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Volume 29 Issue 3, Summer 2024 by Plant NOVA Natives The best sanctuaries for birds are undisturbed expanses of forests...

Book Review: What an Owl Knows by Jennifer Ackerman

Book Review: What an Owl Knows by Jennifer Ackerman

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Volume 29 Issue 2, Spring 2024 Review by Steve Allen Owls are very good at keeping secrets, especially their own....

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...

Birding Banshee

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Oct 3, 2023

Whether you’re a beginner or an experienced birder, you’ll enjoy this bird walk at the Banshee Reeks Nature Preserve. The...

Why We Count Birds

Why We Count Birds

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Volume 27 Issue 2, Spring  2022 by Joe Coleman, Birding Coordinator Birds have fascinated people for millennia. Not only can...

Hawks and Owls (Virtual)

Hawks and Owls (Virtual)

Apr 20, 2021

Loudoun Wildlife Conservancy’s Liz Dennison, certified raptor rehabilitator and President of Secret Garden Birds and Bees, will talk about local...

Book Review: The Bird Way by Jennifer Ackerman

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Volume 25 Issue 4, Fall 2020 Review by Steve Allen When I started writing book reviews for the Habitat Herald...

Celebrating Birds: The Phenomenon of Migration

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Volume 25 Issue 2, Spring 2020 by Joe Coleman Every day, any time of day, somewhere in the Western Hemisphere, birds...

Tufted Titmice Are Charming Year-Round Neighbors

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Volume 24 Issue 4, Fall 2019 by Larry Meade Look for Tufted Titmice (Baeolophus bicolor) like this one in your...

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