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Stream Monitors at Sweet Run Find Salamanders Among the Macros

Stream Monitors at Sweet Run Find Salamanders Among the Macros

Oct 25, 2022

John and Anne Ellis looking for macros.Photo by Amy Ulland Surrounded by the calls of Red-bellied Woodpeckers and golden leaves...

Loudoun Wildlife Members Dig Native Plants

Loudoun Wildlife Members Dig Native Plants

Oct 25, 2022

Photo by Kim Strader New York Ironweed, Wild Basil, Flat-top Goldenrod, Cinnamon Willow-herb, Mistflower, small oak trees, and Silky Dogwood...

Audubon at Home: Zuzana’s Story

Audubon at Home: Zuzana’s Story

Oct 24, 2022

by Zuzana Srostlik My Foraging Roots My family and I moved here from Europe where local foraging is taken for...

Winter Birds are Returning to Bles Park

Winter Birds are Returning to Bles Park

Oct 18, 2022

American Coots at Bles Park.Photo by Kevin Denice On October 16, 26 birders came together for a pleasant morning of...

Advocacy 101: What is Advocacy?

Advocacy 101: What is Advocacy?

Oct 14, 2022

On September 28th, Loudoun Wildlife Conservancy presented the first installment of  our new Advocacy 101 series with “What is Advocacy?”...

Warblers and Raptors are Highlights of Banshee Reeks Walk

Warblers and Raptors are Highlights of Banshee Reeks Walk

Oct 13, 2022

On a beautiful crisp fall morning 16 people, led by Joe Coleman and Mike Scott, showed up for the October...

You Can Help to Restore the Little Things That Run the World

You Can Help to Restore the Little Things That Run the World

Oct 12, 2022

Douglas Tallamy Doug Tallamy’s September 25 presentation “Restoring the Little Things That Run the World” was sponsored by Audubon Society...

1. Limestone Branch Tributary 1

Oct 12, 2022

Measured E. coli concentrations in Limestone Branch Tributary 1 starting in June 2021. Between May and September 2022, the Virginia...

Writing in Nature: Autumn Gathering

Writing in Nature: Autumn Gathering

Oct 11, 2022

Photo by BJ Lecrone On October 6, eight participants gathered at the outdoor picnic tables on a beautiful fall morning...

Plant Rescue at JK Black Oak Takes Place a Week Late

Plant Rescue at JK Black Oak Takes Place a Week Late

Oct 11, 2022

Photo by Sheila Ferguson First came the rains on October 1 when the plant rescue at JK Black Oak Wildlife...

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