Just a reminder of the meeting tonight.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Michael Hobbs" <birdmarymoor at verizon.net>
To: "Tweeters (E-mail)" <TWEETERS at u.washington.edu>
Sent: Sunday, May 01, 2005 7:35 PM
Subject: WOS Meeting in Seattle, Monday, May 2


> The Washington Ornithological Society would like to invite you to our
> monthly meeting tomorrow, Monday, May 2, at 7:00 at the Center for Urban
> Horticulture in Seattle:
>
> Matt Klope - Radar tracking birds and collision avoidance at Whidbey Naval
> Air Station
>
> Matthew will discuss the Navy's efforts to manage wildlife at Naval and
> Marine Corps facilities and the Navy's involvement in the International
> Partner's In Flight Program. He is also going to bring a Mobil Avian RADAR
> unit (BIRDRAD) which is used to monitor bird activity around airfields to
> assist in the management of bird populations and to aid in the planning on
> military aircrew training. This unit will be available for viewing birds
> at NIGHT.
>
> Matthew is a civilian wildlife biologist and has worked for the Navy for
> 24 years. He has been the Navy and Marine Corps Birdstrike Prevention
> Manager since 2001
>
> Note: Meetings are held the first Monday of each month (except July,
> August, and September) at the Center for Urban Horticulture on the
> University of Washington campus, 3501 N.E. 41st Street, Seattle, and are
> open to all. The social begins at 7:00 pm, and the program starts at 7:30
> pm.
>
> 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. See map at
> http://depts.washington.edu/urbhort/html/info/contact.html.
>
> == Michael Hobbs
> == Washington Ornithological Society webmaster
> == http://www.wos.org
> == WOSWeb at wos.org
>
>