Subject: [Tweeters] WOS Meeting in Seattle Monday
Date: Oct 6 12:43:54 2008
From: Michael Hobbs - birdmarymoor at verizon.net


Reminder - the meeting is tonight.

= Michael

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From: "Michael Hobbs" <birdmarymoor at verizon.net>
To: "tweeters (E-mail)" <TWEETERS at u.washington.edu>
Sent: Saturday, October 04, 2008 7:10 AM
Subject: [Tweeters] WOS Meeting in Seattle Monday


> 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
>
>
>
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