{"id":1254,"date":"2010-02-09T10:55:49","date_gmt":"2010-02-09T14:55:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/?p=1254"},"modified":"2015-05-29T13:25:12","modified_gmt":"2015-05-29T17:25:12","slug":"live-from-the-2010-ornithological-conference-in-san-diego","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/live-from-the-2010-ornithological-conference-in-san-diego\/","title":{"rendered":"Live from the 2010 Ornithological Conference in San Diego"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n              <figure class=\"size-medium alignnone\">\n                <a href=\"http:\/\/www.birdmeetings.org\/cosaousco2010\/default.htm\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/aou2010.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/aou2010.jpg 550w, https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/aou2010-480x167.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"\" alt=\"AOU 2010 logo\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/a>\n                <figcaption><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.birdmeetings.org\/cosaousco2010\/default.htm\">AOU 2010 <\/a>logo by David Stamp.<\/em><\/figcaption>\n              <\/figure>\n            <\/div>\n<p><em>It\u2019s time for another annual meeting of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.birdmeetings.org\/cosaousco2010\/\">American Ornithologists\u2019 Union<\/a>. Just like <a href=\"http:\/\/birdsredesign.wordpress.com\/2009\/08\/12\/the-aou-meeting-blogged-by-the-scientists\/\">last year in Philadelphia<\/a> and <a href=\"..\/2008\/08\/04\/all-the-news-from-portland-oregon\/\">2009 in\u00a0 Portland<\/a>, we&#8217;ll be bringing you stories from the floor of the meeting, where hundreds of ornithologists have gathered for four days of intense science.<\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-group sidebar-alignright sidebar-space order-bottom\"><!--HubSpot Call-to-Action Code --><span class=\"hs-cta-wrapper\" id=\"hs-cta-wrapper-a8fe3c9a-217b-40fd-b1ff-2bb76ebe2cf3\"><span class=\"hs-cta-node hs-cta-a8fe3c9a-217b-40fd-b1ff-2bb76ebe2cf3\" id=\"hs-cta-a8fe3c9a-217b-40fd-b1ff-2bb76ebe2cf3\"><!--[if lte IE 8]><div id=\"hs-cta-ie-element\"><\/div><![endif]--><a href=\"http:\/\/cta-redirect.hubspot.com\/cta\/redirect\/95627\/a8fe3c9a-217b-40fd-b1ff-2bb76ebe2cf3\" ><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"hs-cta-img\" id=\"hs-cta-img-a8fe3c9a-217b-40fd-b1ff-2bb76ebe2cf3\" style=\"border-width:0px;\" src=\"https:\/\/no-cache.hubspot.com\/cta\/default\/95627\/a8fe3c9a-217b-40fd-b1ff-2bb76ebe2cf3.png\"  alt=\"New self-paced course: Learn How to Identify Bird Songs, Click to Learn More\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/a><\/span><script charset=\"utf-8\" src=\"https:\/\/js.hscta.net\/cta\/current.js\"><\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> hbspt.cta.load(95627, 'a8fe3c9a-217b-40fd-b1ff-2bb76ebe2cf3', {}); <\/script><\/span><!-- end HubSpot Call-to-Action Code -->\r\n<!--<span class=\"hs-cta-wrapper\" id=\"hs-cta-wrapper-394b2cc2-4447-4677-b18b-d2f2de5b57cd\">\r\n    <span class=\"hs-cta-node hs-cta-394b2cc2-4447-4677-b18b-d2f2de5b57cd\" id=\"hs-cta-394b2cc2-4447-4677-b18b-d2f2de5b57cd\">-->\r\n        <!--[if lte IE 8]><div id=\"hs-cta-ie-element\"><\/div><![endif]-->\r\n        <!--<a href=\"http:\/\/cta-redirect.hubspot.com\/cta\/redirect\/95627\/394b2cc2-4447-4677-b18b-d2f2de5b57cd\"  target=\"_blank\" ><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"hs-cta-img\" id=\"hs-cta-img-394b2cc2-4447-4677-b18b-d2f2de5b57cd\" style=\"border-width:0px;\" src=\"https:\/\/no-cache.hubspot.com\/cta\/default\/95627\/394b2cc2-4447-4677-b18b-d2f2de5b57cd.png\"  alt=\"Join the Cornell Lab\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/a>\r\n    <\/span>\r\n    <script charset=\"utf-8\" src=\"https:\/\/js.hscta.net\/cta\/current.js\"><\/script>\r\n    <script type=\"text\/javascript\">\r\n        hbspt.cta.load(95627, '394b2cc2-4447-4677-b18b-d2f2de5b57cd', {});\r\n    <\/script>\r\n<\/span>-->\r\n<!-- end HubSpot Call-to-Action Code -->\r\n\r\n<\/div>\n\n<p><em>First up is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/NetCommunity\/Page.aspx?pid=1085\">Living Bird<\/a> editor Tim Gallagher to report on Monday&#8217;s plenary talk, given by University of Montana&#8217;s Ken Dial. Over the past decade, Dial and his collaborators have proposed a surprising new theory about how birds first began to fly. And with a wicked snowstorm shutting down air travel back East, the evolution of flight seemed perhaps the perfect topic. &#8211;Hugh Powell<\/em><span id=\"more-1254\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The 128th annual meeting of the American Ornithologists\u2019 Union (which this year is a joint meeting with the Cooper Ornithological Society and the Society of Canadian Ornithologists) got off to a slightly bumpy start Monday morning at 8:00 a.m. It seems the first plenary speaker, Scott Derrickson of the Smithsonian\u2019s National Zoological Park, got stuck in the snowstorm blanketing Washington, D.C., and couldn\u2019t make it to San Diego last night.<\/p>\n<p>Not to be stymied by a little thing like inclement weather, the AOU leadership pivoted instantly and asked <a href=\"http:\/\/dbs.umt.edu\/flightlab\/dialcv.htm\">Kenneth P. 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