Wildlife Encounters on the Bluebird Trail
Volume 27 Issue 4, Fall 2022 by Spring Ligi, Bluebird Monitor One of the many joys of nature is never knowing...
Bluebirds Thriving in Loudoun County
Volume 27 Issue 4, Fall 2022 by Rich Wailes, Bluebird Monitoring Program Team Eastern Bluebirds are year-round Loudoun residents.Photo by...
How Does One Count Butterflies?
Volume 27 Issue 4, Fall 2022 by Anne Ellis, Butterfly Count Coordinator Variegated Fritillary on Goldenrod.Photo by Michael Myers On...
Crooked Run Receives the Highest Possible Score for Stream Health
Can you spot the Pickerel Frog?Photo by Amy Ulland Off the beaten track, outside of the village of Lincoln, flows...
Stream Monitoring Score Improves for Goose Creek
Harrison Crecraft explains the chemical testing equipment.Photo by Amy Ulland On a beautiful Sunday afternoon in October, a band of...
Unacceptable Ecological Conditions at JK Black Oak Stream
Under overcast skies and chilly temperatures in early October, Stream Team volunteers Emily Maltman, Susan Schuler and Amy Ulland conducted...
Salt Watch Program Volunteers Are Getting Ready
Salt Watch volunteer testing chloride levels.Photo by Amy Ulland Loudoun Wildlife’s Stream Team is tripling the size of its Salt...
Stream Monitors at Sweet Run Find Salamanders Among the Macros
John and Anne Ellis looking for macros.Photo by Amy Ulland Surrounded by the calls of Red-bellied Woodpeckers and golden leaves...
1. Limestone Branch Tributary 1
Measured E. coli concentrations in Limestone Branch Tributary 1 starting in June 2021. Between May and September 2022, the Virginia...
Stream Monitors Collect Macros and Trash at Tuscarora Creek Site
Emily’s team tallying macros.Photo by Callie McCormick With bicyclists and joggers passing by on the adjacent W&OD trail, Emily Maltman...