The Washington Ornithological Society would like to announce our April
Meeting:

Monday, April 7 - Dr. John C. Wingfield, will present "Territorial
Behavior in the Song Sparrow: Changing Contexts and Alliances." Dr.
Wingfield's research focuses on environmental control of reproduction and
associated cycles of behavior, migration, molt, and wintering strategies.
See his lab's wonderful website for a sneak preview of his talk at
http://faculty.washington.edu/jwingfie/reg_index.html, and read the
Seattle Times' May 20, 2002, article about Dr. Wingfield's research.
Search the Times' website for "John Wingfield."

Dr. Wingfield is a Professor in and the Chair of the University of
Washington's Department of Zoology. He received his Ph.D. in Zoology and
Comparative Endocrinology from the University College of North Wales, in
the U.K. in 1973.

Monthly Membership Meetings are held the first Monday of the month (except
July, August, & September). They are held at the Center for Urban
Horticulture on the University of Washington campus, 3501 NE 41st St.,
Seattle, and are open to all. The social begins at 7:00 p.m. and the
program starts at 7:30 p.m.

Directions: From I-5 take SR520 East. Take the Montlake Blvd NE exit and
turn North towards the University of Washington campus. Stay in right lane
and drive North on Montlake Blvd (over the bridge and past the stadium).
The road will curve to the right around the Montlake Fill and merges with
NE 45th St. You will quickly approach a 5 way intersection. At the
intersection turn right onto Mary Gates Memorial Drive. The Center for
Urban Horticulture is 2 long blocks down on the right. There is plenty of
free parking at the facility. We use the main meeting room, the backside
of which faces the road. The following bus routes stop at NE 45th and Mary
Gates Memorial Drive: #25, 65, & 75. A map can be found on
http://depts.washington.edu/urbhort/html/info/contact.html.

== Michael Hobbs
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