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For our next meeting we’ll go back to a topic that can always use more study: Gulls! Join us Thursday, August 27, 2020, at 4 p.m. for part 1 of this two-part topic, as we talk about basic gull facts and the “Big 4” locally common species. We’ll cover part 2, with the “Slightly More Exotic 5″, in the following meeting.

Zoom meeting info:

Topic: Gulls part 1: Carpinteria Birdwatchers meeting for 2020-08-27
Time: Aug 27, 2020 04:00 PM Pacific Time (US and Canada)

Join Zoom Meeting
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85087797181?pwd=eC9sR1RtOVRQYmVPV3QzY1gyR2FFZz09

Meeting ID: 850 8779 7181
Passcode: 004784

YouTube livestream:

Links mentioned during the meeting:

• J. J. Audubon and the Bird of Washington Fraud with Matthew Halley - ABA podcast with Nate Swick and Matthew Halley
• The fable of Audubon the scientist - blog post by Matthew Halley
• Audubon’s Bird of Washington: unravelling the fraud that launched The birds of America - Journal article by Matthew Halley

You can also view the slides from the meeting.

By request, the next Carpinteria Birdwatchers meeting will cover thrashers and blackbirds. Join us on August 13, 2020, at 4 p.m. to learn more!

YouTube livestream:

Link mentioned during the meeting:

• An article on the renaming of the Thick-billed Longspur
• An article on a recent study showing a link between neonicotinoid pesticides and grassland bird declines
• A Los Padres Forest Watch page on how to comment on the Reyes Ridge logging proposal: The extended deadline for submitting a public comment is tomorrow (8/14).
• Andrea asked about Lanayah, my son’s post-rock/doomgaze band whose shirt I was wearing. You can view the video for their song “Three Javelins”; it isn’t the most representative of their music, but it DOES have birds. :-) If you’d like to hear more Lanayah their latest album is on their Bandcamp page.

The slides from the meeting are viewable here.