Monday, November 20, was a good day at Riverlands, with two life birds and one year bird. The life birds were Long-tailed Duck and Glaucous Gull; the year bird was Black Scoter. I went after work with a friend. Our plan was to find White-winged and Black Scoters and the Glaucous Gull and Lesser Black-backed [...]
I really do need to get out more. While the rest of the Saint Louis birding community is training its scopes on rare ducks and gulls, I’m transfixed by the backyard birds.
There have been two unexpected individuals in my backyard sparrow watch over the past eight days. Last Saturday a late Chipping Sparrow made a [...]
It’s been a long time
Because of various projects, since early August the length of my average work week has been seven days. That doesn’t leave much time for trips to Horseshoe Lake, Busch, or Riverlands. All work and no play … my morning and afternoon walks in Forest Park have been my anchor to sanity.
I’ve [...]
