Please join us as our guest at the Columbus Audubon monthly program this Tuesday January 24 (see details below) Darlene Sillick Columbus Audubon, trustee and program/field trip coordinator Title: Spectacled Eiders in Alaska: A Conservation Project - Dr. Gwen Myers, DVM, Columbus Zoo When: 01 / 24 / 2012 07:00 PM - 09:00 PM Where: Grange Insurance Audubon Center <http://www.columbusaudubon.org/production/index.php?view=venueevents&id=34% 3Agrange-insurance-audubon-center&option=com_eventlist&Itemid=42> - Columbus Category: Programs <http://www.columbusaudubon.org/production/index.php?view=categoryevents&id= 3%3Aprograms&option=com_eventlist&Itemid=42> Please join us on Tuesday January 24 when Gwen Myers, DVM of the Columbus Zoo and Aquarium will share her experiences using satellite telemetry to analyze the movement, distribution, and habitat of the Spectacled Eiders in Alaska. This is critical information for the management and conservation of the species. Spectacled Eiders are a medium-sized sea duck that nest in Russia and Alaska. They are one of the most challenging species to study due to their harsh habitat - they live in some of the most remote and extreme environments on earth. Between 1952 and 1993, the Spectacled Eider Alaska population declined 96%. Dr. Gwen Myers is the Associate Veterinarian for the Columbus Zoo and Aquarium and has a passion for conservation research and fieldwork. She serves as a Volunteer Veterinarian for the United States Geological Survey in Alaska, and over the last seven years has participated in fieldwork projects there. The past three years she has spent time in the Arctic Circle working to help protect the Spectacled Eiders. She is an Adjunct Professor at the Ohio State University College of Veterinary Medicine and a guest lecturer for the College's Preventative Medicine program. She teaches the Zoo & Wildlife elective at the veterinary school, and is a frequent presenter at the annual American Association of Zoo Veterinarians conference. She also works part-time at MedVet's Medical & Cancer Center for Pets as an emergency doctor. Tuesday's Columbus Audubon "Short Program" features Earl Harrison, co-chair for Columbus Audubon field trips. Earl will discuss winter raptors and owls at the Killdeer Plains Wildlife Area. 7:00 - 7:15 pm: CA Short Program 7:15 - 7:30 pm: Social time, refreshments, and door prizes 7:30 - 9:00 pm: Main program Columbus Audubon public programs are held at the Grange Insurance Audubon Center (505 West Whittier Street <http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=505+West+Whitti er+Street,+Columbus,+OH&sll=39.944182,-82.983339&sspn=0.010611,0.022638&g=50 5+East+Whittier+Street,+Columbus,+OH&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=505+W+Whittier+St,+Co lumbus,+Franklin,+Ohio+43215&ll=39.9513,-83.011408&spn=0.02122,0.045276&z=15 > in the Scioto-Audubon Metro Park on the Whittier Peninsula). ______________________________________________________________________ Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. Additional discussions can be found in our forums, at www.ohiobirds.org/forum/. You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: http://listserv.muohio.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS Send questions or comments about the list to: [log in to unmask]