[Tweeters] WOS Monthly Meeting, May 5, 2025

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The Washington Ornithological Society (WOS) is pleased to announce our next Monthly Meeting: on Monday, May 5, Chris D. Anderson will present, "Common Loon Management in WA State."

Factoid: Washington may be the only state in which Common Loons are known to overwinter on both salt and fresh water.  The Common Loon (Gavia immer) was known to be a fairly common breeding species both east and west of the Cascades, but currently is listed in Washington as a "State Sensitive" species.  Records indicate that Washington’s Common Loons were nearly eliminated due to sport shooting, loss of habitat and other factors including lead poisoning.  A WDFW survey in the early 1980s found only two nesting pairs.  In this presentation, Chris will describe the framework of cooperative conservation efforts dedicated to management of this species in Washington, with notes on territorial birds local to King County.

Chris D. Anderson is the District Wildlife Biologist with Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) for the King County area. The district is unique in being the most urban in the state – populated by many species of wildlife and one-third of the humans in Washington.  Chris is a very busy guy!

This meeting will be conducted virtually, via Zoom (no in-person attendance).  Sign-in will begin at 7:15 pm, and the meeting commences at 7:30 pm.  Please go to the WOS Monthly Meetings page:   https://wos.org/monthly-meetings/  for instructions on participation and to get the Zoom link.

When joining the meeting, we ask that you mute your device and make certain that your camera is turned off.

This meeting is open to all as WOS invites everyone in the wider birding community to attend.  Thanks to the generosity of our presenters, recordings of past programs are available at the following link to the WOS YouTube Channel:  https://www.youtube.com/@washingtonornithologicalso7839/videos

If you are not yet a member of WOS, we hope you will consider becoming one at  https://wos.org

Please join us!

Elaine Chuang
WOS Program Support