Date: 1/16/26 6:09 pm From: Jane Patterson via groups.io <seejanebird...> Subject: [labird] BRAS January program: 50 years of Louisiana Birding
Dear Baton Rouge Audubon members and friends,
Plan now to come to the first Baton Rouge Audubon program of the year. The program will feature veteran birder David Muth. Join us at 7pm at the Main Goodwood library in Baton Rouge on Jan.28th. Come at 6:30 for refreshments. If you can't join us in person, you can register for the Zoom session here: https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/N_Mfu6KoTFejGAWI5ukO8w
This is David's description of his talk:
About fifty years ago I started seriously birding here in Louisiana. At about that time, the last comprehensive book about our birds was published, George Lowery's 1974 revised third edition of Louisiana Birds. Looking back, the changes have been profound--both in terms of population of individual species and in terms of what species occur here. For one, we've added nearly 90 new species to the state list in that time, from Blue Bunting to Pyrruloxia. But we've also seen amazing recoveries of many poisoned or persecuted species--think Bald Eagle and Brown Pelican; astonishing range extensions and invasions--like Brown Booby and Limpkin; expansions of wintering species--Ross's Goose and Anhinga, as well as widespread declines of most migrants. WE are going to take a look at some of these stories.
