Date: 5/7/25 10:14 am From: Edge Wade <1edgewade...> Subject: Re: No Sighting - MBS Spring Mtg. at Bunker Hill Retreat
I’m so pleased to see Chris’ recap of spring meeting!
I truly regretted tot bring there to renew friendships with so many I see
rarely—the birders as well as the birds in Jacks Fork/current River country.
If I don’t see you in late spring or summer, we’ll meet up at fall meeting.
BDR was taught to me by St. Louis birder Torrey Berger, who was often seen
birding in white shirt and tie, sneaking in a few minutes birding between
his work commitments as an attorney.
Bodacious birding!
Edge Wade
Andalusia Spain
On Wed, May 7, 2025 at 3:20 PM Chris Barrigar <1chrisbarrigar...>
wrote:
> I'd like to thank Michael, Mike, and all those involved in making the MBS
> Spring Mtg at Bunker Hill Retreat (and surrounding areas) a wonderful
> success!
>
> I saw smiles all around from those that attended. The evening program
> speakers shared their knowledge of woodland/forest habitats and habitat
> development/studies as well as mapping cave systems and their inhabitants.
> Very cool and though provoking. Thank you!
>
> Field trips were full of birds and good times around every turn. Of
> course, the Ozark Mountains have SO much to offer via Nature; the springs
> are always cool to visit (both figuratively and literally)!
>
> As always, it was fun catching up with those I hadn't seen for a while and
> meeting new people. I look forward to the next meeting!
>
> I'm not sure of everyone's "bird of the weekend", but I think mine would
> be the Yellow-crowned Night Heron at Greer Spring Campground boat ramp
> Saturday morning . . . with a calling Swainson's Warbler in the
> background. Of course, each stop had its own favorite bird which makes it
> hard to choose just one. Perched and singing Prairie Warbler and
> Yellow-breasted Chat on the hillside above the Alley Spring Mill (thanks to
> Sherry Leonardo's advice) were certainly some birder's "bird-experience" of
> the weekend. What a joy to spend time with these birds and birders!
>
> On the way to Bunker Hill Retreat, I decided to go by way of BDR (Birder's
> Direct Route) as explained to me by Edge Wade. While not a new concept to
> me, it IS a new term and didn't know it had a name. From Central MO, I
> started in Kennett, MO at Little River CA on a foggy and rainy Friday
> morning. I swung through Otter Slough CA in Dexter, MO with the intent to
> visit Mingo NWR and/or Duck Creek CA. Though, arriving at Otter Slough at
> 12:45 I was met with an hour of rain; however, Otter Slough CA being what
> it is, she just kept giving and giving. Nearly 5 hrs. later, I had to say
> goodbye to O.S. with a solid 132 species she shared with me. My favorite
> bird at O.S. kept changing at every turn but probably either the female
> Greater Scaup (yes, really) or the Neotropic Cormorant both observed in
> Cypress Lake. It was a banner day there and certainly made me miss living
> in the area. BDR. . .
>
> Thank you again for a wonderful weekend of birding, programs, and
> fellowship!
>
> Chris Barrigar
>
> Cole Co.
> Russellville, MO
> <1chrisbarrigar...>
>
> https://www.flickr.com/photos/cbarrigar >
>
>
> "*I only went out for a walk, and finally concluded to stay out till
> sundown, for going out, I found, was really going in.*" JOHN MUIR
>
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