Meetings, activities and announcements
- The popular Birds of the Truckee Meadows bird identification classes begin on May 1, 2013. For more information please visit the Birds of the Truckee Meadows 2013 Page.
- Call for Field Guides! - Do you have any old birding guides lying around that you've been wanting to get rid of (National Geographic Guide 3rd, 4th 5th edition; Peterson Field Guide; Audubon Guide to Birds; etc.)? If so, consider donating them to LAS. We are trying to develop a collection that we can put in our mobile classroom to use when we visit schoolkids. We've found that giving students time to search for species in the guides, and to look at all the photos and drawings, gets them really excited about birds. So we are developing a few exercises for use during classroom visits that will use the bird guides, but we need a lot more of them to be able to effectively use the exercises. Contact Alan Gubanich at renopopop@pyramid.net or 857-0191 and he will arrange to get the guides from you (or just bring them to one of the monthly LAS meetings). Also, contact Alan if you'd like to get involved with the mobile classroom and help with school visits or school field trips.
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Facebook - Reports of Trips and Events - Please visit the Reports page page on our site. The page includes a short synopsis of LAS sponsored Field Trips and other LAS Events accompanied by photos.
- Monthly Meetings- Held every fourth Tuesday August through May (no meeting in November and December), 6:30 pm (social), 7:00 pm (program meeting). Please visit the Meetings page for details.
- Field Trips- A great way to view and learn about birds in our area. They are free for Audubon members and non-members. Birders of all skill levels are welcome to participate. Please visit the Field Trips page for more information.
- Birds & Books - Would you like to share your love of bird and books with others? If so please visit the Birds & Books page.
- LAS Info Line On-Line – Need to contact LAS for information? Please contact Info Line Manager Jacque Lowery at nevadabird@charter.net
- Read postings to the Nevada Birds List Server to find out what's been seen throughout Nevada. To Join the Nevada Birds List Server visit this link
- For comments, suggestions, errors on the website please contact the LAS Webmaster Steve Ting at sctingdvm@gmail.com
“The Lahontan Audubon Society, a chapter of the National Audubon Society, based in Reno and serving all of northern Nevada, represents a membership of more than 1000 conservation-minded individuals and families.
We seek to help restore, preserve, and improve habitat for birds and other wildlife and to provide education about birds and their habitats in Nevada and adjacent areas of California.
Our other primary activities include guided birding trips for the public and for school groups, site clean-ups and improvements, annual birding classes, and Christmas Bird Count. We publish occasional position papers on key Nevada conservation area issues, and we participate in or partner with various Nevada conservation agencies and groups.
Our newsletter The Pelican and the Audubon Nevada Birds List Server disseminate Nevada birding information.
Our flagship conservation effort is our Nevada Important Bird Areas program, headed by Director of Bird Conservation Robin Wilson, part of a hemispheric program to identify and preserve key bird habitat areas.
We invite your involvement or membership.
Lahontan Audubon Society
P.O. Box 2304
Reno, NV 89505
Information Line - 775-562-1066 Ext. 101