Tweets - the May meeting of the Washington Ornithological Society is
TONIGHT, Monday, May 5th:

Pterodroma Petrals - Juan Fernandez Islands, Chile
by Jo Smith

The Juan Fernandez Islands are a remote, oceanic archipelago, 670 km
offshore from Valparaiso, Chile. The Juan Fernandez Petrel (Pterodroma
externa) is one of two endemic seabirds on the archipelago, with the entire
global population of one million pairs breeding on Alejandro Selkirk. In
this talk, Ms. Smith will describe the foraging ecology of this species and
present a photographic essay to highlight this beautiful archipelago and
discuss some of the past and present conservation concerns facing the
endemic fauna. Ms. Smith is a PhD candidate at the University of Washington,
studying the foraging ecology and patterns of habitat use in breeding birds.
She has studied seabirds and island ecosystems since 1997, with research
spanning from the breeding biology of nesting seabirds to rare or unusual
plant communities and the role of introduced species on islands. She
currently serves on a recovery team in Canada to conserve seabird
populations in the North Pacific.

Doors open at 7:00 PM and the program begins at 7:30 PM.

WOS Programs 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: 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.

== Michael Hobbs
== Washington Ornithological Society layout editor
== http://www.wos.org
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