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wildlife; and graduate students in the pathology of these same species. She has lectured and pub-
lished extensively, and has been involved in international development programs throughout her
career. An alumnus of the joint Toronto Zoo/University of Guelph graduate program in Zoo
Animal Medicine and Pathology, she spent several years teaching veterinary students in Zimbabwe
before returning to Guelph. Her interest in ratites began in Africa and has survived the “boom and
bust” industry cycle in North America.
Kappy Sprenger began working in wildlife rehabilitation in Los Gatos, California in 1985, caring
for both mammals and birds. In 2002, she moved to Maine where she has continued as a rehabilita-
tor, accepting all avian species but specializing in the fish‐eating birds (particularly loons) and all
precocial species.
Nicky Stander graduated from University of Plymouth in the UK with a BSc (Hons) in Animal
Science (Behaviour and Welfare). Since 2010 she has held the position of Seabird Rehabilitation
Manager the Southern African Foundation for the Conservation of Coastal Birds (SANCCOB) in
Cape Town, South Africa and has played an instrumental role in the implementation of the Robben
Island Seabird Ranger project.
Carol Stanley has been an aviculturist for over 20 years. During that time, she has kept and raised a
variety of avian species, including many psittacine species, as well as cranes, kookaburras, and Chilean
Flamingos. As a Model Aviculture Program (www.modelaviculture.org) certificate holder, she has
provided birds to AZA institutions. As past board member and current president of the Avicultural
Society of America, (ASA), Carol has contributed to organizing ASA’s Annual Education Conference
for over 13 years, which are hosted by AZA institutions such as the San Diego Zoo. Carol is art director
and editor of the Avicultural Society of America Avicultural e‐Bulletin, which features avian educa-
tion for ASA members (www.asabirds.org). She is an avid avian photographer, author, and speaker.
Marie Travers earned a BA in Psychology from University of Massachusetts, Boston, and has been
working with wildlife since 2001. She has since worked as Wildlife Rehabilitation Manager at Lindsay
Wildlife Museum and as Assistant Manager at International Bird Rescue, establishing herself as an
aquatic bird specialist and oil spill responder, a role she continues today. She has been employed as
an oiled wildlife specialist/rehabilitation manager with Focus Wildlife since 2013, and has done con-
tract work at several other wildlife rehabilitation facilities. Marie is co‐founder of Bird Ally X and
serves on the board of the Wild Neighbors Database Project (creators of the Wildlife Rehabilitation
Medical Database). She co‐authored the book An Introduction to Aquatic Bird Rehabilitation.
Linda M. Tuttle‐Adams is a lifelong naturalist, avid birder, photographer, writer, and artist. Since
2008, she has held staff and volunteer positions for Wildlife Rehabilitation and Release in Grass
Valley, CA, and has rehabilitated many bird species. Linda received a BS in Biology from the
University of California at Santa Cruz, and spent six years as a curatorial assistant with the California
Academy of Sciences in the Ornithology & Mammalogy Department. She has participated in two
atlas projects for breeding birds of Napa/Sonoma Counties and Nevada County, with her illustrations
depicted in both atlases. Her passion is baby bird identification, and she is currently working on a
book on the subject, for which she is painting over 400 depictions of nestling and fledgling baby birds.
Diane Winn is the Executive Director of Avian Haven, a wild bird rehabilitation practice of
approximately 2500 admissions per year, based in Freedom, Maine (Marc Payne is Avian