Bill and Tassy recount a recent birding session at Little Creve Coeur Marsh, where they saw the requisite birds as well as an abandoned pavilion filled with...snakes.
Episode photo is a molting American Goldfinch male, taken by Bill Michalski.
Links:
Bluebird boxes: https://extension2.missouri.edu/g9429
Double-crested Cormorant dries its feathers: https://academy.allaboutbirds.org/double-crested-cormorant-dries-its-feathers/
Birds discussed:
Eastern Bluebird: https://www.audubon.org/field-guide/bird/eastern-bluebird
American Goldfinch: https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/American_Goldfinch/id
Great Egret: https://www.audubon.org/field-guide/bird/great-egret
Double-crested Cormorant: https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Double-crested_Cormorant/id