As I was walking through our Missouri neighborhood the other day enjoying the mild weather, I noticed several things about the trees. Number one is many are already budding. Number two is there are big balls of leaves everywhere. In case you didn't know, those aren't for birds.
It was a typical Monday morning for Missouri firefighters who were on their way to a call when they noticed something else was in distress. This is the story of how they ended up helping with two emergencies with the second being an injured bald eagle in a ditch.
I know there's a date on the calendar that says "Spring". But, there are signs from nature that the real seasons are about to change in Missouri. Here are 7 favorites that you can watch for to be encouraged that the long cold winter is almost over.
My dad was a hunter in Missouri and I was a kid in Missouri so you'd think I'd know more about the various hunting season. Breaking news: I don't. However, I have done some research and learned that it appears there are 4 critters you can hunt year-round in Missouri. Let me add a "probably" to that just in case.
This is a great time of year to see eagles in Missouri. However, some loser (or losers) took advantage of the majestic symbols of America migrating across the state and shot one of the birds killing it near Rolla. Authorities are now asking for your help in finding whoever did this.
This reminds me of the nursery rhyme about the man who swallowed the spider to catch a fly. In this case, it's the reportedly true story of invasive tropical birds that have been spotted in Illinois and it's all because of bad snails.
If you lived a million years, you still might not live long enough to see two rare birds that were just spotted in Missouri that are almost never seen in the Show Me State.
If you need peace in your mind, let me offer you this. It's the quintessential nature being nature. Nothing more. Nothing less. It's a tranquil scene of 70,000 snow geese taking flight from a Missouri lake.