Amy Weeks

Birding Site Spotlight: Marais Temps Clair CA St. Charles County

Overview: Marais Temps Clair (French for “Fair Weather Marsh”) was historically part of an old oxbow wetland, cut off long ago from the Missouri River and in private hands for decades as a duck club. In 1979, 900+ acres were acquired…

Amy WeeksOctober 7, 2020

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Bird of the Week- Yellow-rumped Warbler

Yellow-rumped Warbler, Setophaga coronata Bill Rowe Here in early October, most of our 35 species of warblers are getting close to finishing their passage through Missouri; the great majority of them are now farther south and heading for the tropics, with…

Amy WeeksOctober 5, 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…

Amy WeeksSeptember 28, 2020

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Bird of the Week- Forster’s Tern

Forster’s Tern, Sterna forsteri Bill Rowe If you find yourself around a large lake or river, spring through fall, you have a chance of seeing some terns. These are close relatives of gulls, but more elegant and (to some) more appealing,…

Amy WeeksSeptember 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…

Amy WeeksSeptember 16, 2020

Tale Feathers Newsletter Volunteering

Volunteer Spotlight: Ellen Harmon

Volunteer Spotlight: Ellen Harmon St. Louis Audubon Society has been incredibly lucky to have Ellen Harmon as one of our amazing volunteers! Ellen joined the Board of Directors in 2018 and has dedicated her time and many talents to the Human…

Amy WeeksSeptember 14, 2020

Bring Conservation Home Latest News

Distinguished Award Presented to Mitch Leachman

The Missouri Prairie Foundation held a virtual prairie soiree on August 28 as a celebration of prairies and an evening of fellowship with prairie supporters. David Young, Missouri Prairie Foundation President, commented "Missouri’s remaining prairies are rare and priceless resources.…

Amy WeeksSeptember 14, 2020

Bird of the Week Latest News

Bird of the Week- Common Nighthawk

Common Nighthawk, Chordeiles minor Bill Rowe Although a Common Nighthawk does “hawk” for insects in the sky, it isn’t actually a hawk at all. It belongs to a world-wide family that goes by the name of nightjars (after a European species)…

Amy WeeksSeptember 14, 2020

Bird of the Week Latest News

Bird of the Week- Carolina Wren

Carolina Wren, Thryothorus ludovicianus Bill Rowe Wrens are practically a New-World specialty: in all of Europe and Asia there is just one species, the Eurasian Wren, while in the Americas there are 87 of them, with a majority in the tropics.…

Amy WeeksSeptember 4, 2020

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Bird of the Week- Pectoral Sandpiper

Pectoral Sandpiper, Calidris melanotos Bill Rowe Here’s a typical flock of Pectoral Sandpipers, pausing at St. Louis on their immensely long spring journey from South America, where they winter, to their nesting grounds on the tundra of Canada or Alaska. After…

Amy WeeksAugust 26, 2020

Birding Site Spotlight: Marais Temps Clair CA St. Charles County

Bird of the Week- Yellow-rumped Warbler

Bird of the Week- Blue Jay

Bird of the Week- Forster’s Tern

Bird of the Week- Cedar Waxwing

Volunteer Spotlight: Ellen Harmon

Distinguished Award Presented to Mitch Leachman

Bird of the Week- Common Nighthawk

Bird of the Week- Carolina Wren

Bird of the Week- Pectoral Sandpiper

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