It’s been almost two years since I’ve visited Loess Bluffs National Wildlife Refuge in Northwest Missouri. Rampant flooding in the spring of 2019 made the area almost impassable, but the waters have now receded, and this late winter is looking to be a lot more stable…so theres hope for a more normal spring this year. … Read more
While visiting the Loess Bluffs refuge in northwest Missouri, you notice one thing pretty quickly. If the weather is mild, like it has been this winter so far, there will be a lot of birds there. Mostly snow geese, which isn’t unusual. Millions of them will pass through here, particularly on their migration back north … Read more
One swallow does not make a summer, but one skein of geese, cleaving the murk of March thaw, is the Spring. – Aldo Leopold