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Birdathon team at Potomac River
17 Mar
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Tips for New Birdathon Teams

Posted by Sheila Ferguson Birdathon, Surveys and Counts
by Gerco Hoogeweg, Raven Loonatics Birdathon Team Member If you’re thinking about participating in the Birdathon, but you’re not sure
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13 Mar
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A Work in Progress: Meadow Restoration at JK Black Oak

Posted by Steve Allen Habitat Herald, Habitat Restoration, JK Black Oak Wildlife Sanctuary

Volume 30 Issue 1, Winter 2025 by Sheila Ferguson and Gerco Hoogeweg When you think of wildlife habitat, meadows may

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13 Mar
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Book Review: Frostbite by Nicola Twilley

Posted by Steve Allen Books & Publications, Habitat Herald

Volume 30 Issue 1, Winter 2025 Review by Steve Allen The wheel, the internal combustion engine, the telephone, penicillin, and

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13 Mar
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NoVA Native: Winterberry

Posted by Steve Allen Habitat Herald, Native Plants

Volume 30 Issue 1, Winter 2025 by Kim Strader and Sheila Ferguson There aren’t many plants that look beautiful in

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13 Mar
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Evergreens in Disguise

Posted by Steve Allen Habitat Herald, Native Plants
Volume 30 Issue 1, Winter 2025 by Julie Borneman Evergreen plants are popular with property owners who are looking for
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13 Mar
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Greenlin Park Data Center Application

Posted by Sheila Ferguson Action Alerts/Advocacy

The rezoning application for Greenlin Park was approved at the February 19, 2025 Board of Supervisors business meeting. Despite known

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11 Mar
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This Give Choose, Choose Wildlife Through March 25

Posted by Tom Kercheval Fundraising, Highlights

Give Choose is an annual day of online giving sponsored by the Community Foundation for Loudoun and Northern Fauquier Counties,

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Eastern Towhee with berry
10 Mar
0

Twenty-eight Birders and 44 Species of Birds at Banshee Reeks

Posted by Sheila Ferguson Field Trips, Wildlife News
Twenty-eight birders attended the March 8 Banshee Reeks bird walk hosted by Loudoun Wildlife Conservancy. Michael Sciortino, John Denice, Carol
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Sheryl Weitzel
07 Mar
0

Volunteer of the Quarter: Sheryl Weitzel

Posted by Steve Allen Habitat Herald, Volunteers

Volume 30 Issue 1, Winter 2025 by Kim Strader, Volunteer Coordinator “I love nature. I love to be outdoors. The

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American Wigeon in flight
05 Mar
0

Winter Walk at Gilbert’s Corner Finds 37 Species of Birds

Posted by Sheila Ferguson Field Trips, Wildlife News

Nineteen people showed up on a beautiful winter morning for the joint Loudoun Wildlife Conservancy/NOVA Parks bird walk on March

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