Moving Water for Birds and Wildlife

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…

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Join the City Nature Challenge April 26 – 29th

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…

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Native yard attracts surprise visitor

By Ana Grace Schactman In the early morning of January 4, 2016, I heard crows cawing in our front yard in Webster Groves, and I went out to see what they were fussing about. A mature bald eagle was perched in one of the tall oak trees in our front…

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Follow Bill Hoss into his backyard wildlife refuge

By Peggy Whetzel To go birding or to photograph wildlife, two of his favorite activities, Bill Hoss has only to step outside his white frame house on North Forest Avenue in Webster Groves. From the street, just about the only hint that there’s something unusual about the 43 by 315-foot…

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The Chickadee’s Guide to Gardening

Entomologist and wildlife ecologist Doug Tallamy is at his best in a recent OpEd piece in the New York Times entitled, The Chickadee’s Guide to Gardening: In Your Garden, Choose Plants That Help the Environment. OXFORD, Pa. — I GREW up thinking little of plants. I was interested in snakes…

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Hummingbirds

By Kathy Bildner Over the last month we have been watching as she sat on the nest, hatched out two babies and raised them. The last one left this weekend. Click any image for a larger version.

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A magical moment in our woodland

By Margy Terpstra Wednesday, April 30, 2014, was a raw day, overcast and barely 55 degrees. The dawn chorus, however, was loud and clear. So, I was at my camera. Suddenly, a stunning bird with a bright yellow head and blue wings landed in a small American elm in our…

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Are we really helping?

Marilyn Chryst shared this blog post by Susan J. Tweit from the Native Plants and Wildlife Gardens website. When we garden or landscape with the aim of restoring habitat for wildlife, are we really making a difference? There’s precious little research quantifying the effects of our hard work, but new studies…

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