Vose Library’s next Vose or Virtual Wednesday program is scheduled to feature Laura Suomi-Lecker, the education and outreach coordinator at Avian Haven Wild Bird Rehabilitation Center in Freedom. Courtesy of Avian Haven

Vose Library’s next Vose or Virtual Wednesday program is scheduled to feature Laura Suomi-Lecker at 7 p.m. Wednesday, April 6, via Zoom.

Suomi-Lecker is the education and outreach coordinator and longtime volunteer with Avian Haven Wild Bird Rehabilitation Center in Freedom. She is also the technical director at Somerset County Soil and Water Conservation District, where she does a variety of bird-related programs, according to a news release from the library.

Suomi-Lecker will discuss common reasons why birds are admitted to Avian Haven and what public citizens can do to help local birds.

The facilities and recent cases of Avian Haven will be discussed.

The 2021 admissions include orphaned and injured eagles, owls, hawks, loons, bitterns, herons, ducks, and many species of songbirds.

Closed captioning will be available.

To receive a Zoom registration link, call 207-785-4733, email librarian@voselibrary.org or stop by Vose Library, 392 Common Road in Union.