Rare Bird Alert
Jon Fisher
Rare Bird Alert - April 19, 2024

Long-tailed Duck | Red-necked Grebe | White-winged Dove | Yellow-crowned Night-Heron | Brown Booby | Dusky-capped Flycatcher | Brown-crested Flycatcher | THICK-BILLED KINGBIRD | Purple Martin | Brown Thrasher | White Wagtail | Clay-colored Sparrow | Orchard Oriole | American Redstart | Chestnut-sided Warbler | Palm Warbler | Pine Warbler | Black-and-white Warbler | Rose-breasted Grosbeak

Rare Bird Alert
Jon Fisher
Rare Bird Alert - April 12, 2024

White-winged Dove | Red-necked Grebe | Franklin’s Gull | Lesser Black-backed Gull | Western Cattle Egret | Tropical Kingbird | THICK-BILLED KINGBIRD | Brown Thrasher | White Wagtail | Clay-colored Sparrow | Swamp Sparrow | Black-and-white Warbler | Chestnut-sided Warbler | Palm Warbler | Hepatic Tanager

Rare Bird Alert
Jon Fisher
Rare Bird Alert - April 5, 2024

White-winged Dove | Sabine’s Gull | Western Cattle Egret | Yellow-crowned Night-Heron | THICK-BILLED KINGBIRD | Scissor-tailed Flycatcher | American Dipper | Brown Thrasher | White Wagtail | Lark Bunting | Clay-colored Sparrow | FIELD SPARROW | Green-tailed Towhee | Black-and-white Warbler | Cape May Warbler | Chestnut-sided Warbler | Hepatic Tanager

Vol. 90 No. 4 Mar-Apr 202, Volume 90
Susan Castor
Western Tanager March–April 2024, Vol. 90 No.4

INSIDE THIS ISSUE

Attack of the Azolla!

Birds of the Season-March 2024

Bird Walks & Field Trips

Western Tanager March–April 2024, Vol. 90 No.4
Rare Bird Alert
Jon Fisher
Rare Bird Alert - March 29, 2024

Broad-billed Hummingbird | Lesser Black-backed Gull | Yellow-crowned Night-Heron | Zone-tailed Hawk | Dusky-capped Flycatcher | Tropical Kingbird | THICK-BILLED KINGBIRD | Purple Martin | Brown Thrasher | American Dipper | White-Wagtail | Lark Bunting | Clay-colored Sparrow | Dark-eyed “Gray-headed” Junco | Green-tailed Towhee | Black-and-white Warbler | Cape May Warbler | Chestnut-sided Warbler | Palm Warbler | Painted Redstart | Hepatic Tanager

Monthly Programs

Wed., March 8, 2023 — Monthly Program Presentation

Wed., March 8, 2023 — Monthly Program Presentation

Shorebirds are the champions of migration: their flights span hemispheres and defy our preconceived notions about what is possible. The shorebirds of the Pacific Flyway exhibit the most extreme of these migrations, but also a wide variety of other migratory strategies. This talk will highlight how shorebirds of the Pacific Flyway are altering their migrations and responding to global change, as well as what we can do to help them along the way.

Dr. Nathan Senner is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Environmental Conservation at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. Following his undergraduate studies at Carleton College, he was awarded a Thomas J. Watson Fellowship to follow Hudsonian Godwits on their epic migrations. He then received his PhD from the Cornell Lab of Ornithology at Cornell University. Now, his research group continues to follow godwits, but has also branched out to study long-distance migratory shorebirds wherever they occur.

The meeting will be presented online at: https://bluejeans.com/702950886/5412

Cover art: Julian Garcia-Walther

https://www.laaudubon.org/calendar/2023/senner

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Monthly Program Presentations—Nov. 09, 2022 and Dec. 14, 2022

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Nocturnal Flight Call Recording in Los Angeles County - Andy Birch, Wed., Nov. 9, 2022, 7:30 PM – 8:30 PM

Are your dreams sometimes filled with birds? Perhaps, it’s because they are flying over you as you sleep! You may have heard that a vast multitude of birds migrate at night. While it is now fairly popular to watch birds migrating at daytime, you may have wondered, how on earth can we experience bird migration at night? Andy will try to help you unlock the secrets of how to witness and record this hidden bird migration happening across our skies at night…

Tree Care for Birds - Ryan Gilpin, Wed., Dec. 14, 2022, 7:30 PM–8:30 PM

Millions of birds briefly visit or live their whole life in Californian cities. Urban forests made up of street trees, backyards and parks are important habitats that these birds rely on. Tree Care for Birds has been helping arborists care for trees while protecting wildlife and managing wildlife habitat since 2015. Join Ryan Gilpin to learn more about urban forestry, how arborists are being trained to minimize impacts to nesting wildlife, and how arborists are working with property owners to create more wildlife habitat in urban areas.

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Replay -- Bill Wilson: Birds & Beans Coffee

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Half of the people in the US have a cup of coffee every day but few understand the environmental impact of coffee. Even fewer prioritize origin and know how coffee farming affects people, farms, forests, and birds all over the world.

Bill Wilson is the co-founder and Managing Partner of Birds & Beans coffee. With the help of three other families and support from Scott Weidensaul, Bridget Stutchbury and Kenn Kaufman, they launched their company in 2008 to save the Smithsonian ‘Bird Friendly®’ shade grown coffee certification. Bill shares the story of Birds & Beans, which is not only Bird Friendly®, but also USDA Organic, and Fair Trade, and show how this approach helps to save birds, tropical forests, family farmers and their workers, local rural economies and the Earth we all share.

Note: We had some issues with an open mic and cross-talk early in the presentation but got them fixed about 10 minutes into the talk.

LAAS Monthly Program Presentation-Wednesday, February 9, 2022

LAAS Monthly Program Presentation-Wednesday, February 9, 2022

Wed., Feb 9, 2022 Online monthly program presentation.

Dr. Eric Wood - Income inequality, racial segregation, and urban avifauna: the tale of Los Angeles

Wednesday, February 9, 2022

7:30 PM – 8:30 PM

Dr. Eric Wood, head of the Wood Lab of Avian and Urban Ecology at Cal State Los Angeles, will present results from his most recent research on the effects of segregation and inequality on bird abundance and diversity in Los Angeles.

The presentation will be online at: https://bluejeans.com/250466464/6974

Wed., Oct 13, 2021 — LAAS Monthly Program Presentation

Wed., Oct 13, 2021 — LAAS Monthly Program Presentation

Female birds are typically more drab and inconspicuous than males, leading over time to an unconscious bias towards male birds in birdwatching, photography, and even in our ornithology knowledge. This talk explores the history of focus on male birds, female vocalizations, conservation implications of overlooking female birds, and female bird identification tips.

Joanna Wu is a PhD student studying female birds in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at UCLA. She previously worked at the National Audubon Society and is a member of the Galbatross Project, a group of birders, scientists, writers, and conservationists who are passionate about spreading awareness about female birds.

The presentation will be online at: https://bluejeans.com/956877518/7384

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May 12, 2021–The Disastrous Border Wall — What Now?

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May 12, 2021–The Disastrous Border Wall — What Now?

The Biden administration must reckon with the severe injustices the previous president inflicted on the communities and wildlife of the borderlands. In this presentation, Laiken Jordahl, borderlands campaigner with the Center for Biological Diversity, will discuss the efforts of a coalition of environmental, tribal and human rights groups on both sides of the border who seek to tear down the wall and restore protections to the beautiful border region.

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May 13, 2020 Monthly Program Presentation

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May 13, 2020 Monthly Program Presentation

By Travis Longcore

In response to the Covid-19 pandemic, LAAS has retooled our monthly program series to present the lectures as live streamed videos.

Wednesday, May 13, 2020

Live stream Video conference, 7:15 PM – 8:45 PM

Dr. Allison Shultz Presents: Evolution of Feather Color in the Tanagers

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