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Birdathon team
02 Jun
0

Fully-palmated Birders Visit 11 Locations to Find 118 Species

Posted by Sheila Ferguson Birdathon

The Fully-palmated Birders reconvened for the 2025 edition of the Birdathon on May 3 and 4 with last year’s team

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Young birders at Dulles Wetlands
01 Jun
0

New Program Helps Young Birders Learn All About It

Posted by Steve Allen Habitat Herald, Youth & Family

Volume 30 Issue 2, Spring 2025 by Patrick Lewis, Young Birding Program Coordinator One of Loudoun Wildlife’s newest projects is

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Velan Natarajan in hiking gear
30 May
4

Volunteer Spotlight: Velan Natarajan

Posted by Sheila Ferguson Volunteers

Name the event and Velan (accompanied by his mother or father) is always there to help us talk about Loudoun

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Two Birdathon team members
29 May
0

Kind of a Big Teal Toughs It Out in the Rain for 65 Species

Posted by Sheila Ferguson Birdathon

Kind of a Big Teal, a brand new team made up of Aljoscha Nern, Arthur Tsang, Heather Dionne and Alys

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Empidonax Flycatcher on branch
28 May
0

Was It a Yellow-bellied Flycatcher at Sweet Run?

Posted by Sheila Ferguson Field Trips, Wildlife News

Eastern Ratsnake. Photo by Joe Coleman Because 24 people showed up for the May 24 bird walk at Sweet Run

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Birdathon team
27 May
0

All Gull Band Finds 14 Species of Warblers

Posted by Sheila Ferguson Birdathon

At the crack of 7:30 am on May 10, the All Gull Band (Anne Ellis, Katy Offutt, Miriam Klein and

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Birdathon team
27 May
0

Wonderland Woodpeckers Make Their Debut

Posted by Sheila Ferguson Birdathon

The Wonderland Woodpeckers (Tom, Joanie, Evan and Dylan Kercheval) didn’t have vast (or even intermediate) birding knowledge. We didn’t have cameras

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Birdathon team
26 May
0

Taking Terns Team Finds Trumpeter Swans

Posted by Sheila Ferguson Birdathon

For the Taking Terns team (Justin and Gwendolyn Ellis-Joyce, Ryan Christensen, Carla Nicolini, Thomas Ravenscroft and Lauren Warning), the Birdathon

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Baltimore Oriole among the greenery
23 May
0

New Locations and 91 Species for Snap! Grackle! Pop!

Posted by Sheila Ferguson Birdathon

The Birdathon began for Snap! Grackle! Pop! (Karenna Awtry, Steve Chance and Linda Colucci) on April 29th with the team

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Birdathon team
23 May
0

Blue Heron Cult Congregates for the Count

Posted by Sheila Ferguson Birdathon

On May 17 Blue Heron Cult (Elizabeth and Greg Scheib, and Jess E. and Jess B. Unger) gathered in the

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