Urban Birder: Reflections, notes and an occasional rant from St. Louis

My name is Sherry McCowan, and the urban area in which I bird is Saint Louis, Missouri.

Urban Birder is a record of my reflections on and experiences with birds and birding, mostly, though not entirely, in the city—there are the occasional rants and ramblings as well.

The city of Saint Louis has two major migrant traps, Tower Grove Park and Forest Park. Both are gloriously birdy in spring and fall. Many of my reports focus on birds found there. The broader Saint Louis area, which extends into Illinois, offers good birding year-round.

Friends shouldn’t have to worry that their names will turn up on my blog, so most of them are identified only as friends. Family and those pals whose names show up on mobirds aren’t so lucky.