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Writing in Nature: Groundhog Day – Beneath the Surface

Writing in Nature: Groundhog Day – Beneath the Surface

Feb 6, 2023

Photo by Nancy Morgan Thirteen participants gathered around the table in layers on February 2 to explore the idea of...

Conservation Lobby Day

Feb 6, 2023

Over the past few months, Conservation Advocacy Specialist Trinity Mills has been attending education and networking events for Our Common...

Birds Were in Short Supply During Blue Ridge Center Walk

Birds Were in Short Supply During Blue Ridge Center Walk

Feb 1, 2023

Photo by Scott Harris Under sunny skies, with temperatures hovering in the mid-30s, a hardy group of 20 birders turned...

Starling Murmuration Comes With a Falcon or Two on Raptor Field Trip

Starling Murmuration Comes With a Falcon or Two on Raptor Field Trip

Jan 30, 2023

A winter raptor trip led by Allison Gallo, Bryan Henson and Gerco Hoogeweg on January 28 yielded many raptors including...

Advocacy 101: Writing Your Public Official

Advocacy 101: Writing Your Public Official

Jan 30, 2023

The first Advocacy 101 event of 2023 was held online on January 25th. Conservation Advocacy Specialist Trinity Mills talked about...

Volunteer Spotlight: Chris Henke

Volunteer Spotlight: Chris Henke

Jan 30, 2023

Chris Henke scouting out sites for Salt Watch. Chris reached out to Loudoun Wildlife in June of 2022, shortly after...

Virtual Walks and Programs

Jan 25, 2023

In the spring of 2020, the spread of COVID-19 meant that in-person programs and field trips posed too much of...

The Monitor Archive

The Monitor Archive

Jan 20, 2023

The first edition of Loudoun Wildlife Conservancy’s monthly stream monitoring newsletter, The Monitor, was published in February 2021.  These newsletters...

Banshee Walk had 41 Birders and 44 Species of Birds

Banshee Walk had 41 Birders and 44 Species of Birds

Jan 19, 2023

Pileated Woodpecker.Photo by Michael Myers On a chilly January morning, an impressively large and hardy gaggle of 41 birders braved...

Central Loudoun Christmas Bird Count 2022

Central Loudoun Christmas Bird Count 2022

Jan 19, 2023

By Joe Coleman and Bryan Henson Hermit Thrush with its diagnostic reddish tail. Found here only in the winter, this...

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