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February 11, 2010 Great Backyard Bird Count Begins Tomorrow! Join the 13th annual Great Backyard Bird Count by tallying the birds you see at any location during February 12-15. Watch for at least 15 minutes on one or more count days, record the highest number of each species you see at any one time, and enter your checklist at birdcount.org. Put your sightings on the map and watch as counts pour in from around the United States and Canada! The count is led by the Cornell Lab, Audubon, and Canadian partner Bird Studies Canada, with sponsorship from Wild Birds Unlimited. Learn more at birdcount.org. Sneak Peek: "We Love Birds" Community Website The Natural Resources Defense Council and the Cornell Lab are getting ready to launch an interactive online community for bird enthusiasts at WeLoveBirds.org. We invite you to preview the site today, become a community member, and invite your friends, too. The site provides a place for conservation-minded bird watchers to connect with one another about the issues they care about. Visit WeLoveBirds.org. Birds That Sound Like Kazoos On an island in the Indian Ocean, recordist Jon Erickson recorded White-tailed Tropicbirds and the "kazoo operas" performed by Wedge-tailed Shearwaters. Learn more and hear these unusual sounds by visiting Round Robin, the Cornell Blog of Ornithology. For more unusual sounds, try the Herald Petrel's "burbling spaceship" call. Top 5 Tips for "iPhoneiscoping" When you see a great bird, don't miss a chance to take home a snapshot—by using your cell phone and your binoculars or scope. Charles Eldermire, manager of the Cornell Lab's visitor center, shares some of his pics and his top tips for getting started. Go. Watching Crows: More Than Meets the Eye Crows are family birds, sometimes living in groups with extended family members or even "adopting" the kids of unrelated neighbors. Find out how to watch for clues throughout the seasons to tell you what their antics mean. Learn more. Find Out What this Weird and Wonderful Bird Has in Common with Your Backyard Birds What's round, black-and-electric blue, bounces and snaps, and is loved by the ladies? It's a male Superb Bird-of-Paradise doing its courtship display. No one looking at just their feathers would ever predict the bizarre and elaborate dance males in this family do to attract mates. (If your browser didn't load the photo, view our web version—this picture is not to be missed!) Take the Cornell Lab's online course on Courtship and Rivalry to learn just how weird these birds are—and how much they have in common with familiar ones in your own backyard. For a preview of the course, visit birds.cornell.edu/courses. The next course begins February 17. Ornithologists' Meeting Begins with the Question of Bird Flight San Diego is the place for ornithologists to be this week, as a joint meeting gets underway for the Cooper Ornithological Society, American Ornithologists' Union, and Society of Canadian Ornithologists. Living Bird editor Tim Gallagher just sent in a blog post from the scene, describing Monday's plenary talk by the University of Montana's Ken Dial. Over the past decade, Dial and his collaborators have proposed a surprising new theory about how birds first began to fly. Read more. Can't get enough bird info? Explore www.AllAboutBirds.org. Photo credits: Eastern Bluebird by Glenda Simmons, GBBC photo contest winner 2009; iPhoniscoped photos by Charles Eldermire; Jon Erickson recording White-tailed Tropicbirds, courtesy of Jon Erickson; American Crows by Ross Michaels; Superb Bird-of-Paradise by Edwin Scholes, III; White-crowned Sparrow in sidebar by Red-Star. 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Fwd: Fifth Annual Eagle Expo

FYI

 

Judith O'Neale

504 Whitebark Drive

Lafayette LA 70508-6362

337-981-1011

337-280-4193 - cell

 

Hummingbird banding Dec 16

Mark your calendars for Wednesday, December 16. 

Winter hummingbird banding will take place at the Must home in Lafayette from 7-9:30 AM.  From Johnston Street take Camelia Blvd.  After the first traffic signal, which is Wakefield, you'll veer to the right and enter Rivers Bend Subdivision.  You will veer left onto Camellia Drive.  Take the first right, which is Oak Glen.  Continue on this through the hard curve to the left and proceed straight.  Immediately after the dead end sign you'll turn right onto Hal Drive.  The address is 105 Hal, last house on the left.  Hope to see you there!

 

Judith O'Neale

504 Whitebark Drive

Lafayette LA 70508-6362

337-981-1011

337-280-4193 - cell

Fwd: Field trip

Some picture from Kevin Leigh from our last field trip to Lacassine.

 

We didn't see the Harris's Hawk but Lisa found it the next day. 

 

Christmas Bird Count December 30. 

 

Cheneyville Field trip and Annual meeting January 17, 2010

 

Judith

 

 

 

Judith O'Neale

504 Whitebark Drive

Lafayette LA 70508-6362

337-981-1011

337-280-4193 - cell

 

LABA November newsletter

The newsletter is only one page but If you want a hard copy of this newsletter, let me know. 

November field trip

Late getting the newsletter out again but good reason.  A good LOS meeting in Cameron and two great weekends of Yellow Rail & Rice Festival.

 

November field trip will be Sunday the 15th.  A trip to Lacassine National Wildlife Refuge which is a really great waterfowl area.  Hopefully some of the hundreds of birds that we saw the past two weekends will still be around in the Thornwell area.  Highway 99 proved to be a very good Bald Eagle haunt.  I believe that Michael Seymour saw 8 on Saturday. 

 

Please let Matilde know if you plan to attend.  docmat99@cox.net

 

I will get a newsletter out in the next couple of days.

 

Judith

 

 

Judith O'Neale

504 Whitebark Drive

Lafayette LA 70508-6362

337-981-1011

337-280-4193 - cell

September field trip

Almost time to start LABA field trips.

 

Matilde and I are planning our September 25-27 field trip to Dauphin Island Alabama.

 

We need to know how many people are interested in going on this trip. 

 

There is a good possibility of a boat trip in Mobile Bay Saturday afternoon. 

 

Cost of boat trip would depend on how many people go on the trip.  But probably about $35 for half-day trip.  Would you be interested in this trip also?

 

This is not a commitment, we just want to get an idea of how many people might like to go on this trip.

 

Please respond as soon as possible.

 

Thanks,

Judith

 

"How old would you be if you didn't know how old you was?" -

                                         Satchel Paige

 

Judith O'Neale

504 Whitebark Drive

Lafayette LA 70508-6362

337-981-1011

337-280-4193 - cell

Sunday Field Trip - reminder

PLEASE LET MATILDE KNOW IF YOU PLAN TO ATTEND!  THANKS

 

SUNDAY MAY 17^th – Sherburne WMA – Atchafalaya Pot Luck

We'll meet at the Heymann Center/old museum parking lot at 6:50 a.m. and drive to the Whiskey Bay to meet the others around 7:40.  Areas to bird:  Sherburne WMA, Whiskey Bay, and Bayou Manual Rd in the Atchafalaya NWR.  We'll return to the Butte La Rose Visitor Center and then to Jim Delahoussaye's home on the Atchafalaya River.  I'll provide pork BBQ and buns for sandwiches, please bring a dish to share and your drink.  We will provide paper plates/napkins/utensils.  If you want to meet us at Jim's around noon, it's 1.8 miles south of the Butte La Rose VC.  Turn left onto the levee (across from Owl Hoot Run) and turn left into the first driveway (2223).  Don't forget to bring a chair, snacks, water, insect repellent and sun screen.  Don't forget your binoculars and field guide.   Please let Matilde know if you plan to attend.  

Email: docmat99@cox.net or phone 337-856-6757 cell 278-2936

 

Persons using WMAs or other department administered lands for any purpose must possess one of the following:
1. a valid Wild Louisiana Stamp
2. a valid Louisiana fishing license
3. a valid Louisiana hunting license

Persons younger than 16 or older than 60 years of age are exempt from this requirement.

 

Judith O'Neale

504 Whitebark Drive

Lafayette LA 70508-6362

337-981-1011

337-280-4193 - cell

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May 17 field trip

Sorry about the wrong date at the top of newsletter.  The correct date is Sunday the 17th.

 

Judith

 

Judith O'Neale

504 Whitebark Drive

Lafayette LA 70508-6362

337-981-1011

337-280-4193 - cell

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Changes to list

Older excel file attached also in case you can't open the new one. 

 

Harriett Pooler email address - harriett.pooler@gmail.com  (two tts)

 

Linda Stewart Knight change phone number to cell - 225-921-6911 

pager number okay

 

Jim Delahoussaye street number - 2223

 

Add Rose and Jack Must, home address and phone number

105 Hal Dr Lafayette 70503 988-6978

 

 

 

 

 

 

Judith O'Neale

504 Whitebark Drive

Lafayette LA 70508-6362

337-981-1011

337-280-4193 - cell

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