Wednesday, November 19th, 2008
Weekly Nature Quote…Chief Seattle
All things share the same breath -
the beast, the tree, the man…
the air shares its spirit with all the life it supports.
- Chief Seattle
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Saturday, November 8th, 2008
Golden Eagle over Banshee Reeks
On November 8, we had our monthly bird walk at Bashee Reeks. Mary Ann Good led the walk and the group had some great sightings - especially that of a Golden Eagle! (very cool!) Here is Mary Ann’s field trip report from that day as well as a photo of a kinglet:
About 15 birders enjoyed [...]
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Wednesday, October 22nd, 2008
Weekly Nature Quote…Audubon
A true conservationist is a man who knows
that the world is not given by his father but borrowed from his children.
- James Audubon
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Sunday, October 5th, 2008
Great Bird Walk at Bles Park
Andy Rabin led a family bird walk at Bles Park in eastern Loudoun Co on Saturday morning. Most of the warblers we saw were close and gave us great views.
The following is the report that we also posted on eBird:
Location: Bles Park
Observation date: 10/4/08
Notes: Andy Rabin led a Family Bird walk at Bles Park in [...]
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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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Sunday, September 14th, 2008
Birding Banshee - Field Trip Report
The highlights of this past Saturday’s morning walk, co-sponsored by the Loudoun Wildlife Conservancy & the Friends of Banshee Reeks, and attended by 18 birders, was a flyover flock of 7 vocal COMMON RAVENS, a couple of different groups of migrants, including warblers & vireos busily feeding, a couple of SCARLET TANAGERS, and numerous BALTIMORE ORIOLES. [...]
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Monday, August 25th, 2008
Peewees were calling at BRCES
This past Saturday (Aug 23), we had our monthly bird walk at the Blue Ridge Center. Mary Ann Good provided a report of the sightings:
Ten birders led by Laura Weidner and Mary Ann Good found 46 species Saturday morning at the Blue Ridge Center for Environmental Stewardship, highlighted by an early Broad-winged Hawk, 2 Kestrel, [...]
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Sunday, August 17th, 2008
Saturday’s Morning Walk at the Dulles Wetlands
I was out working with Meg Findley, Otto Gutenson and David Ward filming a surprise for you all so I missed this walk but did receive a report from Joe Coleman (below). Definitely sounds like we’re starting our transition of the seasons:
Except for one very surprising highlight, a flyover dark morph SNOW GOOSE, Saturday morning’s walk, [...]
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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”).
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