I became fascinated by birds around the age of seven. Early training in bird-banding at several British bird observatories fed this addiction, which was not significantly diminished by studying Zoology at Cambridge, nor by graduate work at Aberdeen on tropical seabirds in the Indian Ocean. I went on to a post-doctoral fellowship on West Indian birds with David Lack at the Edward Grey Institute of Ornithology in Oxford, which became home base, between work periods in the Seychelles Islands, Kenya (University of Nairobi), the Cayman Islands, and Trinidad and Tobago. Shortly before completing a popular book on bird conservation (Save the Birds, - published in nine languages in 14 countries), I emigrated with my family to Canada. I worked for the Canadian Wildlife Service in Ottawa (first as a researcher, later as Coordinator of the Acid Rain Program) and in Saskatoon (as a research manager, and Adjunct Professor in Biology at the University of Saskatchewan) before moving to UNB in 1994.

Research interests centre on the evolutionary ecology of birds, especially in relation to conservation, roles in ecosystems, and as indicators of ecosystem health. My graduate students and I carry out research on bird ecology in both forested and marine ecosystems. Secondary interests concern the evolutionary ecology of island birds, monitoring bird populations through banding during migration, and the impacts of climate change on birds and other wildlife.

Diamond, A.W. 2008. Bird research in the ACWERN lab at the Faculty of Forestry and Environmental Management, University of New Brunswick. Forestry Chronicle 84(4): 548-552. Bond, A.L and Diamond, A.W. Abandoned seabird eggs as a calcium source for terrestrial gastropods. Canadian Field-Naturalist. Accepted 27 June 2008. Sprague, A.S., Hamilton, D.J. and Diamond, A.W. Factors affecting movements of Semi-palmated Sandpipers staging in the upper Bay of Fundy. Avian Conservation and Ecology. In Press. Bond, A.L. and Diamond, A.W. High within-individual variation in total mercury concentration in seabird feathers. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry. In Press. Bond, A.L, and Diamond, A.W. Total and methyl mercury concentrations in seabird feathers and eggs. Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology. In Press. Devlin, C.M., Diamond, A.W., Kress, S.W., Hall, C.S. and Welch, L. 2008. Breeding dispersal and survival of Arctic Terns in the Gulf of Maine. Auk 125(4): 1-9. Blinn, B.M., Diamond, A.W., and Hamilton, D.J. Factors Affecting Selection of Brood-rearing Habitat by Common Eiders (Somateria mollissima) in the Bay of Fundy, New Brunswick, Canada. Waterbirds. In Press. Lavers, J.L., Jones, I.L. and Diamond, A.W. 2008. Age of first return and breeding of Razorbills (Alca torda) on the Gannet Islands, Labrador and Machias Seal Island, New Brunswick. Waterbirds 31(1): 30-34. Diamond, A.W., Fayad, V.C. and McKinley, P.S. 2007. Ipecac: an improved emetic for wild birds. Journal of Field Ornithology 78(4): 436-439. Lavers, J.L., Jones, I.L., and Diamond, A.W. 2007. Natal and breeding dispersal of Razorbills (Alca torda) in eastern North Americas. Waterbirds 30(4): 588-594. Lavers, J.L., Jones, I.L., Diamond, A.W. and Robertson, G.R. 2008. Annual survival of Atlantic Canadian Razorbills (Alca torda) varies with ocean climate indices. Canadian Journal of Zoology 86: 51-61. Blinn, B.M., Violette, V. and Diamond, A.W. 2006. Osprey, Pandion haliaetus, depredates Common Eider, Somateria mollissima, duckling. Canadian Field-Naturalist 120(2): 236-237. Betts, M.G., Forbes, G.J. and Diamond, A.W. 2007. Thresholds in songbird occurrence in relation to landscape structure. Conservation Biology 24(1): 1046-1058. Betts, M.G., Mitchell, D., Diamond, A.W. and Bety, J. 2007. Uneven rates of landscape change as a source of bias in roadside wildlife surveys. Journal of Wildlife Management. 71(7): 2266-2273. Betts, M.G., Zitske, B.P., Hadley, A.S. and Diamond, A.W. 2006. Post-timber harvest breeding dispersal in migrant forest songbirds. Northeastern Naturalist 13(4): 531-536. Major, H.L., Jones, I.L., Charette, M.R. and Diamond, A.W. 2007. Variations in the diet of introduced Norway rats inferred using stable isotope analysis. Journal of Zoology, London 271:463-468. Allard, K.A., Breton, A.R., Gilchrist, H.G. and Diamond, A.W. 2006. Adult survival of herring gulls breeding in the Canadian Arctic. Waterbirds 29(2): 163-168. Shutler, D., Clark, R.G., Fehr, C. and Diamond, A.W. 2006. Time and recruitment costs as currencies in manipulation studies on the costs of reproduction: evidence from tree swallows. Ecology 87(11): 2938-2946. Huettmann, F. and Diamond, A.W. 2006. Large-scale effects on the spatial distribution of seabirds in the Northwest Atlantic. Landscape Ecology 21: 1089-1108. Jamieson, S.E., Gilchrist, H.G., Merkel, F.R., Diamond, A.W. and Falk, K. 2006. Endogenous reserve dynamics of northern common eiders wintering in Greenland. Polar Biology 29: 585-594. Huettmann, F., Diamond, A.W., Dalzell, B. and MacIntosh,K. 2005. Winter distribution, ecology and movements of Razorbills Alca torda and other auks in the Outer Bay of Fundy, Atlantic Canada. Marine Ornithology 33:161-171. McAlpine, D.F., Garrity, N.R., Benjamin, N., Diamond, A.W., Hughes, L.C., Sollows, M.C., Johnson, D.M. and Sheppard, M. 2005. Ring-billed Gulls (Larus delawarensis) nesting on Manawagonish Island, New Brunswick: continuing expansion of the seabird community in the Bay of Fundy. Northeastern Naturalist 12(3): 263-266. Betts, M.M., Forbes, G.R., Diamond, A.W. and Taylor, P.D. 2006. Independent effects of habitat amount and fragmentation on songbirds in a forest mosaic: an organism-based approach. Ecological Applications 16(3): 1076-1089. Breton, A.R., Diamond, A.W. and Kress, S.W. 2006. Surface wear on incoloy and darvic bands applied to Atlantic Puffin (Fratercula arctica) adults and chicks. Journal of Field Ornithology 77(2): 111-119. Breton, A.R., Diamond, A.W. and Kress, S.W. 2006. Encounter, Survival, and Movement Probabilities from an Atlantic Puffin (Fratercula arctica) Metapopulation. Ecological Monographs 76(1): 133-149.