Tweets - the October meeting of the Washington Ornithological Society will
be this Monday, October 6th:

The Status of Western Grebes in Washington - with Dr. Joe Gaydos

The Western Grebe population has declined 95% over the last decade. Dr.
Gaydos will discuss what we know about the causes behind this decline, where
we need more information, and where we can start with restoration. Dr.
Gaydos obtained his veterinary medical degree from the University of
Pennsylvania and completed a PhD at the University of Georgia, where he
served as wildlife disease diagnostician in the Southeastern Cooperative
Wildlife Disease Study program, gaining extensive knowledge and experience
in wildlife health. He has recently been hired by the Marine Ecosystem
Health Program, which coordinates research projects to assess, restore, and
enhance the health of wildlife populations and habitat along the Pacific
Coast. From a base of operations in the San Juan Islands, Dr. Gaydos will
help the program achieve its mission of restoring ecosystem and wildlife
health to the inner coastal waters of Washington and British Columbia, and
will serve as a scientific resource available to individuals and
organizations seeking vital information on ecosystem and wildlife health
issues.


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
== Kirkland, WA
== http://www.marymoor.org/birding.htm
== http://www.marymoor.org/BirdBlog.htm
== birdmarymoor at verizon.net