News and Highlights
- Join Us for our 2010 Member Drive! As you know, Loudoun Wildlife Conservancy is an all volunteer organization, so 100% of your contribution goes straight into our community, providing educational nature programs, habitat restoration projects, nature publications and environmental monitoring activities, like those that you see below. To be able to have the greatest impact, we need you as a member.
Your contribution provides funds for activities to teach our neighbors, friends and children about our local wildlife and habitats. And, your membership helps build our numbers which demonstrate our local support for wildlife and great wild places. Please Renew/Join Loudoun Wildlife Conservancy. Memberships start at just $20 and will run through December 2010. Your contributions are tax deductible. Please Join online or download our pdf form. We really appreciate your support.
- Loudoun County Bird Atlas Project: Our Bird Atlas project is off and running but we need more volunteers to cover all of the sectors. The Bird Atlas is key to our being able to create a baseline of information that can be used to indicate areas in need of conservation and measure the success of future conservation activities. For more information, please check the Bird Atlas Project or contact Spring Ligi at sligi@loudounwildlife.org to get involved.
Summary of Upcoming Events
- Rusty Blackbird Winter Blitz ― January 30 through February 15
- LWC Nature Book Club ― Thursday, February 4, 7:30 p.m.
- Woods and Fields in the Coldest Month ― Sunday, February 7, Canceled due to Snow - check back for possible rescheduling
- Great Backyard Bird Count ― February 12 through 15
- Birding Banshee ― Saturday, February 13, 8:00 a.m.
- Highland County VA Winter Weekend ― Friday through Sunday, February 19-21
- Sunday in the Preserve ― Sunday, February 21, 1:00 p.m.
- Birding the Blue Ridge Center ― Saturday, February 27, 8:00 a.m.
- Loudoun Amphibian Monitoring Program Refresher Class, Field Trip and Program Kickoff ― Saturday, February 27, 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.
- The Birds of Loudoun County ― Sunday, February 28, 2:00 p.m
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Pileated Woodpecker making short work of a dead tree branch - gobbling up insects hiding under the bark. Photo by Nicole Hamilton
“Those who contemplate the beauty of the earth find reserves of strength that will endure as long as life lasts.”
- Rachel Carson |
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