BE ADVISED: Due to multiple events in Exposition Park on Sunday, April 26, the Natural History Museum will be closing at 4 pm. Parking and traffic in the area will be impacted. Limited parking will be available in the Blue Parking Structure for $20 when you tell the attendant you are visiting the Natural History Museum of L.A. County. For questions, please call 213.763.3466 or email info@nhm.org.

Birding for Beginners

Featured resources for birding enthusiasts.

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Resources

  1. Birds of the Los Angeles Region. Garrett, Dunn and Morse
    ISBN-10: 0964081059 | ISBN-13: 978-0964081055
    Available at the NHM Nature Store!
  2. National Geographic Birding Essentials. Alderfer and Dunn
    ISBN-10: 1426201354 | ISBN-13: 978-1426201356
  3. Bird Watching Resource Guide. Audubon
  4. eBird. Cornell Lab of Ornithology
  5. Drawing Birds. John Muir Laws
    Also see Opening the World through Nature Journaling below!

Activities

  1. Opening the World through Nature Journaling (Timed Behavioral Observation and Drawing Birds)
    The California Native Plant Society
  2. Question Formulation Technique
    The Right Question Institute
  3. Next Generation Science Standards
    Science and Engineering Practices