Date: 6/4/25 6:15 pm From: James W. Beck via groups.io <loxosceles928...> Subject: Re: [labird] "Fifty Years of Changes to Louisiana’s Birds" by David Muth
Agreed. Shae Freeman forwarded this to the New Orleans area birding
WhatsApp group. Dave is solid.
James W. Beck
Estelle, Louisiana
On Wed, Jun 4, 2025 at 20:13 Mac Myers via groups.io <budogmacm=
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> Paul, thanks for posting. David, mega-thanks for creating. I realize that
> this platform does not have the reach it used to, and that is a terrible
> shame. But, recognizing that, I'd suggest that any of you who frequent
> other sites/platforms post this link there. It is an outstanding document,
> and I think it would be of interest to anybody with more than the most
> casual interest in Louisiana birds.
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> David, you knocked it out of the park!
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> A proud, and for sure biased, observer,
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> Mac
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> On Wed, Jun 4, 2025 at 3:38 PM Paul Conover via groups.io <zoiseaux=
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> > Labird,
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> > New on the LOS Website:
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> > Noted Louisiana birder and raconteur David Muth has keyboarded a
> > wonderful narrative covering the species that have been added to the
> > Louisiana Checklist since the publication of Lowery's final edition
> > (1974) of Louisiana Birds. It's a fascinating and easy flowing summary
> > that gives a brief history of each discovery and provides short general
> > discussions that place each addition into the broader perspective of
> > population trends, range expansions, introductions, weather events, or
> > the pure dumb serendipity of vagrancy, with a healthy dash of anecdotal
> > observations on the changes in birding, technology, and the Louisiana
> > birding landscape that have happened over that span.
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> > Highly recommended! If you like reading the species accounts in
> > Lowery, you'll find this a worthy addition. I'm looking forward to the
> > promised Part II of his project.
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> > Find it at:
> http://losbird.org/documents/OccPubs/50YearsMuth.pdf > >
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> > Thanks,
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> > Paul Conover
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