Sponsors

American Bird Conservancy www.abcbirds.org	American Bird Conservancy (ABC) is dedicated to the conservation of wild birds and their habitats throughout the Americas. The fundamental role of ABC is to build coalitions of conservation groups, scientists, and members of the public, to tackle key bird priorities.

American Birding Association www.americanbirding.org	The American Birding Association (ABA) aims to inspire all people to enjoy and protect wild birds. It represents the North American birding community and supports birders through publications, conferences, workshops, tours, partnerships and networks. The ABA's education programs promote birding skills, ornithological knowledge, and the development of a conservation ethic.

Artists for Conservation Foundation www.natureartists.comm	Our mission is to support wildlife and habitat conservation, biodiversity, sustainability and environmental education through art that celebrates our natural heritage.

Artists for Nature Foundation www.artistsfornature.com	Established in 1990 Artists for Nature Foundation (ANF) is a unique organisation that uses the creative output of artists producing paintings, drawings, prints and sculptures, inspired and mostly created on location by renowned and talented artists from all over the world as a medium to draw attention to the need for nature to be appreciated as an essential element of sustainable development.

British Trust for Ornithology www.bto.org	The British Trust for Ornithology (BTO) is an independent, scientific research trust, investigating the populations, movements and ecology of wild birds in the British Isles, based on the collaboration between professional staff and many thousands of skilled volunteers.

California Academy of Sciences www.calacademy.org	Founded in 1853 as the first scientific institution in the western United States, our mission is to explore and explain the natural world.

Center for Environmental Science and Policy Stanford University cesp.stanford.edu/	The Center analyzes both the scientific forces that underlie environmental problems as well as the policy responses to these problems.

Center for Conservation Biology Stanford University www.stanford.edu/group/CCB/	Its mission is to promote human well-being by developing a scientific basis for managing Earth’s life-support systems and helping arrest environmental deterioration.

Hawkwatch International www.hawkwatch.org	The mission of HawkWatch International is to monitor and protect birds of prey and their environment through research, education, and conservation.

International Crane Foundation www.savingcranes.org	The International Crane Foundation (ICF) works worldwide to conserve cranes and the wetland and grasslands communities on which they depend. ICF is dedicated to providing experience, knowledge, and inspiration to involve people in resolving threats to these ecosystems.

Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum, Wausau, WI USA www.lywam.org	Home to the internationally renowned annual exhibition, Birds in Art, the Woodson Art Museum is north central Wisconsin's premier art museum featuring special exhibitions, dynamic education programs, sculpture-filled gardens, and a permanent collection rooted in bird imagery that sets the standard for art of the avian world.

Louisiana State University Museum of Natural Science www.museum.lsu.edu/	The LSU Museum of Natural Science is the only comprehensive research museum in the south-central United States and fulfills a variety of scientific and educational roles,

National Audubon Society www.audubon.org/	Audubon's mission is to conserve and restore natural ecosystems, focusing on birds and other wildlife for the benefit of humanity and the earth's biological diversity.

National Museum of Natural History (Smithsonian Institution) www.mnh.si.edu/	The National Museum of Natural History is dedicated to understanding the natural world and our place in it.

Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB) www.rspb.org.uk/	The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB), a UK registered charity, is Europe's largest voluntary wildlife conservation organisation, with 1,022,090 members. It is the UK Partner of the global conservation body BirdLife International.

Society of Animal Artists www.societyofanimalartists.com/	Founded in 1960, the Society is devoted to promoting excellence in the portrayal of the creatures sharing our planet, and to the education of the public through its informative art seminars, lectures and teaching demonstrations.

Wilson Ornithological Society WOS	Founded in 1888, the Society is a world-wide organization of nearly 2500 who share a curiosity about birds. Named in honor of Alexander Wilson, the Father of American Ornithology, the Society publishes a quarterly journal, The Wilson Journal of Ornithology. Fundamental to its mission, the Society recognizes the unique role of the serious amateur in ornithology.