Duck Hollow Outing, Sun July 26, 8:30a

Water willow at Duck Hollow with (possibly) Tripudia flavofasciata moth feeding, 27 July 2025 (photo by Kate St. John) 21 July 2026 Join me this coming Sunday for a bird and nature walk at Duck Hollow and the Lower Nine Mile Run Trail — 26 July 2026, 8:30am to 10:30am. Monongahela River at Duck Hollow Trail, 8 August 2020 (photo by Kate St. John) A year ago at Duck Hollow, Charity Kheshgi and I found water willow blooming on the mudbar with an unusual moth feeding on it (photo at top). Our checklist included 24 species with these highlights: common mergansers in eclipse plumage, a ruby-throated hummingbird chasing a swallow, spotted sandpipers, and two indigo buntings. We’ll find the same or more this year if the Monongahela River is at a normal level and the mudbar is exposed. Duck Hollow mudbar has water willow growing on it, Monongahela River, 23 July 2025 (photo by Kate St. John) But you never know. If there’s a flash flood before next Sunday we’ll see muddy water and no…