Tweets - the Washington Ornithological Society would like to announce our
May meeeing:

Monday, May 7th - Ginger Gumm and Daniel Poleschook, Jr.: Loons in
Washington State - Dan and Ginger have been researching and photographing
the common loon in Washington since 1996. Their slide and Power Point
presentation will discuss the status and conservation recommendations for
the Common Loon. Dan is a professional photographer and a geologist. They
are currently researching the wintering area populations and mortality of
the common loon in Puget Sound, Strait of Juan de Fuca, and the Pacific
Coast. Approximately 50 Common Loons and chicks have been color-marked in
Washington, and they are attempting to determine where Washington loons
migrate to in the winter. They have had several band returns from the Puget
Sound area for Washington and Montana loons, and are finding that 75% of
Common Loon mortality occurs during the winter months on the winter
territory. They have spent a lot of time in the Port Angeles and Sequim
area including the Hood Canal region looking for loons.

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
== BirdMarymoor at wos.org