Maureen "Moe" Flannery

Collections Manager
Department of Ornithology & Mammalogy
California Academy of Sciences
 (415) 379-5371
email: mflannery (AT) calacademy (DOT) org

 

Right: Moe with an immature Citrine Wagtail Motacilla citreola, U-Rein Ga Village,
Putao District, Kachin State, Myanmar 07 Sep. 2001.
(Photo by. Dong Lin)

Current Research/Conservation Interests:
Co-evolution quill mites (Syringophilidae) and their bird hosts.
Molecular phylogeny of Asian song-babblers, with emphasis on systematics of Myzornis pyrrhoura.
Birds of Southeast Asia.
China Natural History Project.
Ageing & sexing passerines using molt criteria.

Education:
Education:
2007: Master of Science, Ecology & Systematic Biology Program, Department of Biology, San Francisco State University.
1991: Bachelor of Arts degree in Asian Studies; Certificate in Women's Studies, Dartmouth College, Hanover NH.

Professional Experience:
August 2005 - Present: Acting Collections Manager, California Academy of Sciences, Department of Ornithology and Mammalogy.
February 2002 - August 2005: Curatorial Assistant, California Academy of Sciences, Department of Ornithology and Mammalogy.
October 2002 - Present: China Natural History Project, Bird & Mammal biodiversity survey of Gaoligongshan Region, Yunnan Province, China.

November 1998 - February 2002: Terrestrial Program Biologist, Point Reyes Bird Observatory (PRBO). Projects: Palomarin Field Station Manager; Breeding Bird Project, Biomonitoring Program; Landbird inventory of the National Parks of the San Francisco Bay Area; Landbird inventory of the Marin Municipal Water District; Assessment of wildlife response to tanoak die off in the Golden Gate National Recreation Area; Conservation of Neotropical migratory birds in riparian habitat, Parkflight project; Landbird inventory and checklist of the birds of East Park Reservoir; Landbird migration monitoring at the Salton Sea; Golden Gate National Recreation Area Breeding bird monitoring.

May 1998 - August 1998, August 1999: Field Biologist Intern Field Technician, U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS), Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge, St. Lazaria Island, AK; Population, phenology and productivity of nesting seabirds.

Scientific Publications:
Flannery, M. E., S. L. Guers, T. Gardali, N. Nur, and G. R. Geupel. 2004. Landbird Migration at the Salton Sea: the Value of Desert Riparian Habitat. Pp. 106-115 In W.D. Shuford & K.C. Molina (eds.) Ecology and Conservation of Birds of the Salton Sink: An Endangered Ecosystem. Studies in Avian Biology, No. 27.

Holmes, A. L., M. E. Flannery, and G. R. Geupel. 2003. The Effects of Saltcedar (Tamarix spp.) on Resident Songbirds in Riparian Habitats of the Salton Sea. Pp. 65-71 In P.M Faber (ed.) California Riparian Systems: Processes and Floodplains Management, Ecology, and Restoration. 2001 Riparian Habitat and Flooplains Conference Proceedings, Riparian Habitat Joint Venture, Sacramento, CA.

Geupel, G. R., A. King, and M. E. Flannery. 2001. The Palomarin handbook, PRBO's terrestrial program procedures manual, 5th edition. Point Reyes Bird Observatory Unpublished Report.

Flannery, M. E., and T. Gardali. 2000. Incomplete first prebasic molt in the Wrentit. Western Birds 31:249-251.

Meyer, J. J, M. E. Flannery, and D. L. Humple. 2001. Pine Gulch Creek, riparian ornithological assessment. Point Reyes Bird Observatory Unpublished Report.

Flannery, M. E., D. L. Humple, G. Ballard, and G. R. Geupel. 2000. Landbird inventory of the National Parks of the San Francisco Bay Area, 1999 and 2000 breeding seasons. Point Reyes Bird Observatory Unpublished Report.

Flannery, M. E., and W. Richardson. 2000. Birds of East Park Reservoir and environs, an annotated checklist. Point Reyes Bird Observatory Unpublished Report.

Guers, S. L. and M. E. Flannery. 2000. Landbird migration monitoring at the Salton Sea: 1999 field season. Point Reyes Bird Observatory Unpublished Report.

Holmes, A. L., S. Zack, G. R. Geupel, and M. E. Flannery. 2000. Bird abundance and diversity in riparian and oak woodland habitats of the East Park Reservoir 1997-1999. Point Reyes Bird Observatory Unpublished Report.

Flannery, M. E. 1999. California Partners in Flight oak woodland conservation plan, Oak Titmouse species account. http://www.prbo.org/CPIF/Oaks/OATIPlan.html

Professional Services:
2002 International Partners in Flight Workshop Planning Committee. Coordinator and Trainer, PRBO Landbird Monitoring Training Courses and Advanced Landbird Identification Workshops.

Professional Development:
Wilderness First Responder/CPR certified January 2002.

North American Banding Council (NABC) Bander and Trainer certification 2000/2001.

Sudden Oak Death recognition, sampling, and monitoring workshop 2001.

Professional Afiliations:
Acarological Society
American Ornithologist's Union
Oriental Bird Club
Society for the Preservation of Natural History Collections

See Moe in Yunnan, China

Below: Moe helps to prepare the Sea Lion Wall for the Skulls Exhibit.
(Photo by Lisa Delgado, Wired News Online)

 

 
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