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There are still no leaves on the trees at Castlewood. I had four Yellow-throated Warblers all feeding on the paved road past the railroad tracks. I am not sure what they were eating, but it also attracted some Yellow-rumped Warblers, White-breasted Nuthatches, Juncos, Titmice, Chickadees, Downy Woodpeckers, and a Chipping Sparrow. One Downy paid the ultimate price for feeding on the road. Even weirder, one of the Yellow-throated Warblers was singing from the ground. I checked the Great Blue Heron colony across the river. Several nests appear active. There were two Great Egrets in the colony. One appeared to be sharing a nest with a Great Blue with the other nearby. Was it a dispute over ownership or a ménage a trois. In the latter case we could be looking at some very odd herons in our future. David Becher Saint Louis ------------------------------------------------------------ The Audubon Society of Missouri's Wild Bird Discussion Forum ABA Birding Code of Ethics http://www.aba.org/about/ethics.html ASM Spring Meeting: May 4-6, 2018 at Arrow Rock Details and online registration at: http://www.mobirds.org/ASM/Meetings.aspx