Blackburn Park Birding Trail

The Spanish-style building sits low against a backdrop of mature trees, its warm cream-colored stucco walls and red clay tile roof standing out against the deep greens of the park. Broad stretches of soft grass spread across the foreground.

About the Area

Blackburn Park is a nice neighborhood park with woodland habitat that also features baseball fields, tennis courts, walking and biking paths, and gazebos. The most relevant feature of Blackburn Park is the bird sanctuary off of Landscape Ct. in the southeast corner of the park. The sanctuary attracts a surprising number of migrant songbirds. Look for the Eurasian tree sparrow, as well as common native sparrows like the song sparrow, Lincoln’s sparrow, and white-throated Sparrow, depending on the time of year. Walking the paths through the woodland area, you may also see yellow-rumped warbler, black-and-white warbler, and black-throated green warbler. Many other wood warblers stop by the bird sanctuary depending on the year, so be sure to visit often and report your checklist on eBird.

 

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Driving Directions

Google Maps Directions 
In St. Louis: Blackburn Park is located at the intersection of Edgar Road and East Jackson Road.

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Area's Website
Check the eBird List
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The Spanish-style building sits low against a backdrop of mature trees, its warm cream-colored stucco walls and red clay tile roof standing out against the deep greens of the park. Broad stretches of soft grass spread across the foreground.
Blackburn Park covered picnic area
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Photo by https://stlnature.com/, courtesy Missouri Department of Conservation
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American Tree Sparrow
Noppadol Paothong
Photo by Noppadol Paothong, courtesy Missouri Department of Conservation
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dark-eyed junco
Learn how the dark-eyed junco (pictured above) and other birds survive extreme winter conditions at an MDC virtual program on Dec. 27.
MDC
Photo by MDC, courtesy Missouri Department of Conservation
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Northern Cardinal
Danny Brown
Photo by Danny Brown, courtesy Missouri Department of Conservation
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Tufted Titmouse
MDC
Photo by MDC, courtesy Missouri Department of Conservation
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The Spanish-style building sits low against a backdrop of mature trees, its warm cream-colored stucco walls and red clay tile roof standing out against the deep greens of the park. Broad stretches of soft grass spread across the foreground.
American Tree Sparrow
dark-eyed junco
Northern Cardinal
Tufted Titmouse
Area map and Surrounding Details
About the Surrounding Area

Be sure to visit the other great city parks in the area. Tower Grove Park and Carondolet Park are well worth your time. A pond water feature that showcases the famous “bubbler” at Tower Grove has shown to attract a surprising number of migrants. Carondolet is very beautiful and well-manicured and is also a favorite to local birders. 

Blackburn Park is just minutes away from Downtown St. Louis and the Gateway Arch. To the south is the historic Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery and Historic Park, another good birding opportunity. 

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Area Map
Trail Region
Saint Louis