[Bristol-Birds] Dr. Andy Jones new editor-in-chief for The Ohio Cardinal
- From: "Wallace Coffey" <jwcoffey@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "Bristol-birds" <bristol-birds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 29 Apr 2008 13:55:56 -0400
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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