Bird Brain Runner-up

Congratulations to Stuart Elsom, who finished second in the quiz at this year's British Birdwatching Fair, raising £250 for the club.

New neotropical news stories posted

Check out the latest Neotropical News:

• 23 July 2010. Dead Penguins Wash Ashore in Brazil.
• 19 July 2010. Two More Brazilian IBAs Receive Protection.
• 19 July 2010. Rainforest Alliance Launches Western Hemisphere Migratory Species Initiative Forum.
• 19 July 2010. The Nature Conservancy Publications and Documents Available Online.

New North American Mailing Address

In an effort to decrease the time it takes to process North American queries and memberships, the Club now has a post office box in the United States. North American members are encouraged to use this address rather than the UK address to help us speed up our response times; we hope it will allow our in-country rep to quickly handle most of the requests. The new address is:

Neotropical Bird Club
PO Box 55
Cape May Point NJ 08212-0055
USA

Neotropical Birding Lodges Network

The Neotropical Bird Club is planning to establish a ‘Neotropical birding lodges network’. Can you help — by telling us about birding lodges in Central/South America and the Caribbean?

We propose to establish a network of birding lodges across the Neotropics that have a shared interest in promoting bird conservation. Lodges will pay a modest annual membership fee, in exchange for which they will receive a membership certificate, copies of Neotropical Birding and Cotinga, and a series of advertising opportunities (e.g. on the Club's website and in Neotropical Birding).

However, we don’t want any old lodge in the network. We propose to focus on lodges recommended for inclusion by NBC members and friends (e.g. members of the Facebook group). This is where you come in.

Have you stayed in a good birding lodge in the Neotropics that you think we should invite to join our network? If so, please email the following details to ‘NBC.lodges@gmail.com’: country / lodge name / lodge website / contact name and email.

Now Available: Back issues of Neotropical Birding

Due to overwhelming demand from both members and non-members, the NBC council has elected to make individual back issues of Neotropical Birding (for those years prior to the current year and last year) available for sale for £9 each. The price includes shipping and handling, and there is no limit on the number of issues you can order. If you’ve missed an issue or two — or if you’d like to share a past issue with a friend — now’s your chance! To place an order, click here.

Helping on Neotropical Birding

Now that Neotropical Birding is well established, we are looking to add new members to our editorial team. If you have ideas for articles that should be commissioned, a flair for design, an eye for an image and/or expertise in copy-editing, please e-mail us at neotropical.birding-at-neotropicalbirdclub.org. (Replace -at- with @; we’re displaying the address this way to help us avoid unwanted spam.)

Photo request: shrike-tyrants Agriornis

Juan Ignacio Areta and colleagues are preparing an identification article on shrike-tyrants Agriornis for Neotropical Birding. To aid their research and for potential publication, please e-mail your photographs of this genus to neotropical.birding-at-neotropicalbirdclub.org. (Replace -at- with @; we’re displaying the address this way to help us avoid unwanted spam.) Please label your images with the species, location, date and your name.

NBC on Facebook

NBC now has its own Facebook Group, entitled Neotropical Bird Club. If you are a Facebook member, please join the group, post photos, and take part in discussions! The URL is http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=31491408108