About the Author(s)

Peter Frederick grew up watching birds and helping his grandfather record bird sounds in northern Delaware and the Chesapeake Bay. He studied animal behavior at the University of North Carolina, and worked on the mating strategies of White Ibises for his Ph.D. After working for the University of South Carolina, the National Audubon Society Research Department, and the Wildlife Conservation Society, he is now an Assistant Professor in the Department of Wildlife Ecology and Conservation at the University of Florida. He continues to study the behavior, ecology, and conservation of long-legged wading birds and their wetland habitats in the Everglades, as well as in Nicaragua, Venezuela, Honduras, and Brazil. Current address: Department of Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, P.O. Box 110430, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611-0430. E-mail: pcf@gnv.ifas.ufl.edu.