USGS Patuxent Wildlife Research Center Staff Profile

Paul W. Sykes, Jr. USGS Patuxent Wildlife Research Center School of Forest Resources University of Georgia Athens, GA 30602
Telephone: 706-542-1237 Fax: 706-546-2109 Email: Paul_Sykes@usgs.gov Volunteer/Emeritus Scientist
Primary Responsibilities: Research on bird problems in southeastern United States
Education/Training: B.S. North Carolina State University (1961) M.S. North Carolina State University (1967)
Areas of Expertise/Interest: Bird population sampling and management techniques, biology and ecology of endangered birds; migration, distribution, and biology of Neotropical migrants
Accomplishments/Awards/Achievements: Has published 145+ titles (including parts of one book and three monographs) 1959 through 2005; has reviewed 125+ manuscripts ; Elective Member American Ornithologists Union (1985); Regional Christmas bird count editor for National Audubon Society Field Notes 1975 to 2001; member Georgia Ornithological Society Checklist and Records Committee (1996 to 2003); received the Georgia Ornithological Society's Earle R. Greene Award for outstanding achievement in ornithology, October 5, 2002; member Important Bird Areas Committee for Georgia (1998 to 2004) and has participated on 370 Christmas bird counts (1956 through 2005) and organized and compiled 162 counts.
Active Projects: Annual survival in the southeastern coastal breeding population of the Painted Bunting (1999-2007) Develop a methodology to differentiate foraging signs of the Ivory-billed Woodpecker from that of the common and widespread Pileated Woodpecker (2005-2006)
Publications/Products: Sykes, P.W., Jr. and S. Holzman. 2005. Current range of the eastern population of Painted Bunting (Passerina ciris) Part 1: breeding. North American Birds 59: 4-17. Sykes, P.W., Jr., L.S. Atherton, M. Gardler, and J.H. Hintermister V. 2004. The first Mangrove Swallow recorded in the United States. North American Birds 58:4-11. Beaton, G., P. W. Sykes, Jr., and J.W. Parrish, Jr. 2003. Annotated checklist of Georgia birds. Occasional Publ. No. 14, Georgia Ornithol. Soc. Ellison, K., P. W. Sykes, Jr., and C. I. Bocetti. 2002. Reevaluating Bay-breasted Warbler breeding range: nine-years of presence in Lower Michigan. Wilson Bull. 114:415-416. Sykes, P. W., Jr. and W. Post. 2001. First specimen and evidence of breeding by the Shiny Cowbird in Georgia. Oriole 66: 45-51. Deloria-Sheffield, C. M., K. F. Millenbach, C. I. Bocetti, P. W. Sykes, Jr., and C. B. Kepler. 2001. Kirtland's Warbler diet as determined through fecal analysis. Wilson Bull. 113: 384-387. Sykes, P. W., Jr., A. K. Kepler, C. B. Kepler, and J. M. Scott. 2000. Kauai Oo (Moho braccatus), Oahu Oo (Moho apicalis), Bishops Oo (Moho bishopi), Hawaii Oo (Moho nobilis), and Kioea (Chaetoptila angustipluma). In The birds of North America, No. 535 (A. Poole and F. Gill, eds.). The Birds of North America, Inc. Philadelphia, PA.

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