Tuesday, September 16th, 2008
Monarch Migration!
When you see Monarch Butterflies this time of year there’s a sense of seriousness to their behavior and flight. No longer do they dawdle at this flower or that, tasting this petal or that leaf. No longer do they flitter about following scents. No, now their flight is strong and their purpose clear - refuel, [...]
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Wednesday, August 20th, 2008
Weekly Nature Quote…Nabokov
If my first glance of the morning was for the sun, my first thought was for the butterflies it would engender.
- Vladimir Nabokov
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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 [...]
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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 [...]
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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 [...]
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Sunday, July 27th, 2008
Another Wonderful Walk at the Blue Ridge Center
Field trip report from Joe Coleman (and a photo of a Field Sparrow):
Twenty-five people showed up for the Loudoun Wildlife Conservancy’s regular monthly bird walk at the Blue Ridge Center for Environmental Stewardship in northwestern Loudoun County yesterday morning. We walked the area at the end of Sawmill Road and did the loop into the [...]
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Monday, July 21st, 2008
LWC Podcast - Episode 2: A Bit About Butterflies
In this podcast we give a brief talk about the stages of the lifecycle of butterflies and things you can do to attract them to your yard.
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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Saturday, July 19th, 2008
Butterflies and Dragonflies at Claude Moore Park
We had a great walk led by Andy Rabin and Mona Miller. Eighteen people of all ages came out to spot and help identify these beautiful insects. In total, we saw 17 species of butterflies, 13 species of dragonflies and 1species of damselflies.
The highlight of the butterflies was the large number of Juniper (aka Olive) [...]
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Tuesday, June 24th, 2008
First Butterfly Walk of the Season - 13 Species seen
On June 21, Mona Miller (”The Butterfly Lady”) led our first butterfly walk of the season. Over 20 people, adults and kids, came out to Banshee Reeks to spot our flying friends and help with identification.
Here’s a quick report of the species seen:
Great Spangled Fritillary (numerous)
Eastern Tailed Blue
Hickory Hairstreak (rare)
Mourning Cloak
Zebra Swallowtail
Black Swallowtail
Least Skipper
Duns Skipper
Little [...]
