Lafayette park
I’m often struck by how easy it would be to miss many of the birds I see. This morning in Lafayette Park I found a very early Black-throated Green Warbler because I took the shorter of two paths to the entrance near where I park. The bird paused on a branch in front of [...]
My camera has both a manual and an automatic focus. I’ve given up on the former, at least for the time being, and have been enjoying the camera a lot more. I took it with me today so that I could capture some of the birds I see regularly.
Forest Park
The Pied-billed Grebe is looking very [...]
Birds
Three of us birded Horseshoe Lake for a couple of hours on Sunday. It was fairly warm (50° by the time we frove back to Saint Louis) and the lake showed barely a ripple.
There were hundreds of coots, around 150 Red-breasted Mergansers, 1 Common Loon in breeding plumage (first spotted by Paul Bauer on Friday), [...]
The Eurasian Collared Doves I saw last Sunday in Monroe County, Illinois, were life birds for me. They’ve been showing up in St. Charles County for some time, and they’ve been reported in the city, as well. A friend sees them in his south city yard from time to time. Although I’ve been watching for [...]
