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Wildlife
10:47 am
Wed March 6, 2013

Why Are Thousands Of Snow Geese In St. Charles And Lincoln Counties This Year?

Credit Missouri Department of Conservation
Snow geese come in two colors or "morphs:" white and "blue."
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If you live or spend time in St. Charles or Lincoln Counties, you’ve probably noticed an unusual number of snow geese around. The birds have been congregating near the confluence of the Mississippi and Missouri Rivers — estimates of their numbers run as high as 20,000.

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Urban Wildlife
6:37 am
Wed November 28, 2012

Into The Wilds...Of Forest Park

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Credit Philip Hamer, MUNY
This young great horned owl hatched last year in a nest near the MUNY theater in Forest Park.
Credit Kim Kreiling, Forest Park Forever
This red-tailed hawk is holding its next meal – a squirrel – in its talons.
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When most St. Louisans want to see wildlife in Forest Park, they head for the St. Louis Zoo.

But Forest Park Forever ecologist Peter VanLinn says there are plenty of animals in the rest of the park, too.

Not long after dawn on a brisk fall morning, he met up with St. Louis Public Radio's Véronique LaCapra in Forest Park’s Kennedy Forest, to look for some.


LACAPRA: What kind of wildlife might we see in the Kennedy Forest?

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