Nathaniel E. Seavy,^1,2,*,** Thomas Gardali,^1,*** Gregory H. Golet,^3,**** Dennis Jongsomjit,^1,***** Rodd Kelsey,^4,****** Sandi Matsumoto,^5,******* Seth Paine,^5,******** Diana Stralberg<sup>1,6,*********

1</sup>1 PRBO Conservation Science 3820 Cypress Drive #11 Petaluma, CA 94954
²2 Information Center for the Environment Dept. of Environmental Science and Policy University of Cal
³3 The Nature Conservancy 190 Cohasset Road, Suite 17 Chico, CA 95926
⁴4 Audubon California 765 University Avenue, Suite 200 Sacramento, CA 95825
⁵5 The Nature Conservancy 555 Capitol Mall, Suite 1290 Sacramento, CA 95814
⁶6 Department of Biological Sciences University of Alberta Edmonton, AB Tog 2E9 Canada

^* Corresponding author: nseavy@prbo.org; 415-868-0655 ext 311
^**Nat Seavy is the research director of the Pacific Coast and Central Valley Group at PRBO Conservation Science. Nat received his doctorate in zoology at the University of Florida and has worked on avian ecology and conservation in North America, Central America, Africa, and Hawaii.
^***Tom Gardali is the director of the Pacific Coast and Central Valley Group at PRBO Conservation Science and has over 15 years experience studying birds in California. Tom's work focuses on the long-term dynamics of bird populations in relation to natural- and human-caused changes in the environment. Tom strives to make conservation research more widely available through conservation plans, newsletters, periodicals, and face-to-face interactions.
^****Greg Golet is an ecologist with The Nature Conservancy. Greg received his doctorate in biology at the University of California Santa Cruz, and has worked on river restoration in California for over 10 years.
^*****Dennis Jongsomjit is a GIS specialist at PRBO Conservation Science. Dennis works on the geography of avian conservation as it relates to climate change, land use, and urbanization.
^******Rodd Kelsey is Director of Conservation for Audubon California. Rodd has over 18 years experience in wildlife research, conservation, and management. Rodd received a B.A. in Environmental Conservation at the University of Colorado, an M.S. in biology at California State University, Long Beach, and his Ph.D. from the University of California, Davis.
^*******Sandi Matsumoto is Director of California's Migratory Bird Initiative at The Nature Conservancy, where she has protected rivers in California for the past eight years. Sandi received her Master of Business Administration from the Anderson School at UCLA and her Bachelor degree in Economics from Yale.
^********Seth Paine is a GIS manager for The Nature Conservancy.
^*********Diana Stralberg was a Landscape Ecologist at PRBO Conservation Science, and is currently pursuing a PhD at the University of Alberta. Diana's recent research has focused on modeling avian distributional responses to climate, vegetation, and land-use patterns at scales ranging from individual sites to the Canadian boreal region.