Saturday, November 13, 2021, We will gather in appreciation of the lives of three valued members of the Los Angeles birding and conservation community, Eleanor Osgood, Irwin Woldman, and Don White.
MEMORIAL GATHERING—Sat., Nov. 13, 2021
Rare Bird Alert - October 22, 2021
Surf Scoter | American Oystercatcher | Ruff | Stilt Sandpiper | Heermann's Gull | Manx Shearwater | Red-footed Booby | Little Blue Heron | Yellow-crowned Night-Heron | Zone-tailed Hawk | Tropical Kingbird | DUSKY WARBLER | Lapland Longspur | Grasshopper Sparrow | Clay-colored Sparrow | Dark-eyed "Gray-headed" Junco | White-throated Sparrow | Swamp Sparrow | Green-tailed Towhee | Bobolink | Northern Waterthrush | Black-and-white Warbler | Virginia's Warbler | Magnolia Warbler | Blackburnian Warbler | Palm Warbler | Painted Redstart | Summer Tanager | Rose-breasted Grosbeak | Indigo Bunting | Painted Bunting
Oso Flaco Lake
Huntington Beach Oil Spill – Pipeline Breach of October 2, 2021
Recently, my hometown of Huntington Beach has been much in the news, and not for a happy reason. For the past 10 days, the media has been saturated with coverage of an oil spill that originated there on October 2nd, 2021. Between 125,000 and 144,000 gallons (the exact estimated number varies) spewed from a ruptured pipeline, and as I write this the oil slick continues a relentless path southward. Currently, oil from the spill has been sighted as far south as Carlsbad, in San Diego County. Hopefully by the time you read this article the disaster will no longer be front page news, as that would mean clean-up has been completed. Sadly, “completed” only means that visible oil has been gathered and hauled away from the waters and beaches. It is an inevitable fact that some oil will remain entwined with the delicate and unique ecosystems along our coast, and it is quite possible the magnitude of the damage will never be properly inventoried.
If We Had Enough Peanut Butter We Could Save the World & Cream of Peanut Soup (Recipe)
Summer Fellows: Moving Forward, Working with Nature
Los Angeles Audubon's Summer Fellows Program has been a strong learning resource for many alumni from the Greenhouse Program, Kenneth Hahn Environmental Internship, and the West Los Angeles College Conservation Studies Certificate Program. This program provides hands-on experience along with further environmental education learning. Summer Fellows work on habitat restoration at the Baldwin Hills Scenic Overlook and Kenneth Hahn Recreation Area.
Rare Bird Alert - October 14, 2021
American Oystercatcher | Stilt Sandpiper | MASKED BOOBY | Red-footed Booby | Neotropic Cormorant | Little Blue Heron | Yellow-crowned Night-Heron | Zone-tailed Hawk | Tropical Kingbird | Purple Martin | DUSKY WARBLER | Clay-colored Sparrow | "Red" Fox Sparrow | White-throated Sparrow | Dark-eyed "Gray-headed" Junco | Swamp Saprrow | Green-tailed Towhee | Black-and-white Warbler | Tennessee Warbler | Magnolia Warbler | Chestnut-sided Warbler | Blackpoll Warbler | Palm Warbler | Summer Tanager
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
Rare Bird Alert - October 8, 2021
White-winged Dove | Pacific Golden-Plover | Stilt Sandpiper | Brown Booby | Little Blue Heron | Yellow-crowned Night-Heron | Lewis's Woodpecker | Tropical Kingbird | Clay-colored Sparrow | Dark-eyed "Gray-headed" Junco | Green-tailed Towhee | Bobolink | Black-and-white Warbler | Chestnut-sided Warbler | Blackpoll Warbler | Palm Warbler | Painted Redstart | Summer Tanager
