A light covering of snow covering the trails and trees at Banshee Reeks greeted 10 birders Saturday morning on the regular monthly Banshee Reeks Nature Preserve bird walk. During the first part of the walk the melting snow on the trees frequently dripped on our binoculars and cameras on the trails on the western edge […]

The highlights of a relatively quiet bird walk at the Blue Ridge Center for Environmental Stewardship February 21 were a Spotted Salamander, a pair of Black Vultures at their nest site, good looks at both Brown Creepers and Golden-crowned Kinglets, and a pair of Red-shouldered Hawks sitting together and hunting together.  While it wasn’t that […]

Photo by Allison Gallo As most of us know, being outdoors and connected to nature makes you feel better and the more we preserve the natural and other resources around us, the better off we are. The Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation (DCR) agrees. The department has a new “Virginia Outdoors Plan,” which is […]

Ten hardy birders showed up at the Banshee Reeks Nature Preserve Saturday morning for the regular bird walk that takes place the second Saturday of every month. While all of us expected it to be cold the brisk winds out of the north made the 25 degrees much more uncomfortable than we had anticipated. It […]

There’s some good news about Monarch butterfly populations. Monarch Joint Venture reports 2018-2019 Eastern Monarch overwintering numbers are up 144% from last year and the highest they’ve been since 2007. The population occupied 6.5 hectares of land. You can read more about the numbers here. Loudoun County Monarch enthusiasts saw lots of these beautiful creatures […]

  The address is 17638 Old Waterford Road, Leesburg. To reach the Gatehouse, enter Morven Park on Old Waterford Road, follow the road as far as the parking lot then turn right, then an immediate right again onto a gravel road. There is a sign that says Loudoun Wildlife Conservancy. Follow the gravel road to the Gatehouse. […]

The morning of Saturday, January 26, Liam McGranaghan introduced 25 enthusiastic people to the many birds of prey that call Loudoun home and several others that over-winter here.  After a short break for lunch, the group people met the trip leaders, Liam and Laura McGranaghan, Bryan Henson and Allison Gallo, Gerco Hoogeweg, and Liz Dennison, […]

Four people participated in Loudoun Wildlife Conservancy’s monthly bird walk January 26 at the Blue Ridge Center for Environmental Stewardship on a rather cold (19 degrees) but nice morning as there was little wind until the end of the walk. Even before the walk started we got to not only watch a nearby Cooper’s Hawk […]

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