Margaret Morse Nice Medal

Margaret Morse Nice, c.1956

The Margaret Morse Nice Medal is an ornithological award made annually by the Wilson Ornithological Society (WOS). It was established in 1997 and named in honour of ornithologist Margaret Morse Nice (1883-1974). The medal recipient is expected to give the plenary lecture at the WOS annual general meeting.^[1]

Recipients

Source: Wilson Ornithological Society

• 1997 – Elsie Collias and Nick Collias
• 1998 – Ellen Ketterson and Val Nolan
• 1999 – Frances C. James
• 2000 – Susan M. Smith
• 2001 – Glen E. Woolfenden
• 2002 – Richard T. Holmes
• 2003 – Robert E. Ricklefs
• 2004 – Stephen T. Emlen
• 2005 – Bridget J. M. Stutchbury and Eugene S. Morton
• 2006 – Gary Stiles
• 2007 – Patricia L. Schwagmeyer and Douglas Mock
• 2008 – Jerome Jackson
• 2009 – Sidney A. Gauthreaux
• 2010 – Robert B. Payne and Laura Payne (University of Michigan), "Brood parasitism in cuckoos, cowbirds, and African finches"
• 2011 – Richard N. Conner (USDA-Forest Service (retired)), "The ecology of the Red-cockaded Woodpecker, by necessity a multidiscipline study"
• 2012 - Peter R. Grant & B. Rosemary Grant (Princeton University), "A long-term study of Darwin's Finches"
• 2013 - Edward Burtt, Jr. (Ohio Wesleyan University), "From passion to science to the evolution of avian color"
• 2014 - Don Kroodsma (University of Massachusetts-Amherst), "Birdsong: the hour before dawn"
• 2015 - Erica H. Dunn (Environment Canada}, "Bird observatories: Diversity and opportunity"
• 2016 - John C. Wingfield (Department of Neurobiology, Physiology and Behavior University of California), "Nomads, pioneers and fugitives: on the move in a capricious world"

References

1. "Margaret Morse Nice Medal". Wilson Ornithological Society. 2010-05-29. Retrieved 2012-04-09.