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23 Aug
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Dominion Energy Projects: Twin Creeks to Apollo and Aspen to Golden

Posted by Sheila Ferguson Action Alerts/Advocacy

To satisfy the energy needs of new data center customers, Dominion Energy is continuing the infrastructure development process of building

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22 Aug
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Butterfly Count 2024: It Was a Short and Stormy Count

Posted by Sheila Ferguson Butterfly Count, Community Science, Wildlife News

by Anne Ellis, Butterfly Count Coordinator The butterfly count results are all in. Looking over the results I can see

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22 Aug
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Butterfly Count Data and Reports

Posted by Sheila Ferguson Community Science, Surveys and Counts
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21 Aug
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Ideas We Like: Dead Hedges

Posted by Steve Allen Habitat Herald, Wildlife Sanctuary Program

Volume 29 Issue 3, Summer 2024 by Jennifer Lumley Do you have a brush pile? We Audubon at Home ambassadors

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21 Aug
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NoVA Native: New York Ironweed

Posted by Steve Allen Habitat Herald, Native Plants

Volume 29 Issue 3, Summer 2024 by Kim Strader and Sheila Ferguson When New York Ironweed (Vernonia noveboracensis) is in

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21 Aug
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Build a Mini Bird Sanctuary … in October (or Any Time)

Posted by Steve Allen Habitat, Habitat Herald

Volume 29 Issue 3, Summer 2024 by Plant NOVA Natives The best sanctuaries for birds are undisturbed expanses of forests

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Book Review: Hurricane Lizards and Plastic Squid by Thor Hansen

Posted by Steve Allen Books & Publications, Habitat Herald

Volume 29 Issue 3, Summer 2024 Review by Steve Allen Grizzly bears in Alaska have two favorite foods: salmon and

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19 Aug
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Warblers Were On the Move at Algonkian Park

Posted by Sheila Ferguson Field Trips, Wildlife News

The August 18 bird walk at Algonkian Park started with a misty rain and lots of cloud cover.  Fortunately, the

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Green Heron on shoreline.
19 Aug
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Green Heron Among the 49 Species Seen at Broad Run

Posted by Sheila Ferguson Field Trips, Wildlife News

The best part of the bird walk led by John Denice and Bruce Hill at the Broad Run Stream Valley

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12 Aug
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Eagle Cam Weekly Chat Sessions

Posted by Sheila Ferguson Eagle Cam

2025 Notice:  All chat sessions have been suspended due to the absence of eagle activity at the nest. How fast

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