The poison ivy, weeds, ticks, and humidity are on the rise. The river's up, but going down. The morels (and morals) are no where to be found. Summer's on the way.
Forget to mention this but last week I saw 12 ring-necked ducks, all adults, in breeding colors, on the MO. River in the Lisbon Chute. Besides being a first, seeing 12 (at different times) made the id pretty sound for the nascent birder that moi is. They were hanging out near the shore and as I slowly made my way upstream they would fly out over the water. Notice that the ring is on the bill, not the neck. Why? Search moi?
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