Date: 4/1/25 10:14 am From: Jennifer Outlaw Coulson via groups.io <jenniferocoulson...> Subject: [labird] Feathers and Forests Swallow-tailed Kite event tomorrow in Natchitoches
Dear LABIRD,
Join the Orleans Audubon Society and American Bird Conservancy for the "Feathers and Forests" event tomorrow at the Flying Heart Brewing & Pub in Natchitoches from 6-9 p.m. We're celebrating Swallow-tailed Kites and their use of working forests!
The event is free and we're hoping to engage land owners, foresters, birders, and kite enthusiasts in conserving Swallow-tailed Kites.
Feel free to reach out to me off list if you have any questions.
Jennifer Coulson President Orleans Audubon Society (504) 717-3544
PROGRAM DESCRIPTION: Nightjars are a family of medium-sized nocturnal birds that are among the most sharply declining birds in North America. They are also inadequately sampled by the Breeding Bird Survey, which is the primary data set for monitoring long-term population trends. Efforts have been ramped up in Louisiana for a nightjar survey. *Dobbs hopes to recruit volunteers to help with the survey in the next few months*, and he details the survey protocol in this program.
A flock of grackles has taken to roosting at night in a stand of bamboo in my back yard this year. I'm not crazy about grackles but I'm more sympathetic when I look at the trend charts. They seem to be declining. Sandra
I saw cedar waxwings for the second day eating the berries on yaupons in the back yard, maybe +/- 30 birds. What's neat is that nothing has eaten the berries for at least the last couple of years, except perhaps a mockingbird. Berries stayed on the trees while new flowers and new berries grew, until they finally dried up and fell away. Love the waxwings. -- Sandra Barbier LaPlace, LA
I saw cedar waxwings for the second day eating the berries on yaupons in the back yard, maybe +/- 30 birds. What's neat is that nothing has eaten the berries for at least the last couple of years, except perhaps a mockingbird. Berries stayed on the trees while new flowers and new berries grew, until they finally dried up and fell away. Love the waxwings.
Date: 3/19/25 7:16 pm From: mdpethke via groups.io <mdpethke...> Subject: [labird] BRAS Program -- Tiffany Kersten, May 1, 7:00 pm, at the NEW South Branch Library in Baton Rouge
Tiffany Kersten recounts her adventures when she pursued a Big Year birding record in 2021
Birdie Big Year with Tiffany Kersten
Tiffany Kersten didn’t set out to do a Big Year, but after a series of unanticipated and serendipitous events, she suddenly found herself amidst one. As a sexual assault survivor, she spent 2021 traveling to all corners of the country, tallying birds and gifting personal safety alarms to women she met along the way. Her goal was to see 700 species of birds, and to raise awareness of women’s safety in the outdoors. She ended up surpassing her goal and setting a new record, with 726 species. In her presentation, Tiffany will lead us through the fear, empowerment, struggles, and healing that all played vital roles in the personal growth she experienced on this wild adventure.
Brought to you by the Baton Rouge Audubon Society. Program open to the public, but registration is strongly recommended.
Date: Thurs May 1, 2025
Time: 7:00pm. In person social 6pm-7pm
Location: EBRPL - New South Branch Library off Perkins Road. South Branch Library is at 2210 Glasgow Avenue in Baton Rouge, but be advised that the entrance and parking lot are accessed off Rouzan Square Ave., (which runs parallel to Perkins), NOT Glasgow. Note that this location is NOT the one originally advertised on the BRAS Facebook page.
Date: 3/19/25 7:07 pm From: mdpethke via groups.io <mdpethke...> Subject: [labird] Upcoming LOS field trips
The following excursions are scheduled this spring with the referenced trip leaders. Email to register: <melissaweaverbird...>
Space may be limited, so don't delay.
29 March-Bayou Teche NWR/Paul Schaub
29 March-Bayou Sauvage NWR/John Nelson
5 April-Abita Creek Flatwoods Preserve/Harriett Pooler & Lawrence Datnoff
18 April-Sherburne WMA, Whiskey Bay Rd/Cheryl Huner & Mike Musumeche
Date: 3/19/25 5:55 pm From: Melissa Weaver via groups.io <mdodson22...> Subject: [labird] LOS field trips
Let’s try this again. Original post reformatted itself and made it doubly confusing! If it reformats again, I give up!
29 March-Bayou Teche NWR29 March-Bayou Sauvage5 April-Abita Creek Flatwoods Preserve18 April-Sherburne WMA & Whiskey Bay Rd
Date: 3/19/25 5:46 pm From: Melissa Weaver via groups.io <mdodson22...> Subject: [labird] LOS field trips
Register for these upcoming field trips!Email <melissaweaverbird...>
29 March-Bayou Teche NWR/Paul Schaub29 March-Bayou Sauvage NWR/John Nelson5 April-Abita Creek Flatwoods Preserve/Harriett Pooler & Lawrence Datnoff18 April-Sherburne WMA, Whiskey Bay Rd/Cheryl Huner & Mike Musumeche
Date: 3/15/25 3:26 pm From: Paul Conover via groups.io <zoiseaux...> Subject: [labird] Species removed from LBRC Review List
Labird,
At the annual LBRC meeting today, the following species were
removed from the Review List: Long-tailed Duck, Broad-billed
Hummingbird, Sargasso Shearwater, Black-whiskered Vireo, Glaucous Gull,
and Gray Kingbird.
While the LBRC will not solicit reports for sightings of these
species from today's date onward, reports for past sightings are still
requested.
Date: 3/12/25 6:14 am From: Katie Percy via groups.io <katiepercy...> Subject: [labird] BRAS Program - Wed, Mar 26 @ EBR Parish Main Library
Please mark your calendars for the next program hosted by the Baton Rouge
Audubon Society.
PROGRAM TITLE: Searching for Louisiana’s Nightjars
PROGRAM DESCRIPTION:
Nightjars are a family of medium-sized nocturnal birds that are among the
most sharply declining birds in North America. They are also inadequately
sampled by the Breeding Bird Survey, which is the primary data set for
monitoring long-term population trends. Efforts have been ramped up in
Louisiana for a nightjar survey. Dobbs hopes to recruit volunteers to help
with the survey in the next few months.
Date: 3/7/25 10:20 am From: Dave Patton via groups.io <davepatton122...> Subject: [labird] Peveto Woods Workday Cancelled
Volunteers, The Work Day scheduled for tomorow, Mar 8th, is cancelled. The forecast looks pretty certain with rain tomorrow. We will reschedule soon . Thanks, Dave Patton BRAS Peveto Woods Sanctuary 337 298-8447
Date: 3/4/25 6:21 am From: Kevin Colley via groups.io <Kcolley71...> Subject: Re: [labird] New LBRC Newsletter online
I second that Mac!
Kevin Colley
> On Mar 2, 2025, at 2:52 PM, Mac Myers via groups.io <budogmacm...> wrote:
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> Great job, Paul. And great job, Donna and Steve, on the Cory's/Scopoli's
> Shearwater article. Thanks to you all.
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>> On Sun, Mar 2, 2025 at 11:09 AM Paul Conover via groups.io <zoiseaux=
>> <lusfiber.net...> wrote:
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>> Labird,
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>> The 2024 LBRC Newsletter is now online. The Newsletter contains
>> the latest LBRC Report with two new first state records as well as a
>> stunning new ID article on Cory's and Scopoli's shearwaters by Donna
>> Dittmann and Steve Cardiff.
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>> The link to the Newsletter can be found at
>> http://www.losbird.org/lbrc/lbrc.htm >>
>> Thank you,
>>
>> Paul Conover
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>> LBRC Secretary/Webmaster
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Date: 3/2/25 12:52 pm From: Mac Myers via groups.io <budogmacm...> Subject: Re: [labird] New LBRC Newsletter online
Great job, Paul. And great job, Donna and Steve, on the Cory's/Scopoli's
Shearwater article. Thanks to you all.
On Sun, Mar 2, 2025 at 11:09 AM Paul Conover via groups.io <zoiseaux=
<lusfiber.net...> wrote:
> Labird,
>
> The 2024 LBRC Newsletter is now online. The Newsletter contains
> the latest LBRC Report with two new first state records as well as a
> stunning new ID article on Cory's and Scopoli's shearwaters by Donna
> Dittmann and Steve Cardiff.
>
> The link to the Newsletter can be found at
> http://www.losbird.org/lbrc/lbrc.htm >
> Thank you,
>
> Paul Conover
>
> LBRC Secretary/Webmaster
>
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Date: 3/2/25 9:09 am From: Paul Conover via groups.io <zoiseaux...> Subject: [labird] New LBRC Newsletter online
Labird,
The 2024 LBRC Newsletter is now online. The Newsletter contains
the latest LBRC Report with two new first state records as well as a
stunning new ID article on Cory's and Scopoli's shearwaters by Donna
Dittmann and Steve Cardiff.
