Just a reminder that this meeting is tonight.

= Michael

----- Original Message -----
From: "Michael Hobbs" <birdmarymoor at verizon.net>
To: "Tweeters (E-mail)" <TWEETERS at u.washington.edu>
Sent: Friday, April 03, 2009 11:39 AM
Subject: [Tweeters] April WOS meeting in Seattle


> 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
>
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