The next Queens County Bird Club meeting will be on Wednesday December 14th and will be a live meeting held at the temporary APEC location, 224-65 76th Avenue Oakland Gardens, NY 11364. The meeting is scheduled to begin at 7:30 PM EST but I encourage attendees to come early to catch up and mingle with each other and we will also discuss the upcoming QCBC Christmas Bird Count. The highlight of this meeting is the live presentation by Donna Schulman "Birding Los Angeles, the birdiest county in the United States"
Los Angeles County bills itself as the the “birdiest county in the U.S.,” with 518 species of native birds and 10 established non-native species and habitats ranging from the beaches of Malibu to the San Gabriel Mountains to Antelope Valley’s desert scrub to the urban corners of the City of Angels. Donna has been birding Los Angeles regularly for the past 10 years--it’s the best way to visit family! She’ll present photos of her favorite birds, plus some special birds from counties nearby (drivable in a day) and talk about the fun and challenges of L.A. birding. Where is the best place to go to see the most Western species? If the sun is always shining, will you always see birds? The relativity of rarities. Donna will also touch on some of the larger challenges facing birds and birders in the county. Donna learned how to bird with QCBC and has branched out from Queens to Central & South America, Africa, SE Asia, Europe, and most recently, Australia. A labor relations librarian by trade, she reviews birding books for 10,000 Birds and Birding magazine and has discussed “Best Birding Books of the Year” and other book topics on the American Birding Association podcast for the past 6 years. Donna’s photographs have been used for educational purposes by the Cornell Lab of Ornithology, NJ Audubon, and other organizations, and have been featured in Birding and Birdwatching Magazine. She is a past editor of QCBC’s News and Notes. No RSVP necessary. Looking forward to seeing you there. Marcia AbrahamsPrograms CoordinatorQueens County Bird clubwww.qcbirdclub.orgmarciaaabrah...@aol.com -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birding.aba.org/maillist/NY01 Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
