[Bristol-Birds] Dr. Andy Jones new editor-in-chief for The Ohio Cardinal

Dr. Andy Jones, a former resident of Kingsport and a graduate of Dobyns-
Bennett High School, has been named Editor-in-Chief of The Ohio Cardinal,
the state journal of the Ohio Ornithological Society.

Joining  Dr. Jones will be four Seasonal Editors, Aaron  Boone, Craig 
Caldwell, Jim McCormac and a fourth to be appointed.


Andy has been associated with the Bristol
Bird Club for 13 years.  He was a youthful
birder in high school at Kingsport and
became involved with BBC as a freshman
at the University of Tennessee.  He has
been a constant field partner with Wallace
Coffey and others on the Bristol Christmas
Bird Count for more than a decade.  He
was a recent speaker at the BBC's annual
banquet and recognized with a Stephen M.
Russell Graduate Lectureship Award from
BBC in Sept 2005.  The award honors
outstanding doctorate degree candidates 
in ornithology. He is the third candidate 
honored by the program.

He is the Curator of Birds at The 
Cleveland Museum of Natural History in 
Cleveland, Ohio and the head of the 
museum's Department of Ornithology. 

He earned his B.S. at the University of Tennessee - Knoxville where he 
was active in the Knoxville Chapter of the Tennessee Ornithological 
Society and served as a chapter officer. After finishing his Ph.D. at the 
famous Bell Museum of Natural History, Department of Ecology, Evolution, 
and Behavior of the University of Minnesota, he raised eyebrows among 
ornithologists in this hemisphere. His molecular research publication of 
tern phylogeny, has gained widespread recognition. His proposal for a 
new genus of terns has been accepted by the South American Checklist 
Committee (SACC).

While at the University of Tennessee he managed the Tennessee
Ornithological Society's first website.  He also was instrumental in
helping with the manuscript for Birds Study in Shady Valley, Tennessee,
published in 1999 by the BBC.

Andy worked two summers as a park naturalist at Steele Creek Park 
Nature Center in Bristol, TN.

The Ohio Cardinal is the journal of record for observers of Ohio's bird 
life. For over twenty-five years this quarterly has presented extensive 
organized reports of bird observations season by season. These records 
now number over fifty thousand and form a substantial source of data for 
the study of the abundance and distribution  of the state avifauna.

Each issue features a comprehensive summary of the season's observations
across the state, highlighting not only the unusual but also interesting 
patterns discernible in the usual. Reports from the Ohio Bird Records Committee 
appear regularly. Rob Harlan writes a regular column "Further Afield," an 
informative and often wry look at field work and birding for fun, bird records, 
and the history of Ohio ornithology. A timely compilation of all the state's 
Christmas Bird Count results appears yearly.

We extend our congratulations to another great young biologist from our
region who is making significant and recognized contributions in natural 
history and ornithology. 

Let's go birding.....

Wallace Coffey
Bristol, TN

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