Tucked within a liberal arts college in Northeast Los Angeles, the Moore Lab of Zoology is a hidden gem that houses over 65,000 bird and mammal specimens.
Discover local birds, morphological adaptations, rare extinct birds, a painstakingly-collected hummingbird collection, and see museum specimens that represent Mexico’s bird diversity prior to major habitat change.
Roosting sites are a wonderful way to observe a flock of parrots and parakeets gather during winter evenings.
At the Moore Lab, our team launched the Free-flying Los Angeles Parrot Project (FLAPP), where we’re looking closely at the DNA of Red-crowned Parrots and Lilac-crowned Parrots and collecting community science observations along the way. Native to opposite coasts of Mexico the Red-crowned Parrots and Lilac-crowned Parrots never meet, but in Los Angeles they mingle, hybridize, and roost together.
Join us as we follow the flock:
Every two years, Occidental students immerse themselves in political campaigns around the country through Campaign Semester—the only program in the nation where you can earn full academic credit for hands-on work on the frontlines. This year's participants will offer their post-election insights and discuss their time working in battleground states.
We're having a book sale!
Hundreds of gently used and vintage books (most ex libris) as well as lovely and strange old reprints will be on sale for $1 and $2, and we'll have some special edition bird prints for $5 and $10 (small & large). Coffee and doughnuts will be served for maximum book browsing coziness. Donations will go towards undergraduate research and their professional development.
A glimpse of some available books:
PROGRAM:
Omaramor by Osvaldo Golijov (b.1960)
- Gloria Lum, cello
“Julia Jhule” by Reena Esmail (b.1983)
- Jin Shan Dai, violin
- Vicki Ray, piano
Trio in A minor by Maurice Ravel (b.1875, d.1937)
i. Modere
ii. Pantoum
iii. Passacaille
iv. Final
- Jin Shan Dai, violin
- Gloria Lum, cello
- Vicki Ray, piano