Dr. Dave Ankney

Dave Ankney recently retired as a Professor of Zoology (Avian and Wildlife Ecology) at the University of Western Ontario. His research focussed on bioenergetics of birds, primarily waterfowl, and he supervised the research of 47 graduate students, all of whom worked on birds. He is a Fellow of the American Ornithologists’ Union and received Ducks Unlimited’s Professional conservation Achievement Award in 1997. He is a Past-president of the Ontario Federation of Anglers and Hunters, and led the OFAH’s drive to re-introduce Wild Turkeys to Ontario. He currently serves as a member of the OFAH Board of Directors, the Long Point Waterfowl and Wetlands Research Fund Board of Directors, Bird Studies Canada Endowment Fund Committee, Scientific Advisory Committee for Long Point Biosphere, and is on the Editorial Boards of Current Ornithology and the Canadian Wildlife Services Occasional Paper Series. He lives on Long Point and loves fishing, hunting, and birding at here.