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The Importance (and Joys) of Surveying Insects at Black Oak

The Importance (and Joys) of Surveying Insects at Black Oak

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Volume 28 Issue 4, Fall 2023 by Tami Carlow A beautiful, quickly moving, metallic insect catches my eye. I throw...

Willowsford Family Chooses Native-Plant Zen

Willowsford Family Chooses Native-Plant Zen

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Volume 28 Issue 4, Fall 2023 by BJ Lecrone, Audubon at Home Ambassador and Virginia Master Naturalist Willowsford is a...

JK Black Oak: What’s New on the Web?

JK Black Oak: What’s New on the Web?

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Volume 28 Issue 4, Fall 2023 by Gerco Hoogeweg, JK Black Oak Wildlife Sanctuary CommitteeThe JK Black Oak section of the Loudoun...

Book Review: A Wing and a Prayer by Anders and Beverly Gyllenhall

Book Review: A Wing and a Prayer by Anders and Beverly Gyllenhall

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Volume 28 Issue 4, Fall 2023 Review by Steve Allen “Birds Are Vanishing From North America.” That was the 2019...

7 Simple Actions to Help Birds

7 Simple Actions to Help Birds

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Volume 28 Issue 4, Fall 2023 by Steve Allen Named after the 2019 study which determined that since 1970 North America’s...

Volunteers of the Quarter: John, Kevin, and David Denice

Volunteers of the Quarter: John, Kevin, and David Denice

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Volume 28 Issue 4, Fall 2023 by Kim Strader, Volunteer Coordinator Brothers Kevin (left) and David Denice remove invasive plants during...

Birds, Birds, and More: The Many Successes of Our Latest Birdathon Fundraiser

Birds, Birds, and More: The Many Successes of Our Latest Birdathon Fundraiser

Aug 1, 2023

Volume 28 Issue 3, Summer 2023 by Joe Coleman, Birding Coordinator Participants in this year’s 13 Birdathon teams, 10 Celebrate...

Restoring the Oak-Hickory Forest at JK Black Oak

Restoring the Oak-Hickory Forest at JK Black Oak

Aug 1, 2023

Volume 28 Issue 3, Summer 2023 by Sheila Ferguson and Gerco Hoogeweg If you look at the oak-hickory forest at JK...

Know Your Hickories

Know Your Hickories

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Volume 28 Issue 3, Summer 2023 by Jennifer Lumley, Audubon at Home Ambassador I walked past a Mockernut Hickory (Carya...

In Praise of the Audubon at Home Experience — and Native Plants

In Praise of the Audubon at Home Experience — and Native Plants

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Volume 28 Issue 3, Summer 2023 by Scott Harris I have lived in Purcellville for over 25 years, on a...

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