Los Angeles Audubon Society | laaudubon.org Western Tanager OPEN WETLANDS AT BALLONA | BIRDS OF THE SEASON | BIRDEROGRAPHIES | & More ON THE COVER Great Blue Heron eating a rat. | Photo by Joe Bevins. grew up in a birding family. Although in recent years I became aware of this special revelation. When I was Iyounger I thought all families must have spent time with their noses between binoculars like mine did. Both my parents have a love our world’s wild places and the all animals that inhabit them. I grew up in Colorado but also spent some of my formative years in in Alaska, Montana, Wyoming and Kentucky. During this time my parents fostered not only a love for Los Angeles Audubon Society is non-profit organization and a certified exploration in wilderness through outdoor sports - skiing, chapter of the National Audubon Society. hiking, biking, kayaking, rock and ice climbing - but also in conservation of land, water and animals. I have many memories of visiting reserves and refuges when I was younger. Los Angeles Audubon Society One that has come to fruition recently is the reintroduction of P.O. Box 411301 Black-footed ferrets into Colorado’s Rocky Mountain Arsenal Los Angeles, CA 90041-8301 www.losangelesaudubon.org National Wildlife Refuge, which I got to visit in January 2016. (323) 876-0202 Voice/Messages When I was in elementary school in Laramie, Wyoming I
[email protected] General email remember learning about the Black footed ferret being found again in Meeteetse, Wyoming and the first program for Board Officers & Directors reintroduction in Shirley Basin.