During the summer in the north woods, a diverse mix of breeding residents
and migratory birds fills the air with song. It is easy to forget that
these bird communities come together only for a short time of the year to
breed, and the majority of the year they live in vastly different places.
Dr. Pegan studies the long-term evolutionary consequences of migration
length on boreal birds. Join Dr. Pegan for a fascinating webinar exploring
the intersection of migratory strategies, bird genomes, and evolutionary
history in our bird communities.
This webinar will be livestreamed on our YouTube channel
<https://tinyurl.com/2y6efp3f> and will also be recorded for later viewing.
Please use the YouTube link above (alternatively:
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page, where the live webinar should be visible once it begins at 7pm.
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webinars via Zoom, invitations to special LAB-only field trips, priority
sign-up on LAB field trips & events, and discounts on paid LAB programs. To
learn more about membership, please see our website
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Looking for a past webinar? Don’t forget that a list of all of our
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available on our website – which might come in handy if you want to study
up before a field trip, or if you're looking to build your birding skills
from home! Just scroll all the way down, past our upcoming and most recent
online programs and you'll find a list of webinars sorted by category.
These recordings are all viewable via our YouTube
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Upcoming Programs
12/7 First Sundays at the Huntington with Katy Mann (member-only field trip)
12/9 Long-distance seasonal migration, genetic diversity, and gene flow
with Teresa Pegan (webinar)
Date: 11/23/25 5:44 am From: <lehman.paul...> via groups.io <lehman.paul...> Subject: [CALBIRDS] San Diego pelagic schedule 2026
The schedule of San Diego pelagic trips for 2026 has now been set and reservations are being accepted. The trip schedule next year is very similar to that in 2025, and the price is the same! Trips are again aboard "Legacy" out of Seaforth Sportfishing on Mission Bay, they depart at 7AM and return no later than 5PM, and the cost is $170.
As in the past two years, we are offering two weekends (early August and early September) with (optional) back-to-back trips, which have proven appealing to those folks coming from a long way's away and who wish to maximize their time offshore in a single San Diego visit. (What we see offshore can be notably different even just one day apart!)
For more information on logistics, what we might see on each trip, and the results of past trips, see:sandiegopelagics.com
To make reservations on "Legacy," go to:sdwhale.com (go to "Tours" and then to "Bird Watch Tours")
The 2026 schedule is:
May 23
June 6
July 18
August 8
August 9
August 22
September 5
September 6
September 26
October 17
Hope to see you on board!
--Paul Lehman, Bruce Rideout, Dan Jehl, et al., San Diego
Date: 11/12/25 9:04 am From: Lucas Stephenson via groups.io <Navigator44...> Subject: [CALBIRDS] CHIHUAHUAN MEADOWLARK BARD IMPERIAL CO
Yesterday evening,
Christopher and Adrian Hinkle discovered a Chihuahan Meadowlark on the California side of the Colorado River near Bard, Imperial Co. Photos, audio, and a very detailed writeup are on the eBird list.
Big congrats to Adrian and Chris on such an incredible find and a long overdue first state record!!! It could not have been more well-earned after the amount of searching these two have done!!!
