Welcome  to  the  Bird  Study  Group

 

The Bird Study Group is a northwestern Louisiana organization of birders based in Shreveport. The Bird Study Group offers field trips, bird discussions, a bird sighting database, and other programs for people with an interest in birds. Regular meetings are held the second Tuesday of each month except June, July, and August.

The next meeting of the Shreveport Bird Study Group is scheduled for Tuesday, April 9 in the LSUS Museum Annex., @ 6:30 p.m. Come at 6 p.m. to chat with other birders before the meeting.

BSG Vice-president Larry Raymond will provide a program entitled:


"Potential impacts of offshore wind in the Gulf of Mexico on migrating birds and nesting coastal birds"


The presentation will include a program by the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries on potential impacts of wind energy on Louisiana’s avifauna. Can we find a balance between green energy and wildlife?


The program is free and open to the public.



For additional information, contact:

Larry R. Raymond
lrraymond@aol.com
318-347-3134






BSG programs are free and open to the public. For more information or directions to the Museum Annex, you can call 318-347-3134 or email: lrraymond@aol.com. Click here for a map to the Museum Annex at LSU Shreveport.




Please keep appropriate social distance at the meeting.


Reminder: 2024 Membership Dues can be paid at the meeting.




The Bird Study Group is a non-profit membership-based organization devoted to the observation, study, and enjoyment of birds. The BSG is open to anyone with an interest in any aspect of birdwatching, study, or conservation.




"Lunch Time" Great Egret, C. Bickham Dickson Park, Shreveport, LA. Photo by Cran Lucas.




"Let no one tell you again that science is only for specialists; it is not. It is no different from history or good talk or reading a novel; some people do it better and some worse; some make a life's work of it; but it is within the reach of everybody."
Jacob Bronowski in "A Sense of the Future" (1977, Cambridge, MA, MIT Press, p. 4)