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Amy Weeks

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Bird of the Week- Pine Siskin

Pine Siskin, Spinus pinus Bill Rowe Watch your feeders: Pine Siskins are here already. Like some other species that nest in the boreal forest (the pine/spruce/fir forest of Canada and the northernmost states), they are irruptive, which means that every few years…
October 21, 2020
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Bird of the Week- Blue Jay

Blue Jay, Cyanocitta cristata Bill Rowe The familiar, handsome Blue Jay is one of three corvids that normally occur in Missouri—corvids being crows and their relatives in the family Corvidae (our other two actually are crows). Wherever you go in North America, in…
September 28, 2020
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Bird of the Week- Cedar Waxwing

Cedar Waxwing, Bombycilla cedrorum Bill Rowe The understated beauty of Cedar Waxwings makes them a perennial favorite, whether you’re seeing them for the first time or the thousandth. Usually in flocks, they fly with a tight school-of-fish synchronization that helps distinguish…
September 16, 2020
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