American Bottoms

“This Spring is for the (shore) Birds!”

June 4, 2008 clifftop CliffNotes

Stilts on the Wing, T. Rollins

Our very wet, rainy spring — the St. Louis Meteorological office reports that the over 25 inches of rain received so far this year, breaks all records since 1870 and is nearly 10 inches more rainfall than the average — has turned many fields into shallow pools and mud flats.  An imaginative viewer can stand […]

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American BottomsNatural History in Monroe St. Clair and Randolph Counties IllinoisShorebirds on agricultural shoreswet spring of 2008 in Illinois

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