Authors are listed alphabetically.
Hector D. Douglas, III, has studied marine birds in a range of settings from the Arctic to the Tropics. Currently he is conducting independent research in the Caribbean and Alaska and working toward a Ph.D. He studied Willets as part of his master’s degree (M.S., biology, Wake Forest University). Douglas is also a filmmaker, radio correspondent, and journalist. Current address: P.O. Box 750610, Fairbanks, AK 99775-0610. E-mail: hddouglas@yahoo.com.
Cheri L. Gratto-Trevor has been studying shorebirds for 25 years in the Canadian Arctic, Prairies, and Maritimes. A native of Nova Scotia, she obtained her B.Sc. (Honors) from Acadia University in 1978; M.Sc. from Queen’s University, Ontario, in 1983; and Ph.D. from the University of North Dakota in 1989. She wrote The Birds of North America Semipalmated Sandpiper account in 1990 and the Marbled Godwit account in 1999. Since 1989, she has been a research scientist with the Canadian Wildlife Service (Environment Canada), Prairie and Northern Region in Saskatoon. She first encountered Willets in Nova Scotia many years ago and has conducted research on their breeding biology in southern Alberta since 1995. Current address: Canadian Wildlife Service, Environment Canada, 115 Perimeter Road, Saskatoon, SK S7N 0X4. E-mail: cheri.gratto-trevor@ec.gc.ca.
Peter E. Lowther had an early interest in birds that developed into Ph.D. studies at the University of Kansas, where he studied breeding biology of House Sparrows. He has taught at the University of Northern Iowa and at Idaho State University. At present, he is Research Associate at The Field Museum where he works also as Computer Systems Specialist. He is married with three daughters. He also bicycles, fences foil and épée, and plays cello and bass. Current address: The Field Museum, 1400 South Lake Shore Drive, Chicago, IL 60605-2496. E-mail: lowther@fieldmuseum.org.
