How about that! I actually saw a cerulean warbler. But it wouldn’t have happened without some help. At Lost Valley Trail in Weldon Spring, MO, I ran into a more experienced birder who went by the name, Rad. It was he who could identify the song of the Cerulean Warbler when we were in the [...]

A few weeks ago I reviewed a fascinating book by Scott Weidensaul about the migration of birds in the western hemisphere. Here in St. Louis, we are in the peak week when the highest number of birds migrate through on their way to their northern breeding grounds. It is a time of delightful discovery of [...]