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Mitch Leachman Anxiety. Anger. Sadness. Frustration. Layoffs. Wage cuts. Sickness. Loss of loved ones. And so much more. Our world is very different than it was just a few short months ago. It can be very hard to stay positive,…

Amy WeeksAugust 7, 2020

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Easy Steps to be a Citizen Scientist

Mary Dueren Have you been watching birds during the pandemic? Have you been seeing more wildlife? Butterflies and Moths? Did you know that those observations could help scientists? One of the first and oldest citizen science projects is the National…

Amy WeeksAugust 4, 2020

Bird of the Week Latest News

Bird of the Week- Red-bellied Woodpecker

Red-bellied Woodpecker, Melanerpes carolinus Bill Rowe This bird causes confusion: some call it a "red-headed woodpecker," and it is. But it isn't a Red-headed Woodpecker, capitalized, which is a different species with an entirely red head. The Red-bellied Woodpecker has a…

Amy WeeksAugust 4, 2020

Bird of the Week Latest News

Bird of the Week- Green Heron

Green Heron, Butorides virescens Bill Rowe For anyone who grew up in the midwestern countryside, summer may evoke the memory of a little Green Heron flying over the fields at sunset from one pond or creek to another—a regular sight nearly…

Amy WeeksAugust 4, 2020

Bird of the Week Latest News

Bird of the Week- Eurasian Tree Sparrow

Eurasian Tree Sparrow, Passer montanus Bill Rowe This year marks a special sesquicentennial: it was in 1870 that North America’s first Eurasian Tree Sparrows were released in Lafayette Park, St. Louis City, as part of an effort by German immigrants to…

Amy WeeksAugust 3, 2020

Bird of the Week Latest News

Bird of the Week- Great Crested Flycatcher

Great Crested Flycatcher, Myiarchus crinitus Bill Rowe One group that’s important to learn, with thirteen regular species in our area, is the family Tyrannidae, the New-World flycatchers—birds of trim shape and alert posture that capture insects of all types. A good…

Amy WeeksJuly 14, 2020

Bird of the Week Latest News

Bird of the Week- Baltimore Oriole

Baltimore Oriole, Icterus galbula Bill Rowe The Baltimore Oriole, state bird of Maryland, is the first blackbird to be our Bird of the Week. Wait…what? Yes, that’s right: orioles are in the blackbird family Icteridae, known to birders as icterids.…

Amy WeeksJuly 14, 2020

Conservation Latest News

Plastic Pollution

Michael Meredith It is one of the most iconic bits of dialogue in the history of motion pictures: Mr. McGuire: I want to say one word to you. Just one word. Benjamin: Yes, sir. Mr. McGuire: Are you listening? Benjamin: Yes, I am. Mr.…

Amy WeeksJuly 1, 2020

Volunteer Spotlight: Susan Orr

Susan Orr is a Habitat Advisor for St. Louis Audubon’s Bring Conservation Home program (BCH). She first learned of the BCH program in 2011 when our Director of Programs, Mitch Leachman, visited her Missouri Master Naturalist training class and presented it, hoping…

Amy WeeksJuly 1, 2020

Framework for Education and Outreach

Mission Educate our community about nature and conservation; Foster awareness, understanding and appreciation for birds and their habitat Education and Outreach Scope: At school level initial focus on K-5 with possible expansion going forward SLAS Audubon Edventures (see below) Limited…

Amy WeeksJuly 1, 2020

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