Browsing Tag

Black crowned night heron

St. Louis City Heron Rookery

· Mid-town rookery is quite the sight! ·

  • Paul McCaslin
  • Birding
  • Sep 30, 2019
Great egret flying from rookery

It was sometime in late June when word started to filter in about an unusual heron rookery in mid-town St. Louis. First I saw something on the MO-birds listserve, then maybe an Instagram photo or small Facebook post. Intrigued, I filed it away under the “must check out soon” category. Life was busy and I…

June/July Bird List

· July 31, 2019 ·

  • Paul McCaslin
  • Birding
  • Aug 11, 2019
Barn swallow perched on rope at Mahoney State Park, NE

If you based success purely on my bird list for the year, only by the numbers, then I have had a rough year. I am still missing many common birds and really haven’t landed any extraordinary sightings. I am well below last year’s total at this same time, but that is largely because I didn’t…