birds – Page 12 – A Thousand Acres of Silphiums

Grasshopper Sparrow

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Bay-breasted Warbler

Dave and I found this Bay-breasted Warbler on May 20th this year at Creve Coeur Lake in St. Louis County. Always a pleasure to find a singing Bay-breasted.

Blackpoll Warbler

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The Blue-headed Vireo (Vireo solitarius) is a through-migrant in Missouri. It winters throughout the southern Atlantic and gulf states, Mexico and parts of Central America. This vireo nests in cool temperate forests across Canada and in high elevations of the Appalachian Mountains. This is a species that will be threatened by the continued loss of the boreal forests of Canada. You can hear its sweet song in the spring in Missouri at places like Tower Grove Park where this photograph was taken.

The Blue-headed Vireo is an attractive Vireo that is seen in the spring and fall in the St. Louis area.

The song of the Blue-headed Vireo sounds much like a Red-eyed Vireo that is taking its time.

-OZB

Nesting Birds of Missouri – Acadian Flycatcher

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Acadian Flycatcher (*Empidonax virescens*) photographed at August A. Busch Memorial Conservation Area, spring 2021

Chestnut-sided Warbler

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It looks as though I may get only one opportunity for Tower Grove Park this spring, but it was a good one. I’m glad it was a nice morning for Kathy Duncan’s first visit. We had quite a few cooperative birds at the water feature of the Gaddy Bird Garden where these photos of Chestnut-sided Warblers were taken.