Date: 1/26/26 12:17 pm From: Jane Patterson via groups.io <seejanebird...> Subject: Re: [labird] [braudubon] BRAS January program: 50 years of Louisiana Birding
Hello all!
Just a reminder to put this on your calendar for this Wednesday, January
28. If you can't come in person, there's a Zoom option! (registration link
is below). David is offering a great "look back" at 50 years of birding in
Louisiana.
On Fri, Jan 16, 2026 at 8:09 PM Jane Patterson via groups.io <seejanebird=
<gmail.com...> wrote:
> Dear Baton Rouge Audubon members and friends,
>
> Plan now to come to the first Baton Rouge Audubon program of the year.
> The program will feature veteran birder David Muth. Join us at 7pm at the
> Main Goodwood library in Baton Rouge on Jan.28th. Come at 6:30 for
> refreshments. If you can't join us in person, you can register for the
> Zoom session here:
> https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/N_Mfu6KoTFejGAWI5ukO8w >
> This is David's description of his talk:
>
> About fifty years ago I started seriously birding here in Louisiana. At
> about that time, the last comprehensive book about our birds was
> published, George Lowery's 1974 revised third edition of Louisiana Birds.
> Looking back, the changes have been profound--both in terms of population
> of individual species and in terms of what species occur here. For one,
> we've added nearly 90 new species to the state list in that time, from Blue
> Bunting to Pyrruloxia. But we've also seen amazing recoveries of many
> poisoned or persecuted species--think Bald Eagle and Brown Pelican;
> astonishing range extensions and invasions--like Brown Booby and Limpkin;
> expansions of wintering species--Ross's Goose and Anhinga, as well as
> widespread declines of most migrants. WE are going to take a look at some
> of these stories.
>
> See y'all then!
>
> --Jane Patterson
> Pres, BR Audubon
>
>
>
