Subject: [Tweeters] April WOS meeting in Seattle
Date: Apr 3 11:39:06 2009
From: Michael Hobbs - birdmarymoor at verizon.net


Tweets - The Washington Ornithological Society would like to invite you to
our next monthly program, this Monday, April 6, 2009, in Seattle:

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

April 6, 2009
Wildlife Recovery
Dr. John Huckabee

In 2008, the PAWS Wildlife Center reached the milestone of having cared for
over 100,000 animals since it began wildlife rehabilitation activities in
1981. The center works with wild species found in the Pacific Northwest with
the aim of restoring their health and returning them to the wild. Dr. John
Huckabee is a wildlife veterinarian who has worked for the PAWS Wildlife
Center since 1998, seeing on average about 175 species of wildlife annually.
His presentation will focus on what is involved in treating and
rehabilitating wild birds and mammals, illustrated with examples of both
commonly encountered and very unusual cases. One such case is that of a
Laysan Albatross that was found in downtown Seattle in April 2005.

Dr. John Huckabee graduated as a DVM from Texas A&M University in 1985. He
practiced in small animal hospitals and veterinary emergency clinics in the
Houston, Texas, area for several years. He has been actively involved with
wildlife rehabilitation and has worked closely with wildlife rehabilitators
throughout his professional career. Since 1991, he has worked exclusively as
a wildlife rehabilitation veterinarian. Dr. Huckabee moved to this area to
work with PAWS in 1998, and has served on several nonprofit boards of
directors, advisory boards, steering committees, task forces, and editorial
boards since the late 1980s. He has made presentations at numerous wildlife
and veterinary conferences.

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
== http://www.wos.org