Subject: WOS Meeting Monday
Date: Feb 29 18:32:45 2004
From: Michael Hobbs - hummer at isomedia.com


The Washington Ornithological Society would like to annouce their monthly
meeting for March, to be held Monday in Seattle:

March 1 - John Withey will present a program on western Washington's Crows

Western Washington's Crows: where are they all coming from? In this talk we'
ll discuss the natural history of American crows, particularly breeding and
roosting behavior. I'll present recent research results from studies in the
Puget Sound area on population trends, reproductive success, and movements
of juvenile crows. I'll also discuss the impact of West Nile virus on crows
and other songbirds in the past year. And, I'll make sure to leave time to
share some crow stories - and how you can help us study crows!

John grew up in Seattle and graduated from Pomona College (in California) in
1991. After two years in the Peace Corps in Panama, John decided to return
to research and started graduate school at the UW's College of Forest
Resources, earning a Master's in wildlife science last year. He is currently
working towards his doctorate in the same program, studying crows.


WOS 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
== Washington Ornithological Society webmaster
== http://www.wos.org
== WOSWeb at wos.org