Lake Wappapello - SE Missouri

On Wednesday, May 19th, we left Reelfoot Lake State Park in Tenneessee, crossed the mighty Mississippi River into southeast Missouri and made our way to Lake Wappapello State Park north of Poplar Bluff, MO. We set up camp here on the lake for 2 nights.



The main reason we had come to this part of Missouri was to visit Mingo National Wildlife Refuge which is about 15 miles away. Today we went to the NWR and spent a little over 4 hours riding around in it - over 20 miles of auto tour routes. We saw a lot of birds and a good bit of wildlife - most notable birds were several Summer Tanagers, a Prothonotary Warbler, lots of Indigo Buntings, and a Barred Owl. In the animal category we saw a new turtle - a Red-eared Slider, and we also saw a mink.

Here a few pictures from today.








Also, here’s a picture of one of our favorite birds in this area - a Dickcissel. We actually saw this one at Reelfoot Lake the other day. These are colorful little birds and you can see them on the fences and power lines just singing away.



Tomorrow we’ll be on the move again.