The February meeting of the Washington Ornithological Society will be:

Monday, February 4, 2008: Birds of Washington and Southern Africa
- with Dennis Paulson

Dennis Paulson, well-known to WOS members, has a doctorate in zoology from
the University of Miami. Dr. Paulson was Director of the Slater Museum of
Natural History at the University of Puget Sound in Tacoma from 1990 to
2004; he is now retired and writing field guides to dragonflies. Dr.
Paulson is the author of numerous papers and books, including Shorebirds of
the Pacific Northwest, Dragonflies of Washington, Shorebirds of North
America: The Photographic Guide, and Alaska: The Ecotraveller's Wildlife
Guide. He has recently discovered the joys of digital photography and will
be sharing with us some of his favorite shots taken close to home, as well
as those from a recent trip to southern Africa.

WOS Meetings are free and open to all. They are held the first Monday of
each month at the Center for Urban Horticulture on the University of
Washington campus, 3501 NE 41st St. in Seattle (directions below). Doors
open at 7:00 PM and the program begins at 7:30 PM.

Directions: From I-5, take SR 520 East. Take the Montlake Blvd. NE exit and
turn north towards the University of Washington campus. Stay in right lane
and go north on Montlake Blvd. over the bridge and past the stadium. The
road will curve to the right around the Montlake Fill and merge with NE 45th
St. You will quickly approach a five-way intersection. At the
intersection, turn right onto Mary Gates Memorial Drive. The Center for
Urban Horticulture is two 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. Bus numbers 25, 65, and 75 all stop at NE 45th and
Mary Gates Memorial Drive. A map can be found at
http://depts.washington.edu/urbhort/html/info/contact.html.

== Michael Hobbs
== Washington Ornithological Society layout editor
== http://www.wos.org
== birdmarymoor at verizon.net