebird festival, Cordova, AK (May)
*Invited Talks
Symposia organized
2004 - Migration ecology symposium (8 talks) at Waterbirds Around the World meeting, Edinburgh,
Scotland (with Theunis Piersma)
2006 – Shorebird Movements symposium (12 talks) at the Western Hemisphere Shorebird Group
meeting, Boulder, Colorado
Workshops organized
2009 – Recovery and transportation of oiled wildlife, Fairfield, CA, 2-3 Apr
2009 – Recovery and transportation of oiled wildlife, San Pedro, CA, 29-30 Jun
2009 – HAZWOPER 8 hr Refresher course, Fairfield, CA, 10 Jul, 16 Oct
2010 - Recovery and transportation of oiled wildlife, San Francisco, CA, 16-17 Jan
2010 - Recovery and transportation of oiled wildlife, USFWS, Carlsbad, CA, 10 March
Grants and Contracts
2009 The David and Lucile Packard Foundation, Pacific Shorebird Migration Program: Phase III. $175,000
(Co-PI with Robert Gill, USGS).
2009. The David and Lucile Packard Foundation, San Francisco Bay Shorebird Census Synthesis, 19902008. $42,040 (Co-PI with PRBO biologists).
2008. US Forest Service, Copper River International Migratory Bird Initiative, Characterization of patterns
of habitat use of wintering Western Sandpipers in the Ensenada Pabellones, Sinaloa, Mexico. :
$26,152 (Co-PI with Guillermo Fernandez, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México).
2007 The David and Lucile Packard Foundation, Pacific Shorebird Migration Project: Phase II. $499,515
(Co-PI with Robert Gill, USGS).
2007 San Francisco Foundation, Comprehensive San Francisco Bay shorebird survey, $40,000.
2007 US Forest Service, International Program, Conservation of Pacific Flyway Birds, $30,000.
2007 US Fish and Wildlife Service, Island Shrike Survey and Monitoring on Santa Cruz Island, $38,495.
2007 Office of Spill Prevention and Response, Post-oil spill shorebird surveys of San Francisco Bay and
Marin Co. shoreline, $10,920.
2006 The David and Lucile Packard Foundation, Pacific Shorebird Migration Project: $455,075 (Co-PI with
Robert Gill, USGS).
2006 United States Fish and Wildlife Service, Ecological Services, San Francisco Bay Program, Shorebird
survey of San Francisco Bay: $10,000
2006 United States Fish and Wildlife Service, Portland, OR, Early Detection Sampling of Shorebirds for
Highly Pathogenic H5N1 in the Lower Pacific Flyway: $26,869
2006 Audubon Society, Richardson Bay, CA, Historic bird use of Richardson Bay, CA: $15,008
2005 The Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation, Improving understanding of the ecosystem function (birds,
mammals and vegetation) and the effects of habitat change in the San Francisco Bay Area:
$500,000 ($150,000 to Wetlands Division).
2005 The Nature Conservancy, San Francisco, CA, California Wintering Shorebird Population and Habitat
Analysis for Migratory Bird Habitat Assessment: $61,000
2005 Bernice Barbour Foundation, San Francisco Bay Tidal marsh Conservation: $92,000 (two years)
2005 Department of Defense, US Navy, Western Snowy Plover surveys on Naval Auxiliary Landing Field
San Clemente Island Los Angeles, California: $22,594.
2005-06 California Department of Fish and Game, Temporal and spatial patterns in population trends of
the California Clapper Rail: $143,925 (with Nadav Nur and Jules Evens)
2005 Department of Defense, US Navy, Population monitoring of the San Clemente Island Loggerhead
Shrike: $358,578
2004 Department of Defense, US Navy, Population monitoring of the San Clemente Island Loggerhead
Shrike: $377,648
2004 Department of Defense, US Navy, Western Snowy Plover surveys on Naval Auxiliary Landing Field
San Clemente Island Los Angeles, California: $27,329.
2004 California Coastal Conservancy, Salt pond to tidal marsh habitat conversion model, Phase II:
Predicting the effects of habitat change on South San Francisco Bay bird communities $200,000
(with Nadav Nur)
2004-07 CalFed Ecosystem Restoration Program, Mercury in San Francisco Bay-Delta birds: trophic
pathways, bioaccumulation and ecotoxicological risk to avian reproduction: $5,337,012 (Project
manager Tom Suchanek and multiple PIs; Nils Warnock is PI on subcontract of $90,000)
2004 United States Fish and Wildlife Service, Western Washington Fish and Wildlife Office, Shorebird
migration along the Pacific Flyway: $22,362 (with Mary Ann Bishop and John Takekawa)
2004 United States Fish and Wildlife Service, Ecological Services, San Francisco Bay Program,
Radiotelemetry study of the spring migration of Western Sandpipers: $8,000
2004 National Fish and Wildlife Foundation, Radiotelemetry study of the spring migration of Western
Sandpipers: $20,000.00 (with M.A. Bishop and John Takekawa).
2003-05 CalFed, Monitoring Birds in Tidal Wetlands of the San Francisco Estuary: $377,972, (Nadav Nur
and multiple other PIs)
2003 Department of Defense, US Navy, Population monitoring of the San Clemente Island Loggerhead
Shrike: $352,756
2003 Department of Defense, US Navy, Western Snowy Plover surveys on Naval Auxiliary Landing Field
San Clemente Island Los Angeles, California: $27,965
2002. California Coastal Conservancy, Salt pond to tidal marsh habitat conversion model: $40,000 (with
Nadav Nur)
2002. US Forest Service, Chugach National Forest, Copper River International Migratory Bird Initiative,
Ecological significance of migratory bird stopover sites: $13,000
2002. United States Fish and Wildlife Service, Western Washington Fish and Wildlife Office, Migration
and conservation of shorebirds: $20,403
2002 Department of Defense, US Navy, Population monitoring of the San Clemente Island Loggerhead
Shrike: $308,297
2001 Department of Defense, US Navy, Population monitoring of the San Clemente Island Loggerhead
Shrike: $375,822
2001 United States Fish and Wildlife Service, Ecological Services, San Francisco Bay Program,
Radiotelemetry study of the spring migration of Dunlin and dowitchers: $7,200
2001 The David and Lucile Packard Foundation, Adaptive Conservation Planning for Birds and their
Habitats in California and the West, Grant #2001-11471, $1,000,000 (with PRBO management
staff)
2000 Gabilan Foundation, San Francisco Bay project, $300,000 (with Gary Page, Nadav Nur and William
Sydeman)
2000 Department of Defense, US Navy, Loggerhead Shrike telemetry, $23,003 (with David Bird)
2000 Department of Defense, US Navy, Population monitoring of the San Clemente Island Loggerhead
Shrike: $335,007
2000 United States Geological Survey, for the U.S. Shorebird Conservation Plan, Shorebird conservation
units: subspecies and distinct population segments: $4,000
2000 United States Fish and Wildlife Service, Ecological Services, San Francisco Bay Program,
Radiotelemetry study of the spring migration of Dunlin and dowitchers: $8,400
1999 U.S. Environmental Protection Agency grant # R826552-01-0 through Salton Sea Authority, Avifauna
of the Salton Sea: annual phenology, numbers, and distribution: $208,870.
1998-1999 Department of Defense, US Navy, Population monitoring of the San Clemente Island
Loggerhead Shrike: $485,427
1996 United States Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Cordova Ranger District and Copper River
Delta Institute, Analysis and publication of Western Sandpiper migration data: $16,475
1996 United States Fish and Wildlife Service, Don Edwards San Francisco Bay National Wildlife Refuge,
Data analysis and report on spring migration of Western Sandpipers passing through San
Francisco Bay: $2,300.
1996, 1995 United States Fish and Wildlife Service, Region 1, Nongame Migratory Bird Program,
Radiotelemetry study of the spring migration of Western Sandpipers: $14,000 (1995), $13,800
(1996) (with M.A. Bishop).
1996, 1995 United States Fish and Wildlife Service, Ecological Services, San Francisco Bay Program,
Radiotelemetry study of the spring migration of Western Sandpipers: $6,000 (1995), $6,270
(1996) (with M.A. Bishop).
1996, 1995 Canadian Wildlife Service/NSERC Wildlife Ecology Research Program, Radiotelemetry study
of the spring migration of Western Sandpipers: $4,500 (1995), $4,250 (1996) (with M.A. Bishop).
1995 National Fish and Wildlife Foundation, Radiotelemetry study of the spring migration of Western
Sandpipers: $15,000 (with M.A. Bishop).
1995 United States Fish and Wildlife Service, Region 7, Coastal Marine Bird Program, Radiotelemetry
study of the spring migration of Western Sandpipers: $5,000 (with M.A. Bishop).
1995 Skaggs Foundation, Radiotelemetry study of the spring migration of Western Sandpipers: $5,000
(with M.A. Bishop).
1995 Chase Wildlife Foundation, Radiotelemetry study of the spring migration of Western Sandpipers:
$4,000 (with M.A. Bishop).
1990, 1989 University of California, Davis Intercampus Research Grant, A preliminary study of the
distribution of Dunlin - a radiotelemetry approach: $1,000 (1989), $720 (1990).
1992, 1991, 1990, 1989, 1988 San Diego State University Graduate Teaching Associate Appointment,
Biotic and abiotic factors affecting the distribution and abundance of Dunlin: $8000 (1988/89),
$8700 (1989/90), $9600 (1990/91), $10,200 (1991/92).
1989, 1988 San Diego State University Tuition/Fees Doctoral Scholarship Grant, Biotic and abiotic factors
affecting the distribution and abundance of Dunlin: $510 (1988), $1,900 (1989).
Awards
The American Ornithologists’ Union – Elective Member (2007) for significant contributions to ornithology
PRBO Conservation Science, Conservation Leadership Award (2004)
U.S. Forest Service, National Wetland Conservation TAKING WING Award (2001) in the category of
Capacity Building
U.S. Forest Service, National Wetland Conservation TAKING WING Award (1997) in the category of
Investigations for the best study on the management of waterfowl and wetland wildlife on National
Forest System lands.
Student Travel Award, Colonial Waterbird Society, Arles, France (1993)
Scientific Advisory Committees
Member of Research and Monitoring Group for the US Shorebird Conservation Plan (until 2000)
Scientific advisory committee for PRISM (Program for Regional and International Shorebird Monitoring);
(Renewed 2006-2008).
Advisory member for the Mexico Shorebird Conservation Plan (2002).
Member of scientific advisory board of Western Hemisphere Shorebird Reserve Network, Manomet, MA.
Member of the Western Sandpiper Research Group, Burnaby, BC. (1995-present)
Science Strategy Team Member for the South San Francisco Bay Salt Pond Restoration Project (20042008)
Member of the Salton Sea Science Panel (2005-2007)
Reviewer for CALFED's Ecosystem Restoration Program (2004-present)
Scientific advisory committee for the San Francisco Bay Bird Observatory, Alviso, CA (1997-2001)
Science team member of Waterbirds and Shorebirds panel for the Interior Columbia Basin Ecosystem
Management Plan, Forest Service, U. S. Department of Agriculture (1997).
Shorebirds Expert Panel for the Wildlife Habitats and Species Associations in Oregon and Washington
project. Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (1998)
Focus team member for the San Francisco Bay Area Wetlands Ecosystem Goals Project, San Francisco
Estuary Project, Oakland, CA (1998)
Review Member, San Francisco Place-based Program, Salt Pond Studies, USGS, Menlo Park, CA (Sep
2002)
Member IUCN Species Survival Council: Reintroduction Specialist groups (2000-present)
Science panel member for Northern Great Plains Piping Plover Workshop, Regina, Saskatchewan (Nov.
2003)
Committee to determine WHSRN criteria for dispersed and ephemeral landscape sites (2005)
Oiled Wildlife Care Network (OWCN)'s Scientific Advisory Committee (2007-2010)
Executive Committee Member of the International Wader Study Group (2007 – present)
Editing and Review
North American Editor for the Wader Study Group Bulletin (2008-present)
Journal reviewer for:
Acta Oecologica, Arctic, Ardea, Auk, Avian Science, Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology,
Biodiversity and Conservation, Biology Letters, Birds of North America species accounts,
Canadian Journal of Plant Sciences, Condor, Cotinga, Ecology, Ecological Applications,
Hydrobiologia, Ibis, International Wader Studies (co-editor, issue 9), Journal of Animal Ecology,
Journal of Applied Ecology, Journal of Avian Biology, Journal of Caribbean Ornithology, Journal of
Environmental Management, Journal of Field Ornithology, Journal of Ornithology, Journal of
Wildlife Management, Observer (co-editor, Number 126), Studies in Avian Biology, Wader Study
Group Bulletin (editor), Washington Birds, Western Birds, Wildlife Monographs (consulting editor,
issue 140), Western North America Naturalist, Wilson Bulletin;
Reviewer of abstracts for 2006 Wildlife Society Meeting (Anchorage, AK)
Book reviewer for:
University of California Press
Grant reviewer for:
CALFED's Ecosystem Restoration Program, National Fish and Wildlife Foundation, National
Geographic Society, National Science Foundation, Oiled Wildlife Care Network (OWCN), Sea
Grant; The Sea Doc Society
Selection Committee Member for Cooper Society's Harry R. Painton Award (2003 – helped pick best
paper in Condor for 4-year period)
Professional Associations
American Ornithological Society
Wader Study Group
Australasian Wader Study Group
Waterbird Society
Western Wildlife Society
Cooper Ornithological Society
Wilson Ornithological Society
Pacific Seabird Group
Other Professional Training
Occupational Safety and Health Administration, 24 Hour HAZWOPER – Oct. 2008 (renewed through
2010)
Federal Emergency Management Agency, ICS 100 – Nov 2008
Federal Emergency Management Agency, ICS 200 – Feb 2009
Media Training, University of California, Davis – Nov 2009
Other
U.S. Geological Survey Master Bird Banding Permit # 22680
North American Banding Council Trainer