Pennsylvania is a great state for bird watching. Boasting a respectable headcount of resident species, a literal menagerie of seasonal migrants, and the occasional transient oddity, Pennsylvania has a lot to offer the ornithological enthusiast. It’s no Florida, Arizona, or Texas, but it does harbor quite an impressive diversity of avifauna within its borders at […]
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Winter Birds of Missouri (December, January, February) What better place to start a life list, a yard list, a county list, or a state list than from the comfort of your living room in winter? Take advantage of those Missouri winter birds that come to feeders and munch patiently while even the rawest rookie observer
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Fall Birds of Missouri (September, October, November) Autumn means there are some housekeeping duties to be done. If removable martin houses have been used, they need to be removed, as soon as the last Brazil-bound inhabitants have departed, and cleaned and stored until early spring. Do the same with the wren houses. Next, make plans
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Summer Birds of Missouri (June, July, August) Missouri, like many states, has considered making the mosquito the state bird. It is the one sure sighting on any summer birding excursion in the state. Its closest rival is the semi-terrestial wood tick. Missouri’s riparian forests, many lakes, and wetlands are breeding areas for “skeeters.” But they
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