Hummingbirds: Fueling Migration
So how do they do it? These tiny little birds flying thousands of miles from wintering grounds in Central America...
International Beaver Day – April 7th
Beavers are great members of the wild kingdom – they play such a critical role in our ecosystem, helping develop...
Movie Review: Frogs – The Thin Green Line
In further celebration of National Frog Month, I thought it’d be good to share this film with you. Frogs: The Thin Green...
Bird Walk at Sky Meadows – Report
What great weather we had last weekend – just perfect for the bird walk that we had planned at Sky...
Woodcocks Field Trip Report
Well this was the first time we tried planning a field trip without setting a date but we knew the...
Loudoun Wildlife Podcast – Episode 17: American Toad
I went out in search of trilling toads and while they trilled away when I first found them the day before, they stayed silent throughout my podcast. Lips were sealed! The photo here is of one of them, clearly just waiting me out 🙂
Is that plant native?
Here’s a really nice resource for checking if a plant is native to Virginia: The USDA Plant Database State Search....
A Year of Monarch Butterflies – March Migration
The migration of the Monarch butterflies is underway! As you know from reading the January and February report, the number...
Bird Atlas Training Event Coming Up
I’ll be posting this to our programs and field trips page shortly but wanted to get the information out to you quickly...
Birds at the Blue Ridge Center
This past Saturday, we held two different bird walks at the Blue Ridge Center for Environmental Stewardship (BRCES) in northwestern Loudoun Co,...