Louisiana Master Naturalists of Greater New Orleans

Free. Participants must register in advance. To register, send an email request to: OrleansAudubon@aol.com with “Bird Louisiana!” as the subject line and include your full name in the body of the email message. If participating by phone, also include your phone number. Please register as soon as possible and at least one hour prior to the start of the meeting

BIRD LOUISIANA !
Presented by Joan Garvey
Louisiana currently boasts a count upwards of 470 species of birds. Of that number about 25% comprise rare migratory birds from the far north, west and tropical Americas. It is a state full of National Wildlife Refuges, pinewoods, barrier islands and wetlands, all in the path of breeding, migratory and wintering birds. With our mild climate it is possible to bird here year-round.

Joan’s presentation shows how, in our current situation of dealing with a pandemic, birding locally can still be very fulfilling. Travel may also be limited due to other factors, family obligations, work constraints or monetary limits. Though she has stayed overnight on her more distant trips, most of the birds depicted in this presentation were seen on day trips. She will also show us how to enjoy Louisiana’s birds without even leaving home.

Joan Garvey is the OAS Membership Chair and has been birding since retiring after Katrina from private practice as a general dentist. Family obligations make it necessary to limit her travels to destinations within a day’s drive, so she limits her trips to the state of Louisiana. She enjoys taking photographs for documentation purposes but also uses them as reference for her watercolor paintings.