Archive for September, 2008
Wednesday, September 24th, 2008
Weekly Nature Quote…Herbert Ravenel Sass
Nature, wild nature, dwells in gardens just as she dwells in the tangled woods, in the deep of the sea, and on the heights of the mountains; and the wilder the garden, the more you will see of her.
- Herbert Ravenel Sass
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Saturday, September 20th, 2008
Habitat Herald Fall Issue
The fall issue of our Habitat Herald newsletter just came back from the printer and will be mailed to all Loudoun Wildlife Conservancy members in the next week.
This is another robust and interesting issue filled with great articles on local flora and fauna as well as updates and activities. Here’s a quick preview of what’s inside:
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Saturday, September 20th, 2008
Great Resource for Feather Identification
Michelle Prysby of the Virginia Master Naturalists Banshee Reeks Chapter sent this email around recently. It looks like a nice resource for us in our nature explorations.
Michelle writes:
I came across this neat new resource that I wanted to share with Master Naturalists. It is an online database for bird feather ID. http://www.lab.fws.gov/featheratlas/ They have scanned [...]
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Saturday, September 20th, 2008
Chimney Swifts - We Found a Roost!
Many thanks to all of you who were out looking for Chimney Swifts this year!
During the August Swift Night Out, I received a few reports of small groups of swifts …Gina Blake reported on Aug 12 that she has had a family nesting with her since about 2001 and Susan Ferster reported on Aug 16 [...]
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Friday, September 19th, 2008
Stream Monitoring Videos!
Meg Findley, David Ward and Otto Gutenson have collaborated to put on a series of five stream monitoring videos demonstrating the protocol that we use.
Each video is fairly short (about 2-3 minutes long).
As these were our first attempt at making videos (we won’t give up the day jobs just yet…) the audio quality isn’t as [...]
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Friday, September 19th, 2008
Stream Monitoring Video 1: Introduction
In this video, Meg Findley provides an overview of our stream monitoring protocol.
The summer cicadas were really loud when we recorded these videos but if you turn up the volume you should be able to hear Meg alright.
For more information about our stream monitoring program and to sign up as a monitor, visit our website at: [...]
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Friday, September 19th, 2008
Stream Monitoring Video 2: The Equipment
In this video, Meg provides an overview of the equipment used in stream monitoring.
Remember to turn up the volume to hear Meg over the sounds of the cicadas.
For more information about our stream monitoring program and to sign up as a monitor, visit our website at: http://www.loudounwildlife.org/Stream_Monitoring.htm
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Friday, September 19th, 2008
Stream Monitoring Video 3: Sampling the Stream
In this video, Otto Gutenson and David Ward demonstrate how the stream sampling is done while Meg describes what they are doing and why.
The audio in these videos could use improvement (summer cicadas were really loud when we recorded them). But if you turn up the volume you should be able to hear Meg alright.
For [...]
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Friday, September 19th, 2008
Stream Monitoring Video 4: Examining the Net
In this video, Meg, Otto and David take a look at the creatures that were collected during the sampling and sort them into families.
Turn up the volume to hear Meg over the summer cicadas…
For more information about our stream monitoring program and to sign up as a monitor, visit our website at: http://www.loudounwildlife.org/Stream_Monitoring.htm
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Friday, September 19th, 2008
Stream Monitoring Video 5: The Data
In this video, Meg talks about the data that we collect and what we do with it.
Remember to turn up the volume to be able to hear the audio in this better.
For more information about our stream monitoring program and to sign up as a monitor, visit our website at: http://www.loudounwildlife.org/Stream_Monitoring.htm
