Charles Walcott 2 December 2012

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1 Charles Walcott 2 December 2012 W255 Seeley G. Mudd Hall Cornell University Ithaca, NY Degrees Harvard College, A.B. in Biology, 1956 Cornell University, PhD in Zoology, 1959 Professional Positions Graduate Teaching Assistant, Cornell, Research Fellow in Biology, Harvard University, Assistant Professor of Applied Biology in the Division of Engineering and Applied Physics, Harvard Univ., Director, Elementary Science Study, Education Development Center, Assistant Professor of Biology, Tufts University, Associate Professor of Biological Sciences, SUNY at Stony Brook, Assistant to the Academic Vice-President, SUNY at Stony Brook, Chairman, Department of Cellular and Comparative Biology, SUNY at Stony Brook, Professor of Neurobiology and Behavior, SUNY at Stony Brook, Professor of Biology, Section of Neurobiology and Behavior, Division of Biological Sciences, Cornell University, Executive Director, Laboratory of Ornithology, Cornell University Louis Aggasiz Fuertes Director, Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology, Director, Division of Biological Sciences, Cornell, Chair, Department of Neurobiology and Behavior, Secretary and Associate Dean of the University Faculty, , 2008 Dean of the University Faculty, University Marshal, Cornell University Professor Emeritus and Graduate School Professor University Ombudsman Experience in Education Assistant Producer and Photographer, "Discovery": a half-hour, weekly series on natural history produced at WGBH, Boston for National Educational Television. Both the series and I won a Sylvania award, Producer and Project Director, "Exploring Nature" a series of 30, half-hour programs on basic biology designed for in-school use in elementary schools. It was distributed nationally; Member of the Board of Trustees and Vice President, Children's Museum of Boston. During my tenure we revitalized the museum and hired a new Director; Elementary School Science Study. Initially working with a group largely drawn from the PSSC physics course, we formed a group to try to improve the teaching of science in elementary schools. I worked half-

2 time on the project from ; was a member of the steering committee ; and was project director, Member, Committee on Education, American Institute of Biological Sciences, Consultant to Michael Ambrosino at WGBH, Boston for the initiation of "NOVA". Prepared program, "Bird Brain" and Co-Produced program on bird song, "Why do birds sing?" Director of Content Research, Consultant, Member of Advisory Committee, 3,2,1 Contact; Children's Television Workshop Member, Panel on Informal Science Education, National Science Foundation, Vice President, Sciencenter, Ithaca, NY Chairman of the Board of Directors, Sciencenter, Professional Organizations AAAS; Amer. Ornithologist's Union (elected); Animal Behavior Socienty; Sigma XI;Society for Experimental Biology; Deutsche Ornithologen-Gesellschaft (korrespondierendes Mitglied); New York Zoological Society (Scientific Fellow); Royal Institute of Navigation (Fellow). Cornell Committees ( ): Member, University Faculty Committee, Local Research Advisory Committee. Consultant To Creative Playthings; African Science Study; Elementary Science and Math Study; Webster College; Environmental Protection Agency (solar powered satellite); WGBH-TV; Office of Naval Research (Project Sanguine); Children's Television Workshop; National Geographic Magazine; Equitable Environmental Health; State of New Jersey, member, Higher Education Panel; Education Development Center, Research for Better Schools; Santa Rita Technology; Argonne National Laboratory; IIT Research Institute; Kenetech Windpower; Niagra Mohawk Power Co. Grant Support Office of Naval Research, 1957, Spider Vibration Receptors $ 7,000 Quartermaster Corps, 1959, Sensitive Biological Systems 30,000 U.S. Office of Education, 1959, "Exploring Nature" TV Program 70,000 Office of Naval Research, 1961, Spider Vibration Receptor 6,000 U. S. Public Health Service, 1961, Health Education Research 45,000 National Science Foundation, 1964, Bird Navigation 38,000 National Science Foundation, 1965, Avian Orientation 13,000 National Science Foundation, 1965, Elementary School Science 1,500,000 National Science Foundation, 1966, Pigeon Navigation 38,000 National Science Foundation, 1967, Pigeon Navigation 10,000 National Geographic Society, 1968, Pigeon Project 10,980 National Geographic Society, 1969, Pigeon Project 11,500 National Institutes of Health, 1969, Pigeon Navigation 62,000 National Institutes of Health, 1972, Pigeon Navigation 64,000 National Institutes of Health, 1975, Pigeon Navigation 40,000

3 National Geographic Society, 1975, Dolphin Behavior 4,170 U. S. Forest Service, 1974, Wolf Communication and Ecology 3,200 National Geographic Society, 1976, Vocalizations of Right Whales 5,854 National Science Foundation, , Pigeon Orientation 89,000 National Geographic Society, 1982, Pigeons at Gravity Anomalies 10,000 National Institutes of Health, , Magnetic Detection 96,000 National Science Foundation, , Avian Orientation 115,000 National Science Foundation, , Avian Orientation 114,249 National Science Foundation, , Avian Orientation 194,020 Whitehall Foundation, 1989, Avian orientation and communication 48,000 National Science Foundation, 1990, Public Participation in Ornithology 850,000 National Science Foundation, 1995, Supplement for Pigeons 55,000 National Science Foundation, 1995, FeederWatch in Schools 950,000 National Science Foundation, 2003, Experimental Analysis Loon Territory (Walter Piper, PI) 385,000 National Science Foundation, 2007 Long Term Investigation of territorial Behavior and population dynamics in the Common Loon (With Walter Piper, PI) 444,359 Courses Taught Harvard: Biology for Engineers Freshman Seminar in Elementary School Science Biology 2 Tufts: General Physiology Animal Behavior SUNY: CED510 Perspectives in Molecular Biology CED511 Perspectives in Animal Behavior Bio 542 Principles of Animal Behavior Bio382 Animal Behavior Bio152 Adaptation and Evolution Bio544 Laboratory in Neurophysiology Bio203 Laboratory in Physiology Bio182 Animal Physiology Cornell: Bio221 Animal Behavior (Participant) Bio420 Animal Orientation and Navigation Bio420 Bird Song BioG Introductory Biology for Majors Graduate Students and Thesis Titles Martin Michener, Pigeon Orientation, PhD, Harvard, 1965 William Rowland, Courtship of three species of sticklebacks, PhD, SUSB, 1968 Douglas Smith, Role of epaulets of Red-Wing Blackbird. PhD, SUSB, 1971 Fred Harrington, Role of Howling in Wolves, PhD, SUSB, 1975 Bernd Wursig, Behavior of Dusky Dolphin, PhD, SUSB, 1978 Gretchen Smith, Lyriform Organ in Spiders, MA, SUSB, 1977 Scott McMullen, Foraging Behavior in Ants, MA, SUSB, 1977 Chistopher Clark, Vocalizations and Behavior of Southern Right Whale, PhD, SUSB, 1981 John N. Mager, What information is communicated by the territorial Yodel of male common Loons, Gavia immer? Cornell University, 2005 Publications

4 A number of papers on various topics in animal behavior and physiology; the following are representative: Dane, B. Walcott, C. and W. Drury The Form and Duration of the Display Actions of the Goldeneye (Bucehpala clangula). Behavior XIV: Walcott, C. and W.G. Van der Kloot. 1959, The physiology of the spider vibration receptor. J. Exp. Zool. 14: Littauer, R. and C. Walcott Pulse-Height Analyzer for Neurophysiological Applications. Rev. Sci. Instr. 30: Salpeter, M. and C. Walcott An electron microscopic study of a vibration receptor in the spider. Exp. Neurology 2: Walcott, C The effect of the web on vibration sensitivity in the spider, Achaearanea tepidariorum. J. Exp. Biol. 40: Williams, C., Adkisson, P. and C. Walcott 1965 Physiology of Insect Diapause XV The Transmission of Photoperiod Signals to the Brain of the Oak Silkworm, Antherea pernyi. Biol. Bull. 128: Walcott, C A Spider's Vibration Receptor: Its Anatomy and Physiology. Am. Zoologist 9: The following papers deal with the problem of bird orientation. I have omitted abstracts, papers addressed to a general audience, and short early papers. Michener,M.C. and C. Walcott Navigation of Single Homing Pigeons: Airplane Observations by Radio Tracking. Science 154: Michener, M. C. and C. Walcott Homing of single pigeons-analysis of tracks. J. Exp. Biol. 47: Miselis, R. and C. Walcott Locomotor activity rhythms in homing pigeons, Columba livia. Animal Behavior, 18: Walcott, C. and M.C. Michener Sun navigation in homing pigeons: attempts to shift sun coordinates. J. Exp. Biol. 5-4: Walcott, C., 1972 The navigation of homing pigeons - Do they use sun navigation? In Animal Orientation and Navigation, S.R. Galler, K. Schmidt-Koenig, G.J. Jacobs and R.E. Belleville, eds. U. S. Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C. Walcott, C. and K. Schmidt-Koenig The effect on pigeon homing of anesthesia during displacement. Auk 90: Schmidt-Koenig, K. and C. Walcott Flugwege und Verbleib von Brieftauben mit getrubten Haftschalen. Naturwissenschaften 60: Walcott, C. and R.P. Green Orientation of homing pigeons altered by a change in the direction of an applied magnetic field. Science 184: Walcott, C The homing of pigeons. Amer. Sci. 62:

5 Larkin, R. P., Torre-Bueno, J., Griffin, D. R., C. Walcott Reactions of Migrating Birds to Lights and Aircraft. Proc. Nat'l. Acad. Sci. 72: Walcott, C Magnetic fields and the orientation of pigeons under sun. J. Exp. Biol. 70: Schmidt-Koenig, K. and C. Walcott Tracks of homing pigeons wearing frosted lenses. Animal Behavior 26: Walcott, C Anomalies in the earth's magnetic field increase the scatter of pigeon's vanishing bearings. In Animal Migration, Navigation and Homing, K. Schmidt-Koenig and W. T. Keeton, eds. Springer-Verlag, Heidelberg, p Walcott, C., J.L. Gould and J. Kirschvink Pigeons have magnets. Science 205: Walcott, C Homing pigeon vanishing bearings at magnetic anomalies are not altered by bar magnets. J. Exp. Biol. 86: Walcott, C Magnetic orientation in homing pigeons. IEEE Trans. Magnetics, Vol. Mag-16, #5, p Walcott, C Effects of magnetic fields on pigeon orientation. Proc. XVII International Ornithological Congress p Walcott, C Is there Evidence for a magnetic map in homing pigeons? In: Avian Navigation (F. Papi and H. G. Walraff eds.) SpringerVerlag, Berlin. p Walcott, B. and C. Walcott 1982 A Search for Magnetic Field Receptors in Animals. In: Avian Navigation (F. Papi and H. G. Wallraff, eds.) Springer-Verlag, Berlin. P Walcott, C. and A.J. Lednor 1983 Bird Navigation. in: Perspectives in Ornithology ed. by A. Brush and G.A. Clark,jr. Cambridge University Press, New York p Lednor, A. J. and C. Walcott 1983 Homing pigeon navigation: the effects of in-flight exposure to a varying magnetic field. Comp. Biochem. and Physiol. 76A p Lednor, A. J. and C. Walcott 1984 The Orientation of Pigeons at Gravity Anomalies. J. Exp. Biol. 111 p Lednor, A. J. and C. Walcott, 1988 Orientation of pigeons at magnetic anomalies: The effects of experience. Behav. Ecol. Sociobiol. 22:3-8. Walcott, C Navigation and Homing. in The Collins Encyclopedia of Animal Behaviour, ed. by Peter J. B. Slater. Equinox, London pp Walcott, C A review of Magnetic Effects on Homing Pigeon Orientation, in Biophysical Effects of Steady Magnetic Fields, ed by G. Maret, N. Boccara and J. Kiepenheuer, Springer-Verlag, Heidelberg, pp Walcott, C., J. L. Gould, and A. J. Lednor. 1988, Homing of magnetized and demagnetized pigeons. J. Exp. Biol. 134:27-41.

6 Wiltschko, W., Wiltschko, R. and C. Walcott Pigeon Homing: Different Effects of Olfactory Deprivation in Different Countries. Beh. Ecol. Sociobiol. 21: Walcott, C Homing in Pigeons: Are Differences in Experimental Results due to Different Home- Loft Environments? in Acta XIX Congngressus Internationalis Ornithologici ed by Henri Ouellet, Univ. of Ottawa, Nat'l Museum pp Walcott, Charles and A. Irene Brown The Disorientation of Pigeons at Jersey Hill. In: Orientation and Navigation: Birds, Humans and other Animals, Royal Institute of Navigation, Cardiff, England Walcott, Charles Magnetic Maps in Pigeons. in Orientation in Birds ed by P. Berthold Birkhauser Verlag, pp Walcott, Charles Pigeons at magnetic anomalies: the effects of loft location. J. exp. Bio. 170: Walcott, Charles Pigeon Homing: Observations, Experiments and Confusions. J. exp. Biol. 199: The following papers deal with vocalizations of the Common Loon, Gavia immer: Walcott, C., Evers, D, Froehler, M. and A. Krakauer, 1999, Individuality in Yodel calls recorded from a banded population of Common Loons, Gavia immer. Bioacoustics 10: Walcott, C. and David Evers 2000, Loon Vocal Tagging: An Evaluation of its Feasibility Using a Banded Population of Loons. In McIntyre, J.W. and D.C. Evers (eds.) Loons: Old history and new findings. Proceedings of a Symposium from the 1997 meeting, American Ornithologists' Union. North American Loon Fund, Holderness, N.H. Walcott, C Multi-modal Orientation Cues in Homing Pigeons. Integr. Comp. Biol. 45: Walcott, C. Mager, J and W. Piper Changing Territories, Changing Tunes: male loons, Gavia immer, change their vocalizations when they change territories. Animal Behaviour 71: Piper, W.H., Walcott, C., Mager, J.H., Perala M., Tischler K.B., Harrington E., Turcotte A.J., Schwabenlander M. and N. Banfield Prospecting in a solitary breeder: chick production elicits territorial intrusions in common loons. Behavioral Ecology 17: Mager, J.N., III, Walcott, C., Piper, W Male common loons, Gavia immer, communicate body mass and condition through dominant frequencies of territorial yodels. Animal Behaviour 73: Mager, J. N., Walcott, C., and Evers, D Macrogeographic variation in body size and territorial vocalizations of male Common Loons (Gavia immer). Waterbirds 30 (1): Piper, W.H, Walcott, C., Mager, J.H., Spilker, F.J Nestsite selection by male loons leads to sexbiased site familiarity. J. Animal Ecology 77: Mager, J.H., Walcott, C. Piper, W.H Nest platforms increase aggressive behavior in common loons. Naturwisseschaften. 95: Piper, W.H., Walcott, C., Mager, J.H. Spilker, F. J Fatal battles in common loons: a preliminary analysis. Animal Behavior 75:

7 Mager, J.N., Walcott, C. and W. H. Piper (2010). Common Loons can differentiate yodels of neighboring and non-neighboring conspecifics. J. Field Ornithol. 81 (4): Mager, John N., Walcott, Charles and Walter H. Piper Male common loons signal greater aggressive motivation by lengthening territorial yodels. Wilson Journal of Ornithology 124 (1) Articles addressed to a popular audience: Walcott, C Bird Navigation. Natural History 81: Walcott, C Current Research in Pigeon Navigation Racing Pigeon Bulletin 27: Walcott, C Pigeons Home by Smell? Amer. Racing Pigeon News, Jan Walcott, C Pigeon Chasing by Twin Comanche. AOPA Pilot 17: Walcott, C Homing with Map and Compass The Living Bird Quarterly 1: Walcott, C Bird Orientation and the Earth's Magnetic Field. Point Reyes Bird Observatory Newsletter, #61 pp Walcott, C Mysteries of Migration. The Conservationist 38: Walcott, C Navigation and Homing. in The Collins Encyclopedia of Animal Behaviour, ed. by Peter J. B. Slater. Equinox, London pp Walcott, C Bird Navigation. in Encyclopedia of Neuroscience ed by George Adelman, Birkhauser, Boston. pp Walcott, C Show Me the Way to Go Home. Natural History Magazine, November 1989 pp Walcott, C The Mystery of Jersey Hill and Other Stories. BirdScope 4:1-3. Walcott, C Tilting at Windmills. Living Bird 14: Walcott, C Loony Tunes, Seney National Wildlife Refuge Newsletter. Piper, W. H., Walcott, C and Mager, J. (2011). Marking Loons, Making Progress. American Scientist 99: Several papers on education, for example: Walcott, C Elementary School Biology via Television. Amer. Biol. Teacher 22: Morrison, P. and C. Walcott. Enlightened Opportunism. J. Res. Sci. Teach. 1: Walcott, C Biology in the Elementary School. NABT News, VII: 1-4. Walcott, C Elementary School Biology. Amer. Biol. Teacher 29:

8 Walcott, C Contact's Approach to Science Education. CTW International Research Notes, No. 3 p 7-9.