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NEVADA RARITIES POSTED TO EBIRD
Our Regular listing of Nevada Rarities is currently unavailable.
We are working on it. Program Meeting
CHRISTMAS BIRD COUNTS AND CONTRIBUTIONS FROM "CITIZEN SCIENCE"
Dave McNinch Tuesday, October 23, 2018, 6:30pm – 8:30pm (program begins at 7:00. Dave McNinch is a long-time LAS member and has served as leader for the Truckee Meadows Christmas Bird Count for many years. He will talk about Audubon Christmas Bird Counts with a focus on our local Truckee Meadows Count. The Christmas Bird Count had a very humble, but symbolic, beginning and has evolved into an important form of "citizen science". Dave will give us a brief history of Christmas Bird Counts and then focus on the Truckee Meadows Count (which will be in its 55th year this winter). The count is a perfect example of how "citizen science" can contribute to the base of knowledge on wintering birds. Dave hopes to engage the audience in a conversation about what some of the data from our local count might (or might not) mean. Finally, Dave will spend some time talking about how people can participate to the upcoming local Christmas Bird Counts and what you can expect when participating on a count.
Program Meetings
Every Fourth Tuesday 6:30pm Social, 7:00-8:30 pm Meeting January-May and August-October Location: Moana Nursery Landscape and Design 1190 W Moana Ln Reno, NV 89509 View our Program Meeting page or calendar for details. Birds and Books
October 16, 2018
The Homing Instinct: Meaning and Mystery in Animal Migration by Bernd Heinrich Acclaimed scientist and author Bernd Heinrich has returned every year since boyhood to a beloved patch of western Maine woods. What is the biology in humans in this deep-in-the-bones pull toward a particular place, and how is it related to animal homing? He explores how geese retain true visual landscape memory, how scent trails are used by many creatures, from fish to amphibians, and how the tiniest songbirds are equipped for solar and magnetic orienteering over vast distances. Most movingly, he portrays the deep psychological emotion in sandhill cranes newly arrived at their home pond in the Alaska tundra. He reminds us that to discount our own emotions toward home is to ignore biology itself. Birds and Books
Reading/Discussion Group is held Every Third Tuesday: 4:00 to 6:00 p.m. January through October Sundance Bookstore, 121 California Ave., Reno. |
LAS FIELD TRIPS
Let's go birding together!
Rancho San Rafael, Reno
When: Saturday, October 20, 2018, 8-11 a.m. Where: Meet at the parking lot located on the west end of the Wilbur D. May Center Map: https://goo.gl/maps/mbxoASuA3nx eBird Hotspot: http://ebird.org/ebird/hotspot/L130617 Activity Level: 2-4 miles of rolling trails, easy to medium Leader: Jeff Bleam, email: jcbleam@gmail.com 
Empire Ranch, Carson City
When: Friday, October 26, 2018, 8-11 a.m. Where: Meet at the parking lot off Morgan Mill Rd. in Carson City Map: https://goo.gl/maps/FNKkrC667gv eBird Hotspot: http://ebird.org/ebird/hotspot/L4151764 Activity Level: 4-5 miles, level, easy Leader: Jeff Bleam, email: jcbleam@gmail.com 
Caughlin Parkway and Steamboat Ditch Trail, Washoe
When: Friday, November 9, 2018, 8-11 a.m. Where: We will meet at the North end of the trail at the ponds across from Kensington Lane. Park on Caughlin Parkway. Map: https://goo.gl/maps/C3oWmwXiHRG2 eBird Hotspot: http://ebird.org/ebird/hotspot/L3245542 Activity Level: 3-5 miles, easy to med Leader: Jeff Bleam, email: jcbleam@gmail.com 
Oxbow Park, Washoe
When: Friday November 16, 2018 8-11 a.m. Where: Meet at Oxbow Park parking lot at the west end of Dickerson Road. Map:https://goo.gl/maps/c24ERPRM12 ebird hotspot:http://ebird.org/ebird/hotspot/L157052 Activity Level: 3-6 miles, easy Leader: Jeff Bleam, email: jcbleam@gmail.com More Field Trips Coming
More information:
check the Field Trip Page or LAS Calendar All field trip photos courtesy of Jeff Bleam |
ALERT
There is currently a serious avian botulism outbreak in NW NV in places where water has been stagnant, hot and filled with migrating waterbirds.
NDOW welcomes volunteers, but would like people to sign up with them so work can be coordinated. This from Chris Nicolai: Help is needed. But good to have a central place so we can balance the needs with helpers. No one likes to show up and too many people are there already. Volunteers need to register here. They can then contact Aaron Keller at akeller@ndow.org or call 775-688-1555. CONSERVATION ALERT
EVENTS FROM OTHER GROUPS
Truckee Meadows Parks Foundation
Calendar Discover your Park walks (DYP) TMPF Talks The Junior Naturalist Program Nevada Bugs & Butterflies
2018 Training details Galena Creek Visitor Center
Calendar Tahoe Institute for Natural Science
Calendar Thanks again to all our volunteers!
LAS is the organization it is today because of ALL our volunteers for all the years! THANK YOU! |
A BIG THANKS TO VORTEX OPTICS
Lahontan Audubon Society owes a huge thank you to Vortex Optics, who each year, for the last 5-plus years,
have repaired a box full of well-used (some damaged) LAS binoculars used by the 500 or so elementary school children who attended the LAS field trips at Washoe Lake State Park. Vortex has never charged LAS a penny for this terrific service and has even paid return shipping back to us.
We encourage anyone who may be looking for binoculars to check out Vortex Optics.
They have a great variety of binoculars in a wide price range and provide amazing service.
Thanks so much, Vortex.
have repaired a box full of well-used (some damaged) LAS binoculars used by the 500 or so elementary school children who attended the LAS field trips at Washoe Lake State Park. Vortex has never charged LAS a penny for this terrific service and has even paid return shipping back to us.
We encourage anyone who may be looking for binoculars to check out Vortex Optics.
They have a great variety of binoculars in a wide price range and provide amazing service.
Thanks so much, Vortex.
