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Al Foster Trail near Castlewood, StL County, 4/18/06 2-6pm I walked in from Ridge Meadow school on Ridge Rd. I call this access Zombie Rd, because that's what the kids used to call it. 50 yards down the road I saw some B/G gnatcatchers and notice that one was sitting on a nest. The trees are really leafing out fast and the phlox, larkspur, bluebells, Miamimist, blueyed Marys, buttercups are blooming prolifically. There are few redbuds and dogwoods in this section of the woods. There were a pair(?) of Coopers hawks hanging around the upper section of the trail, perhaps nesting. I heard numerous parulas but never could find them. I did see a worm eating warbler in plain view and calling. I am still intimidated by the warblers, but everything matched. I am also wrestling with the water thrushes. I saw at least three that to me sounded and looked more like northern water thrushes. The eye stripe ID is not clear to me, but I thought the throat was spotted and the call had more notes on the trailing end. I wish someone else would report northerns? Coopers hawk 2 Sharpshinned hawk 2 Red tailed hawk 1 Turkey vulture 5 Nothern parula (heard) 5+ Worm eating warbler 1 Northern warbler 3 Yellow rumped warbler 1 Winter wren 1 Eastern phoebe 3 Bluegray gnatcatcher 2 Redbellied WP 1 Downy WP 1 Titmouse, Chickadee, Cardinals, Bluejays, Robin...... Dan Curran, St. Louis County, [log in to unmask] __________________________________________________ ########################################################### * Audubon Society of Missouri's * * Wild Bird Discussion Forum * *---------------------------------------------------------* * To subscribe or unsubscribe, click here: * * https://po.missouri.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mobirds-l&A=1 * *---------------------------------------------------------* * To access the list archives, click here: * * http://po.missouri.edu/archives/mobirds-l.html * * * * To access the Audubon Society of Missouri Web * * Site: http://mobirds.org * ###########################################################