The next meeting of the Kids Who Bird club will be held next Wed, November 18, 2009 from 6:30 to 8:00 pm. However, the location has changed. We so appreciate the National Audubon folks allowing us to use their space, but we just need more room! Beginning with the November meeting, we'll meet at the LSU Museum of Natural Science in Foster Hall on the LSU campus (directions and parking info below). Many thanks to Director Fred Sheldon and Professor Van Remsen for the opportunity!
The subject of our November meeting will be Birding by Ear -- learning to identify birds by their songs and calls. As we talked about last time -- bird sounds are usually the first clue we'll have that birds are present (some are very good at hiding) and sometimes it's the only way to tell birds apart! Recognizing sounds is a critical birding skill. Please let me know if you expect to attend. I will probably be there by 6pm, if anyone wants to come early to look around the Hall of Birds in the museum.
Also, for those that are interested, we'll be having a field trip to the Capitol Lakes this Saturday, November 14 from ~7am to 10am. We'll meet at the lakes in Arsenal Park, which is basically the park area between the Capitol building and the Governor's Mansion. That way we'll be looking to the west while the sun is still low, but we'll move around the lake to get other vantage points as well. The street is one way around the park and parking is in pull-offs to the side of the road, so just look for me and my car. Some of the ducks and other birds that visit LA in the winter have arrived, so we'll be focusing on them -- including the Peregrine Falcon that likes to hang out on the Capitol building! Please let me know if you think you'll be able to come to the field trip so I know who & how many to expect.
Hope to see you this Saturday and/or next Wednesday evening!
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Directions and parking info for Foster Hall:
Foster Hall is located on Dalrymple Drive across from the Greek Theater. Google Maps actually has very good maps of the campus (I find it easier to use than the campus maps on LSU's website). Zoom in on LSU campus and you can see labels for each building. The entrance to the museum is on the west side of the building (the opposite end from the Subway, which is located in the basement of the building in the cafe).
Parking is unfortunately never free on campus. While visitor parking permits may be purchased, our best bet is to use the metered parking, which should be available at this time of the evening. The closest meters will be on Tower Drive near Memorial Tower. There are also meters near the Visitor Center (Highland @ Dalrymple) and the Student Union. Meters cost $1/hr (and probably require quarters).
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