Why Warblers?
If you aren’t a birder, you might wonder about the fuss that some people make about finding Warblers, “What’s the big deal? “ 1. Warblers are often stunning to look … Continued
56 Birds Today
The PGT Birdwalk was this morning and the weather was perfect. Lottie Bushman lead 25 people on a relaxed walk around the property. The picture shows the group trying to … Continued
Columbia Audubon Society Birdwalk
20 people came out this morning for a Columbia Audubon Society birdwalk. A lot of the migrant birds haven’t arrived yet, but we still managed to identify 52 different species … Continued
PGT Big Day
We saw 83 different kinds of birds yesterday at the Prairie Garden Trust. We started bird watching a dawn and continued in a relaxed fashion until sunset. The weather was … Continued
Birding in the Rain
The weather did NOT cooperate for the PGT Birdwalk today. We had rain, wind and lightening. Despite the horrible conditions 6 people (serious people! crazy people?) showed up at 7 … Continued
PGT Spring Birdwalk
The PGT Spring Bird Walk begins at 7 a.m. on Saturday, April 29, 2017 at the Prairie Garden Trust visitor center. Anyone interested is welcome to join us for this … Continued
New PGT Birding Site Guide!
The Audubon Society of Missouri has just published a Birding Site Guide to Prairie Garden Trust. Click here for a link to it. Thanks to Edge Wade for putting this … Continued
New Birds!
We saw 5 new birds on our walk this morning: Summer Tanager Worm-eating Warbler Henslow’s Sparrow Yellow-breasted Chat Yellow-throated Warbler On the 4-mile hike we were impressed that the oak … Continued
Green Heron
We just returned from a 5-mile walk here at the Prairie Garden Trust. With the perfect Spring weather there are many wildflowers and birds to see. We counted 48 different … Continued
American Woodcock on nest
Matt and I were killing invasive-exotic plants this morning around the old Calwell Pottery. The underground kilns of the pottery were very active in the 1830s but it has long … Continued