Archive for August, 2008
Thursday, August 14th, 2008
Send a Monarch to Mexico!
Here’s a great chance for children in Loudoun County to connect with children in Michoacan, Mexico and learn about Monarch butterflies, their habitat needs and their lifecycles.
The links below provide classroom materials and exercises as well as everything you need to send a Monarch to Mexico….and then get a Monarch back during the Spring migration.
How to Participate
To [...]
No Comments » - Posted in Fun and Games, Loudoun Wildlife by Nicole
Wednesday, August 13th, 2008
Weekly Nature Quote…E.B.White
On foggy mornings, Charlotte’s web was truly a thing of beauty. This morning each thin strand was decorated with dozens of tiny beads of water. The web glistened in the light and made a pattern of loveliness and mystery like a delicate veil.
- E.B.White
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Monday, August 11th, 2008
LWC Podcast - Episode 5: Vultures
In this episode we talk about vultures and their lifecycles by sharing a reading from one of John Trott’s articles from The Virginia Naturalist.
To listen to this episode, click the play button at the top of this post and it will play now or Right Click Here to Download (select “Save as Target”).
For more information [...]
2 Comments » - Posted in Loudoun Wildlife, Podcasts by Nicole
Sunday, August 10th, 2008
Quiet Morning at Banshee Reeks
Around 18 novice and experienced birders joined leaders Mary Ann Good and Laura Weidner for the Loudoun Wildlife Conservancy’s monthly birdwalk at Banshee Reeks Nature Preserve on Saturday morning (Aug 9). Although the group saw 47 species, the lovely weather didn’t translate into increased bird activity. It was a fairly quiet morning, with flycatchers providing most [...]
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Friday, August 8th, 2008
Keep an Eye on Habitat
I received an email from Ed Gorski of Piedmont Environmental Council (PEC) about a new tool that they’ve developed so we can see where development is planned to occur. This is a great source of information as we keep an eye on critical habitats across our county.
Here’s an excerpt from Ed’s email with the link to their [...]
No Comments » - Posted in Action Alerts by Nicole
Friday, August 8th, 2008
Bird Id Challenge
Can you help id this bird? I took this photo here in Waterford two days ago and am stumped- could use some help with the identification…..
Any thoughts, please post comments - would be great to know what it is.
4 Comments » - Posted in Loudoun Wildlife by Nicole
Thursday, August 7th, 2008
Washington Post Highlights Butterfly Count
Charity Corkey from the Washington Post joined up with one of our count teams last Sunday to see what exactly we do during this great butterfly count. Her report of the event, with quotes from our participants, can be found here:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/08/05/AR2008080503808.html
Charity tells us it will come out in the print version, in the Loudoun Extra [...]
No Comments » - Posted in News & Events, Surveys and Counts by Nicole
Wednesday, August 6th, 2008
Weekly Nature Quote…Heidecamp
All that glitters is not gold.
There are also diamonds, emeralds, rubies, and those living jewels, the hummingbirds.
- Arnette Heidecamp
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Tuesday, August 5th, 2008
Butterfly Count 2008 - Highest Number of Species in 12 years
While we had to postpone our annual butterfly count by a day due to the weather, it was definitely for the better! 48 people came out to help count butterflies on Sunday, August 3rd from 9:00 in the morning to about 4:30 in the afternoon.
We identified 2,903 individual butterflies and 55 species! This is the highest [...]
1 Comment » - Posted in Surveys and Counts by Nicole
Tuesday, August 5th, 2008
A Swift Night Out - First Survey Window
You may see them flying over head, often at top speeds, dashing and turning as they chitter away. With their cigar-shaped bodies, these amazing birds are fast agile fliers and really a joy to watch.
As summer draws to a close and the swifts have finished raising their young, these fascinating aerial acrobats begin to congregate in [...]
