Thanks for complimenting my wife.  She was indeed busy helping others at 
Tower Grove Park today.  While she was busy helping others, I managed to 
take this video of the Mourning Warbler.   It was a great day for me, 
Chrissy and my mom, who is in town for Mother's Day.  My mom has become 
a birder overnight.  She was hooked after seeing the Scarlet Tanager 
yesterday.  Today, she oohed and ahhed over the Cedar Waxwings. We saw 
the same wonderful highlights mentioned by Edge, plus a few more 
highlights: Blackburnian Warbler, Golden Winged Warbler, and Northern 
Waterthrush. Here's the link to the ASM Facebook page where you can 
watch my video of the Mourning Warbler:

 
http://www.facebook.com/#!/pages/The-Audubon-Society-of-Missouri/153704444682191


On Sat, May 7, 2011 at 6:05 PM, Edge wrote:

> WOW!  This is the best day we've had at Tower Grove for 4 years!  Not 
> a fallout, but who can complain with 17 species of warblers seen/heard 
> by members of the group?  Perfect weather, too.
>
> A special thanks to Chrissy McClarren for assisting with spotting and 
> directing birders to special birds.
>
> And congratulations to Paul Bauer for that photo of a Northern Parula: 
> #310 photographed bird for Missouri.
>
> Thanks to all the gracious St. Louis birders.
>
> Our group of 14 had many lifers to dance for (and we DID DANCE!)  One 
> person had 18 lifers.  Several had one to five lifers, and some had 
> first Missouri birds.
>
> Nicholas March kept a list that included all from Columbia to Tower 
> Grove.  I believe his tally was 68 species.
>
> Highlights include:
>
> Mourning Warbler
> Bay-breasted Warbler
> Chestnut-sided Warbler
> Magnolia Warbler
> Canada Warbler
> Blue-winged Warbler
> Tennessee Warbler
> Nashville Warbler
> Common Yellowthroat
> Ovenbird
> American Redstart
> Black-and-white Warbler
> Palm Warbler
> Yellow-rumped Warbler
> Blackpoll Warbler
> Northern Parula
> Prairie Warbler (heard only)
>
> Veery
> Swainson's Thrush
> Warbling Vireo
> Yellow-throated Vireo
> Gray Catbird
> Brown Thrasher
> Baltimore Oriole
> Orchard Oriole
> Summer Tanager
>
> Edge Wade
> Columbia, MO
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