WASHINGTON SEABIRD WORKSHOP
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Sponsored by the Slater Museum of Natural History at the University of Puget Sound, Tacoma and the Tahoma Audubon Society?featuring Dennis Paulson

Saturday, October 25, 2008, 9:00 am to 12:30 pm.?

Would you like to know how to identify those birds swimming on Puget Sound or flying past in flocks when you are at the shore or riding the ferry? This half-day workshop is designed to acquaint participants with the resident and migrant seabirds of Puget Sound.? It is oriented toward preparing citizen scientists to conduct seabird censuses, but all are welcome.? The workshop will consist of a morning session discussing the identification and natural history of 43 species of sea ducks, loons, grebes, pelicans, cormorants, jaegers, gulls, terns, and alcids that occur regularly in the Sound. Both photos and specimens will be used to illustrate the species.?

The workshop will be held at the Slater Museum of Natural History on the University of Puget Sound campus in Tacoma.

Prerequisites: The ability to tell a loon from a grebe from a duck.?

The instructor will be Dr. Dennis Paulson, Director Emeritus, Slater Museum and teacher/photographer extraordinaire. Dennis has been learning and teaching about the seabirds of this region for 40 years.? This is truly an opportunity not to be missed.?
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Registration
The cost of the workshop is $30 for the general public and $20 for students and seniors - over 65.
Tahoma Audubon is offering a 50% scholarship to the first 20 registered Puget Sound Seabird Survey volunteers.?
Limit 50 participants.?

?To register or for more information, contact Carol Curtin at ccurtin at ups.edu or (253) 879-2855.? To register, please send checks to:

Carol Curtin
Biology Department CMB 1088
University of Puget Sound
1500 N Warner
Tacoma, WA? 98416?


Peter Wimberger
Director, Slater Museum of Natural History
University of Puget Sound
Tacoma, WA
pwimberger at ups.edu