Please send me any corrections and let me know if you want me to send hard copy.
Thanks,
Judith
Judith O'Neale
504 Whitebark Drive
Lafayette LA 70508-6362
337-981-1011
337-280-4193 - cell
Wednesday, April 29, 2009
Monday, April 27, 2009
Neotropical Songbird Day
Neotropical Songbird Day and Step Outside Day at Sherburne Wildlife Mgt area. Full description included in the press release from Army Corps below.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Brian L. Osberghaus, 337-585-0853
STEP OUTSIDE® Day: Outdoor Activities Day Slated for May 9th
Program open to all but especially targets special needs individuals; Scheduled the same day is the Neotropic Songbird Tour
KROTZ SPRINGS – The 6th Annual STEP OUTSIDE Day, open to all children and adults but is targeted to those with special needs, will be held on Saturday, May 9th, in Louisiana's great Atchafalaya Basin.
Participate in diverse outdoor activities at the Sherburne Wildlife Management Area Headquarters, near Krotz Springs. It is located on LA 975 three miles south of U.S. 190 on the east side of the
A separate event the same day is the Neotropic Songbird Tour, with assembly from
STEP OUTSIDE is a national program administered by the National Shooting Sports Foundation to increase participation in outdoor sports. Last year more than 600 registrants participated in the event. This year's event will include fishing, archery, boating, target and trap shooting, wood crafts construction, nature photography, bird watching and decoy painting.
Also featured will be exhibits on adaptive equipment, water safety,
No alcoholic beverages or glass containers will be allowed on the premises. Due to the nature of activities, liability waiver forms must be completed.
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries, and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service are the local sponsors. STEP OUTSIDE Day is targeted to people with disabilities or those with little or no opportunity to engage in such activities, providing them with mentoring and safe, hands-on experience.
Pre-registration is encouraged. To register or get detailed driving directions to the Sherburne Headquarters, call the Corps of Engineers, Atchafalaya Basin Floodway System Project Office, 337-585-0853.
The Neotropic Songbird Tour will introduce participants to bird identification through observation and their specific calls. These vocalizations, originating from the dense understory of the tall canopy of deciduous bottomland hardwood forest, are usually the first clues to the area's wealth of bird species.
Tour participants will be guided to multiple sites where facilitators will be available to assist them in bird identifications. At each site it may be possible to hear as many as 15 species of birds. Some birds are easily seen whereas others are elusive, so binoculars may be useful. Participants in the Neotripic Songbird Tour are asked to assemble from
Songbird tour stops are each estimated to last 30 to 45 minutes. The tour will include a mist-netting demonstration and conclude around
Links to STEP OUTSIDE Day and its sponsors
Bird Checklist of US Fish & Wildlife Service
http://library.fws.gov/Refuges/atchafalaya_birds03.pdf
Recreation in New Orleans District, Corps of Engineers
Thursday, April 23, 2009
Sunday Field trip
Please let me know if you plan to go on the field trip to Cameron Parish on Sunday and where you will meet us.
Thanks,
Judith
On the list:
Diane
Belinda
Lisa
Linda
Beckie
George
Nettie
Joseph Burleigh (Crowley)
Anne G.
Elouise
Judith
Bob and Joy Loudon (at Sabine)
Judith O'Neale
504 Whitebark Drive
Lafayette LA 70508-6362
337-981-1011
337-280-4193 - cell
Sunday, March 8, 2009
LOS Spring Meeting in Grand Isle
The Louisiana Ornithological Society will hold its spring meeting one week earlier than listed in our bulletin. The meeting will coincide with the Grand Isle Migratory Bird Festival. Below is the announcement for the meeting. Check it out, it will be great.
The LOS Spring Meeting announcement and registration form are now on the LOS web site, http://losbird.org/meetings.html. If you are planning on attending, make your room reservations now and please pre-register for the banquet. We will need to give the Grand Isle ladies a head count. They have fed us very well in the past and will do so again! We are very excited to have our own Gay Gomez as our speaker on Saturday night. She will have copies of her new book with her to sell and autograph.
Judith O'Neale
504 Whitebark Drive
Lafayette LA 70508-6362
337-981-1011
337-280-4193 - cell
Friday, March 6, 2009
LABA March field trip
Sorry that the newsletter is late again this month.
Here's information on the March field trip:
March 15 –
The nesting waterfowl are returning to
Meet at the Heymann parking lot at 6:50 a.m. to car pool.
PLEASE let Matilde know if you plan to attend and if you want to go on the boat tour. Please make sure that she has your cell phone number. docmat99@cox.net 337-856-6757 or cell 278-2936
This will be last newsletter for those who have not renewed their membership by March 30.
Tuesday, February 10, 2009
Peveto Woods Work Day - FYI
Sorry is this is a duplicate but we want to get the word out to as many people as possible.
BRAS friends,
I will be spending Valentine's Day, Saturday 2/14/09, at Peveto Woods. Jimmy
will be driving down with the tractor and we will put in another day of
removing debris and clearing some paths. Anyone wishing to join us is
welcome. Hope Norman has given us access to their camp as a home base. I
will actually go down Friday afternoon and spend the night rather than drive
down early Saturday. We will probably get started around 8:00AM. I will have
water and sandwich fixings for those that have lunch with us. I may spend
Saturday night as well depending on response.
Let me know if you are joining us so I can figure on quantities. E-mail me
direct.
Thanks,
Dave Patton
wdpatton@cox.net
Sanctuary Committee
I will be spending Valentine's Day, Saturday 2/14/09, at Peveto Woods. Jimmy
will be driving down with the tractor and we will put in another day of
removing debris and clearing some paths. Anyone wishing to join us is
welcome. Hope Norman has given us access to their camp as a home base. I
will actually go down Friday afternoon and spend the night rather than drive
down early Saturday. We will probably get started around 8:00AM. I will have
water and sandwich fixings for those that have lunch with us. I may spend
Saturday night as well depending on response.
Let me know if you are joining us so I can figure on quantities. E-mail me
direct.
Thanks,
Dave Patton
wdpatton@cox.net
Sanctuary Committee
Monday, February 9, 2009
12th Annual Great Backyard Bird Count
MARK YOUR CALENDARS!
12th Annual Great Backyard Bird Count
February 13 – 16, 2009
COUNT FOR FUN! COUNT FOR THE FUTURE!
Ø To enter your bird count checklists, go to http://www.birdcount.org on the weekend of the count and click on the big "Enter your Checklists" button. Note: This button will not appear until 7:00 AM February 13.
Ø Don't forget to upload your images for the GBBC photo contest! You can submit photos from February 13 through March 1 (a link to a page where you can upload photos will appear on www.birdcount.org on February 13). A select number of photos will be posted in the online gallery during the four days of the GBBC.
Ø Check out the GBBC blog at http://www.birdcount.org/blog, run by Audubon's Senior Scientist, Rob Fergus, and the Cornell Lab of Ornithology's Science Editor, Laura Erickson.
Ø Don't forget to play Eagle Eyes! Hone your birding skills as you wait for the count to begin.
The Cornell Lab of Ornithology is offering one season of Project FeederWatch free to NEW participants who sign up during the month of February. Visit www.feederwatch.org to be part of this project and to receive a free kit and a subscription to the BirdScope quarterly newsletter.
Each year, your discoveries enlighten and inspire us. Thanks to all of you, we had great participation last year. With your help, we can get just as many or more checklists this year! We hope you'll reach out to your family, friends, neighbors, and co-workers by forwarding this email to them or personally inviting them to "Count for Fun, Count for the Future!"
Sincerely,
Janis Dickinson, Director of Citizen Science, Cornell Lab of Ornithology
Rob Fergus, Senior Scientist, National Audubon Society
Wednesday, January 28, 2009
Atchafalaya National Wildlife Refuge meeting
TOMORROW NIGHT - Thursday January 29
If you are interested in the future of the Atchafalaya National
Wildlife Refuge, now is the chance for you to speak up!! The U.S.
Fish and Wildlife Service is starting work on a long-term management
plan for the Refuge. A Comprehensive Conservation Plan (CCP) will be
developed, which is a practical guide for managing the Refuge over
the next 15 years. You can play a significant role in the development
of this far-reaching plan. Comments from the public will be used in
subsequent stages of the CCP planning process.
Join us for a public meeting on Thursday, January 29, 2009, from 6:00
to 8:00 p.m. at the Estuarine Habitat and Coastal Fisheries Center
(room 119), located at 646 Cajundome Road in Lafayette, Louisiana.
We invite YOU to provide comments to the following questions, as well
as any other issue, opportunity or concern they may have for the
Refuge:
What makes Atchafalaya Refuge special or unique for you?
What do you value most about the Atchafalaya Refuge?
What would you like to see the future hold for Atchafalaya Refuge?
Atchafalaya National Wildlife Refuge - 61389 Highway 434 – Lacombe,
Louisiana 70445 – 985) 882 - 2000
Wildlife Refuge, now is the chance for you to speak up!! The U.S.
Fish and Wildlife Service is starting work on a long-term management
plan for the Refuge. A Comprehensive Conservation Plan (CCP) will be
developed, which is a practical guide for managing the Refuge over
the next 15 years. You can play a significant role in the development
of this far-reaching plan. Comments from the public will be used in
subsequent stages of the CCP planning process.
Join us for a public meeting on Thursday, January 29, 2009, from 6:00
to 8:00 p.m. at the Estuarine Habitat and Coastal Fisheries Center
(room 119), located at 646 Cajundome Road in Lafayette, Louisiana.
We invite YOU to provide comments to the following questions, as well
as any other issue, opportunity or concern they may have for the
Refuge:
What makes Atchafalaya Refuge special or unique for you?
What do you value most about the Atchafalaya Refuge?
What would you like to see the future hold for Atchafalaya Refuge?
Atchafalaya National Wildlife Refuge - 61389 Highway 434 – Lacombe,
Louisiana 70445 – 985) 882 - 2000
Judith O'Neale
504 Whitebark Drive
Lafayette LA 70508-6362
337-981-1011
337-280-4193 - cell
Wednesday, December 10, 2008
Lafayette CBC
Sorry I didn't get out a LABA November newsletter but between a head cold, traveling to Denver and lot of other things just didn't get it done.
I want to remind everyone that the Lafayette CBC is Friday January 2nd.
If you can help in any way, please contact Dave Patton, wdpatton@cox.net
We also need folks that can count birds at their backyard feeders. It doesn't have to be all day, can just be a few hours. I can send information to anyone who is counting birds at feeders on that Friday. There are some general rules you need to follow.
Have a wonderful Holiday season.
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year,
Judith
Judith O'Neale
504 Whitebark Drive
Lafayette LA 70508-6362
337-981-1011
337-280-4193 - cell
Thursday, November 6, 2008
November field trip Sunday 16th
Sorry but the newsletter will be late this month
November Field Trip 16 – Lacassine NWR
There should be lots of waterfowl in at the refuge pools. The Vermillion Flycatcher hasn't been reported yet but lots of Crested Caracara are being seen. Also possible, the White-tailed Hawks that were seen during LOS weekend. Bring water, snacks, LUNCH, repellent, binoculars. If you are coming from the
Judith O'Neale
504 Whitebark Drive
Lafayette LA 70508-6362
337-981-1011
337-280-4193 - cell
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