Category Archives: Natural areas

Scissor-tailed flycatchers at Mount Doom in Missouri

Posted on May 26, 2013 by Joan E. Strassmann

Scissor-tailed flycatchers (Tyrannus forficatus) are highly uncommon in Missouri, but there is a pair nesting right by Mount Doom and yesterday we saw them flying in the distance, against the rocky nuclear waste site. The bird guides do not put … Continue reading →

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Birding the California coast at Coal Oil Point, Santa Barbara

Posted on February 19, 2013 by Joan E. Strassmann

Walk the same route over and over so you can get to know the common birds for that place and notice the rarer ones. Here is a walk I took for three weeks while working at the Kavli Institute … Continue reading →