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Robert E. Gill Jr. Title: Research Wildlife Biologist Address: 4210 University Dr., Anchorage, AK 99508-4626 Phone: (907) 786-7184 Fax: (907) 786-7021 Email: rgill@usgs.gov

M.S.	1972	San Jose State University, San Jose, CA	Biology
B.A.	1970	San Jose State College, San Jose, CA	Wildlife Management

Avian migration, population assessment, demographics, shorebird ecology and conservation, estuarine ecology.

1996 - Present	Wildlife Biologist, USGS, Alaska Science Center, Anchorage, Alaska
1993 - 1996	Wildlife Biologist, NBS Alaska Science Center, Anchorage, Alaska
1987 - 1993	Wildlife Biologist, USFWS, Alaska Fish and Wildlife Research Center, Anchorage, Alaska
1984 - 1987	Wildlife Biologist, Denver Wildlife Research Center, Anchorage, Alaska
1981 - 1983	Wildlife Biologist, Seattle National Fisheries Research Center, Anchorage, Alaska
1976 - 1980	Wildlife Biologist, US Fish and Wildlife Service, Anchorage, Alaska
1973 - 1976	Wildlife Biologist, California Department of Fish and Game, Sacramento, California

Western Field Ornithologists (Board of Directors, 1999-present)
Cooper Ornithological Society (Life Member)
American Ornithologists' Union (Life Member, Elected Member)
Wader Study Group (Executive Committee, 1999-present)
Arctic Institute of North America (Life Member)
Australasian Wader Studies Group (North American Representative, 2001-present)
Russian Working Group on Waders
New Zealand Wader Study Group
Miranda Naturalists Trust (Life Member)
Australasian Wader Study Group
Waterbird Society

McCaffery, B.J. C. M. Handel, R. E. Gill, Jr, and D. Ruthrauff. 2007. The blind men and the elephant: concerns about the use of juvenile proportion data. Stilt 50:194-204.

Morrison, G., B. J. McCaffery, R. E. Gill, Jr, S. K. Skagen, S. L. Jones, G. W. Page, C. L. Gratto-Trevor, and B. Andres. 2006. Population estimates of North America shorebirds, 2006. Wader Study Group Bulletin 111:67-85

Gill, R. E., Jr, T. Piersma, G. Hufford, R. Servranckx, and A. Riegen. 2005. Crossing the ultimate ecological barrier: evidence for an 11,000-km-long non-stop flight from Alaska to New Zealand and Eastern Australia by Bar-tailed Godwits. Condor 107:1-20

Gill, R. E., Jr and P. S. Tomkovich. 2004. Subarctic, alpine nesting by Baird’s Sandpipers Calidris bairdii. Wader Study Group Bulletin 104:1-13

Gill, R. E., Jr., P. S. Tomkovich, and B. J. McCaffery. 2002. Wandering Tattler (Heteroscelus incanus). The Birds of North America, No. 642, In A. Poole and F. Gill, (eds.). The Birds of North America, Inc., Philadelphia, PA.

Gill, R. E., Jr., P. S.Tomkovich, and B. J. McCaffery. 2002. Rock Sandpiper (Calidris ptilocnemis). The Birds of North America, No. 691, In A. Poole and F. Gill, (eds.), The Birds of North America, Inc., Philadelphia, PA.

Marks, J. S., T. L. Tibbitts, R. E. Gill, Jr., and B. J. McCaffery. 2002. Bristle-thighed Curlew (Numenius tahitiensis). In The Birds of North America, No. 705 In A. Poole and F. Gill, (eds.). The Birds of North America, Inc., Philadelphia, PA.

Handel, C. M. and R. E. Gill, Jr. 2001. Black Turnstone (Arenaria melanocephala). The Birds of North America, No. 593, In A. Poole and F. Gill, (eds). The Birds of North America, Inc., Philadelphia, PA.

McCaffery, B. J. and R. E. Gill, Jr. 2001. Bar-tailed Godwit (Limosa lapponica). The Birds of North America, No. 581 In A. Poole and F. Gill, (eds.), The Birds of North America, Inc., Philadelphia, PA.

Morrison, R. I. G., R. E. Gill, Jr., B. A. Harrington, S. Skagen, G. W. Page, C. L. Gratto-Trevor, and S. M. Haig. 2001. Estimates of shorebirds populations in North America. Occasional Paper No. 104, Canadian Wildlife Service, Ottawa, Ontario.

Handel, C. M. and R. E. Gill, Jr. 2000. Mate fidelity and breeding site tenacity in a monogamous sandpiper, the Black Turnstone. Anim. Behav. 58:471-481.

Gill, R. E., Jr., and B. J. McCaffery. 1999. Bar-tailed godwits (Limosa lapponica) in Alaska: a population estimate from the staging grounds. Wader Study Group Bulletin 88:49-54.

Piersma, T. and R. E. Gill, Jr. 1998. Guts don't fly: small digestive organs in obese Bar-tailed Godwits. Auk 115:196-203.

Gill, R. E., Jr., P. Canevari and E. Iversen. 1998. Eskimo Curlew (Numenius borealis). In The Birds of North America, No. 337 In A. Poole and F. Gill, (eds.), The Birds of North America, Inc., Philadelphia, PA.

Gill, R. E., Jr. and T. L. Tibbitts. 1998. Seasonal shorebird use of intertidal habitats in Cook Inlet, Alaska. Final Report. U.S. Department of Interior, USGS-MMS 99-0012.

Gill, R. E., Jr., C. A. Babock, C. M. Handel, W. R. Bulter, Jr., and D. G. Raveling. 1996. Migration, fidelity, and use of autumn staging grounds in Alaska by Cackling Canada Geese (Branta canadensis minima). Wildfowl 47:42-61.

Warnock, N. W. and R. E. Gill, Jr. 1996. Dunlin (Calidris alpina). The Birds of North America No. 203 In A. Poole and F. Gill, (eds.), The Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia, PA and The American Ornithologists' Union, Washington, D.C.

Gill, R. E., Jr. and S. E. Senner. 1996. Alaska and its importance to Western Hemisphere shorebirds. International Wader Studies 8:8-14.

Gill, R. E., Jr. 1996. Alaska shorebirds: status and conservation measures at a terminus of the East Asian-Australasian flyway. Pp. 21-42 in D. R. Wells and T. Mundkur, (eds.), Conservation of migratory waterbirds and their wetland habitats in the East Asian-Australasian Flyway. Wetlands International-Asia Pacific, Kuala Lumpur, Publication No. 116, and International Waterfowl and Wetlands Research Bureau-Japan Committee, Tokyo.

Gill, R. E., Jr., C. M. Handel, and G. W. Page. 1995. Western North American shorebirds. Pp. 60-65 in E. T. LaRoe, G. S. Farris, C. E. Puckett, P. D. Doran, and M. J. Mac, (eds.). Our living resources: a report to the nation on the distribution, abundance, and health of U.S. plants, animals, and ecosystems. U.S. Dept. of Interior, National Biological Service, Washington, DC. 530pp.

Lanctot, R. B., R. E. Gill, Jr., T. L. Tibbitts, and C. M. Handel. 1995. Brood amalgamation in the Bristle-thighed Curlew (Numenius tahitiensis): process and function. Ibis 137:559-569.

Gill, R. E., Jr., R. W. Butler, P. S. Tomkovich, T. Mundkur, and C. M. Handel. 1994. Conservation of North Pacific shorebirds. Trans. No. Am. Wildl. & Natur. Resour. Conf. 59:63-78.

Page, G. W., and R. E. Gill, Jr. 1994. Shorebirds in western North America: late 1800s to late 1900s. Stud. Avian Biol. 15:147-160.

Gill, R. E., Jr., and R. L. Redmond. 1992. Distribution, numbers, and habitat associations of Bristle-thighed Curlews (Numenius tahitiensis) on Rangiora Atoll. Notornis 39:17-26.

Handel, C. M., and R. E. Gill, Jr. 1992. Breeding distribution of the Black Turnstone. Wilson Bull. 104:122-135.

Handel, C. M., and R. E. Gill, Jr. 1992. Roosting behavior of premigratory Dunlins (Calidris alpina). Auk 109:57-72.

McCaffery, B. J., and R. E. Gill, Jr. 1992. Antipredator strategies in breeding Bristle-thighed Curlews. Am. Birds 46:378-383.

Gill, R. E., Jr., R. B. Lanctot, J. D. Mason, and C. M. Handel. 1991. Observations on habitat use, breeding chronology and parental care in Bristle-thighed Curlews on the Seward Peninsula, Alaska. Wader Study Group Bull. 61:28-36.

Gill, R. E., Jr., and C. M. Handel. 1990. The importance of subarctic intertidal habitats to shorebirds: a study of the central Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta, Alaska. Condor 92:709-725.

Marks, J. S., R. L. Redmond, P. Hendricks, R. B. Clapp, and R. E. Gill, Jr. 1990. Notes on longevity and flightlessness in Bristle-thighed Curlews. Auk 107:779-781.

Norton, D. W., S. E. Senner, R. E. Gill, Jr., P. D. Martin, J. M. Wright, and A. K. Fukuyama. 1990. Shorebirds and herring roe in Prince William Sound, Alaska. Am. Birds 44:367-371/508.

Gill, R. E., Jr., B. J. McCaffery, and T. G. Tobish. 1988. Bristle-thighed Curlews, biologists, and bird tours - a place for all. Birding 20:148-155.

Gill, R. E., Jr. 1986. What won't Turnstones eat?. Brit. Birds 79:402-403.

Gill, R. E., Jr., C. M. Handel, and L. A. Shelton. 1983. Memorial to a Black Turnstone: An exemplar of breeding and wintering site fidelity. North Am. Bird Bander 8:98-101.

Handel, C. M., and R. E. Gill, Jr. 1983. Yellow birds stand out in a crowd. North Am. Bird Bander 8:6-9.

Gill, R. E., Jr., and C. M. Handel. 1981. Shorebirds of the eastern Bering Sea. Pp. 719-738 in D. W. Hood and J. A. Calder (eds.), The eastern Bering Sea shelf: oceanography and resources. Vol. 2, Univ. Washington Press, Seattle, WA.

Gill, R. E., Jr., M. R. Petersen, and P. D. Jorgensen. 1981. Birds of the northcentral Alaska Peninsula, 1976-1980. Arctic 34:286-306.

Gill, R. E., Jr., and P. D. Jorgensen. 1979. A preliminary assessment of the timing and migration of shorebirds along the northcentral Alaska Peninsula. Stud. Avian. Biol. 2:110-120.

Population status and ecology of shorebirds in Alaska

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