Glen Everett Woolfenden

Glen Everett Woolfenden
Born(1930-01-23)January 23, 1930[2]
Elizabeth, New Jersey
DiedJune 19, 2007(2007-06-19) (aged 77)
Venus, Florida
Alma materCornell University
University of Kansas
University of Florida
Known forThe Florida Scrub Jay: Demography of a Cooperative-Breeding Bird (1984)[3]
AwardsBrewster Medal (1985)
Margaret Morse Nice Medal (2001)
Scientific career
InstitutionsUniversity of South Florida
Archbold Biological Station
Thesis Osteology of the waterfowl (1960)[1]
Doctoral advisorPierce Brodkorb

Glen Everett Woolfenden (1930–2007) was an American ornithologist, known for his long-term study of the Florida scrub jay (Aphelocoma coerulescens) population at Archbold Biological Station near Lake Placid, Florida.[2] He established what became "the longest continuous population study of any avian species that does not nest in boxes."[4]

  1. ^ "entry for Woolfenden in Theses and Dissertations Collection". University of Florida Digital Collections.
  2. ^ a b Hailman, Jack P.; Lohrer, Fred E.; Bowman, Reed (2008). "In Memoriam. The Florida Ornithology of Glen E. Woolfenden (1930–2007)" (PDF). The Florida Field Naturalist. 36 (1): 8–11.
  3. ^ Tomback, Diana F. (1986). "Review of The Florida Scrub Jay: Demography of a Cooperative Breeding Bird by Glen E. Woolfenden and John W. Fitzpatrick". The Wilson Bulletin. 98 (2): 324–326. JSTOR 4162252.
  4. ^ Hallman, Jack P.; Fitzpatrick, John W.; Bowman, Reed (2008). "Glen Everett Woolfenden, 1930–2007". Ibis. 150: 444–445. doi:10.1111/j.1474-919X.2008.00801.x. (with photograph by Harrison (Bud) Tordoff)