Best of St. Louis 2006
Sports & Recreation
Best Place to Bird-Watch
Lafayette Park
Unless you're an ornithologist or a hunter, it's not about the birds — it's about the place. It's about walking somewhere, sitting down and pausing. Canadian prophet Mac Davis called it stopping to smell the roses, but just as well might have suggested that we stop to watch the birds. In Lafayette Park, ducks waddle the shores of the pond, sparrows pull worms from the dirt, cardinals mate, and a deep, meditative silence fills the air, interrupted only by chirps and quacks, the flutter of wings and the occasional growl of frustrated squirrels.
Previous Winners
- 2013 Best Place to Bird-Watch - Audubon Center at Riverlands
- 2011 Best Place to Bird-Watch - World Bird Sanctuary
- 2010 Best Place to Bird-Watch - Lost Valley Trail
- 2009 Best Place to Bird-Watch - Castlewood State Park
- 2008 Best Place to Bird-Watch - Malcolm Terrace Park
- 2005 Best Place to Bird-Watch - Wild Bird Garden in Tower Grove Park
- 2000 Best Place to Bird-Watch - John F. Kennedy Forest, Forest Park
- 2000 Best Place to Bird-Watch - John F. Kennedy Forest, Forest Park
