by Renee’ Benage, Membership Chairperson and Plant Sale Chairperson You may not be familiar with Shutterbee and what they are excited about… Shutterbee is a citizen science program which is a collaborative effort among scientists and volunteers to monitor bees in the St. Louis metropolitan area of Missouri and Illinois. …
by Margy Terpstra Member, Wild Ones St. Louis Chapter Ten years ago, I learned from Gordon Hempton, Acoustic Ecologist, that the ears of our ancient ancestors evolved to hear faint birdsong up to twenty miles away! What? Why? As it so happens, Birdsong is the primary indicator of habitats that…
by Jean Favara Vice President of Conservation St. Louis Audubon Society As we have continued to expand our suburban and urban areas, we have brought our habit of lighting the night with us. We light our homes, businesses, and streets, not considering the effects of the indiscriminate use of…
Calling all Wild Ones members and friends to make an impact in the City Nature Challenge! April 26–29, 2019 The greater St. Louis region will be competing in the 2019 City Nature Challenge, along with more than 160 cities around the world. Which city can document the most species in…
We’ve received the following request for Monarch tags from Bailie Kleekamp, Instructor at Shaw Nature Reserve: We are tagging monarchs like crazy here at Shaw Nature Reserve! We just went to order more tags today and they are SOLD OUT. Wow! So happy to see that this program is doing so…
By Marypat Ehlmann Member-at-Large and Volunteer Coordinator, Wild Ones – St. Louis Chapter In early/mid-April the St. Louis region received our first wave of monarchs migrating north. This was unexpected and about 4-6 weeks before most milkweed in neighborhood yards was tall enough to support feeding a brood of very…
By Marcia Myers Bog Editor, Wild Ones – St. Louis Chapter Monarch butterfles don’t care about state lines or country borders. For such seemingly fragile and lovely creatures, they travel between the continental United States and Mexico, with some as far north as Canada, on an amazing and difficult journey….
Blog by Susan Burk Member, Wild Ones – St. Louis Chapter [Editor’s Note: At the end of the gathering on Wednesday, April 12, 2017, Fred and Susan Burk were busy counting monarch eggs. They need our help as these early monarch eggs are now hungry caterpillars!] It is unusual to…
By Sue Leahy Board Member-at-Large, Wild Ones – St. Louis Chapter Project Pollinator is a cooperative effort of St. Louis County Parks, St. Louis County Libraries, The Butterfly House, and Greenscape Gardens to protect pollinators and their habitats. Wild Ones-St. Louis Chapter is proud to be a sponsor of this…
Heather Holm is one of the keynote speakers at the Partners for Native Landscaping workshop this coming Friday and Saturday. Her books will be available for sale at the workshop, and she will be available for signing during the Friday social hour as well as during lunch on Saturday. Pollinators…
