Author Archives: Joanna Reuter
Wednesday, March 15, 2023
Heron Rookery Count at Gans Creek Recreation Area
8:00 a.m.
Field Trip Leader: Louise Flenner Every year for the past 9 years I have counted the number of herons at the rookery on March 15. There are always some returning birds on that date. There are actually 2 rookeries. One is more visible from the higher ground (upper) and the other from the creek area
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Migrants and Wildflowers at Wild Haven
8:00 a.m.–11:00 a.m.
Late April typically combines the best of the spring woodland wildflower display with increasing migrant songbird arrivals. Where better to enjoy it than Columbia Audubon Society’s own Wild Haven Nature Area, with its mature woods along upper Hinkson Creek? In addition, there’s a small sandstone glade that hosts interesting mosses, a prairie patch, and some
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Whip-poor-wills and Chuck-wills-widows at Rocky Fork Lakes CA
7:30 p.m.
Join us for this evening walk through the mixed habitats of Rocky Fork Lakes Conservation Area in northern Boone County to listen for and hopefully hear the distinct sounds of Whip-poor-wills and Chuck-will’s-widows. These nocturnal birds are hard to see but fun to hear once their song begins from dusk into darkness. Meet at 7:30
Read MoreTuesday, March 28, 2023
Twilight Timberdoodle Trek at Rocky Fork Lakes Conservation Area
6:45 p.m.
Early spring is the time to enjoy the fascinating twilight mating displays of the American Woodcock (a.k.a Timberdoodle). We’ll walk out into the southern grasslands at Rocky Fork Lakes Conservation Area to (hopefully) enjoy this annual treat while experiencing whatever other evening bird activity develops. Meet at the end-of-road parking lot south of the lake
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