My sources are saying the ABA President/Executive Director/whatever-you-want-to-call-it applicant pool has been narrowed down to four candidates.  I’ve learned the names of three of the four, but I won’t name names out of respect to those who ultimately aren’t selected.  However, those three are well-known BIRDERS.  [Editor's note: I mean well-known to those who are plugged into the birding scene, but these guys don't have Sibley- or Kaufman-level name recognition.]  There’s also a good geographical representation among the final candidates with one from the East Coast, one from the West Coast, and one from somewhere in the middle.  No word on the home base of the fourth candidate.

UPDATE: I have confirmation on the first three names, plus the name of the fourth, who is an East Coast resident.