Public lecture given on February 9, 2022 by Dr. Eric Wood (Cal State Los Angeles). The Wood Lab - http://www.ericmwood.org/
Replay -- Bill Wilson: Birds & Beans Coffee
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.
Western Tanager, Sep–Oct 2022, Vol. 89 No. 1
INSIDE THIS ISSUE
Page 1–2 Hawk On The Block
Page 3 Nature Nexus & Volunteers
Page 4 Conservation Conversation
Pages 5–6 Birds of the Season
Page 7–8 Hope Is The Thing With Feathers
Pages 9 Upcoming Bird Walks
Rare Bird Alert - September 9, 2022
White-winged Dove | Red Knot | Semipalmated Sandpiper | Sabine’s Gull | Magnificent Frigatebird | Neotropic Cormorant | Yellow-crowned Night-Heron | Zone-tailed Hawk | Eastern Kingbird | Yellow-green Vireo | Purple Martin | “Large-billed” Savannah Sparrow | Northern Waterthrush | Black-and-white Warbler | Lucy’s Warbler | American Redstart | Summer Tanager
Rare Bird Alert - September 2, 2022
Upcoming Bird Walks
Open Wetlands at Ballona Salt Marsh — Bird Walk (1st Saturday)
Open Wetlands at Ballona Salt Marsh — Bird Walk (2nd Sunday)
Kenneth Hahn State Recreation Area — Bird Walk (3rd Saturday)
South Los Angeles Wetlands Park — Bilingual Bird Walk (Sat. Oct 15)
Will Rogers State Historic Park — Beginner's Bird Walk (Experienced birders welcome too!) (Oct. 16)
CONSERVATION CONVERSATION—Legislative Priorities to Protect Birds During Migration
The migration each year of nearly 5 billion birds from breeding grounds in North America to wintering grounds in Central and South America and the Caribbean (the “Neotropics”) is both one of the wonders of nature and what marks the season for birders. Some of those birds even stay and overwinter here in Los Angeles and other southern reaches of North America. A Western Tanager stopped under our oak tree as this column was going to press but it will be another month before the Yellow-rumped Warblers arrive for the winter.
We are looking for Volunteers!
Birds of the Season- August 2022
In some respects, July represents the summer doldrums for birds and birding. Breeding activity is largely over and fall migration has yet to get into full swing. But nothing is static in the bird world. Shorebird migration was already well underway, and the first southbound passerines were not far behind. Though much of what migration has served up thus far has been standard fare, a handful of vagrants have already been recorded.