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Western Tanager, Vol. 88 No. 1, Sep–Oct 2021

White-tailed Tropicbirds are a rare and thrilling sighting off the cliffs at the St. Croix Avian Sanctuary. These birds can typically only be seen on pelagic trips far out at sea, but some nest on the cliffs of St. Croix. When landing, Tropicbirds must make numerous attempts before settling on the cliffs where they nest, as “their legs are far back on their bodies and don’t allow them to perch.”* | Photo courtesy of Randy Freeman.

* A Fisherman’s Guide to the US Virgins Islands: Seabirds; https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/data/oceans/coris/library/NOAA/CRCP/project/10037/fisherman_guide_usvi_seabirds_english.pdf

INSIDE THIS ISSUE

Island Hopping: Birding the U.S. Virgin Islands Part 1: St. Croix — A Birding Sweet Spot, by Robbie Lisa Freeman

BIRDS OF THE SEASON—August 2021, by Jon Fisher

OUTDOOR EDUCATION: What If We Had a Field Trip & Nobody Could Attend, by Cindy Hardin

INTERPRETING NATURE — Baldwin Hills Greenhouse Program Research Projects, 2020–2021, by Stacey Vigallon & Baldwin Hills Greenhouse Program Interns

FROM OUR READERS:

Michael H. Lester, Long Live the Queen & The Circus is in Town

Rose White, The Inception of My Grand Appreciation For All Things Natural

Richard Knight, The Velocity Master

Rachelle A. Arslan, The Los Angeles Cardinal

Susan Lapham, We Have A Birdbath Outside Our Home

EVENTS

Monthly Program — Wed., Sept. 8th — Dr. Horacio de la Cueva presents: Requiem for the Tricolored Blackbird in Mexico?

Monthly Program — Wed., Oct. 13th — To Be Announced