Loons are a notoriously difficult group to identify due to similarity in
plumage among species, variation within the same species, and general
difficulty of obtaining good views.
Join Dessi as he discusses the identification of our three regularly
occurring loon species (Common, Pacific, and Red-throated), as well as the
two rarer species (Yellow-billed, Arctic).
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:
https://tinyurl.com/2y6efp3f) which will take you directly to LAB’s main
page, where the live webinar should be visible once it begins at 7pm.
Join us to explore the chaparral habitat in the foothills and mountains of
Los Angeles county this spring and early summer! This will be a series of
hikes through chaparral and riparian habitat in the mountains that tend to
get less attention from the birding community compared to popular hotspots.
Interested participants will be signing up for the series of three hikes,
but registered participants are welcome to attend one or all of the hikes
once you have signed up – no additional signup or RSVP is necessary.
These hikes will be moderately strenuous, and will include some steep
grades and significant elevation gain, stream crossings, hot weather with
no shade, rocky terrain, biting insects, thorny plants, etc. Hikes may last
4-6 hours, hiking for 6-8 miles round-trip.
Become a LAB Member! Though our webinars will always remain free and
available to all, members of Los Angeles Birders have access to live
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
<https://www.labirders.org/>!
Looking for a past webinar? Don’t forget that a list of all of our
previously recorded webinars <https://www.labirders.org/webinars.html> is
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
<https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHbAhQTFVaeowMCl-sD2e0g> page.
Quiz yourself!
Did you know that LAB’s website features monthly quizzes to test your bird
identification skills? You can find the current quiz, and all past quizzes
on our website <https://labirders.org/quizzes.html>. Thank you to
LAB-Students members for putting in the time to devise these for us!
Upcoming Programs
4/7 Sundays at the Huntington with Katy Mann (members only field trip)
4/9 Loon identification with Dessi Sieburth (webinar)
4/20 Exploring the LA County Chaparral with Naresh Satyan and Lance Benner
(field trip)
5/13 Flycatcher ID made Accessible: from Empids to Kingbirds with Cin-Ty
Lee and Andy Birch (webinar)
5/18 Exploring the LA County Chaparral with Naresh Satyan and Lance Benner
(field trip)
