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 July and August.
The next meeting of the Shreveport Bird Study Group is scheduled for Tuesday, March 11, 2025 in the LSUS Museum of Life Sciences (Not the Annex), at 6:30 p.m., located next to the old KDAQ Tower. Signs will be out to direct you. Come at 6 p.m. to chat with other birders before the meeting.
BSG President Chris Merritt will provide a program on “A Brief History of the Pigeon”
Chris will trace the human relationship with pigeons from domestication to its current relevance to science. Chris’ programs are always highly entertaining and thorough. Hope to see you there!
*On Saturday, March 15, Garrison's Nursery (6905 Greenwood Road) will hold a Home and Garden Hummingbird Day. Past LOS president, John Dillon, will provide a program beginning at 10 a.m. John will share his knowledge of hummingbirds and discuss plants for attracting and feeding hummingbirds, maintenance of hummingbird feeders, hummingbirds that visit Louisiana, and other hummingbird-related topics.
The program is free and open to the public.
We will be accepting dues for those who have not paid in a while and want to contribute to our group. Individual memberships are only $15.00 and family memberships are $20.00. Thank you to those who paid in the fall.
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.
Reminder: 2025 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)