Ten birders joined us today for the weekly Dyke Marsh bird walk. It started with very pleasant temperatures, warming up quickly as the sun rose. Bird life...
All, While shopping at a garden store this afternoon, Jeremy and I spotted a Five-Lined Skink! The skink was being very agreeable and let us follow him around...
All, We've had some interesting wildlife stopping by the past couple of nights since the weather got cooler. On Sunday, we had two raccoons out in the...
Tonight while checking out of Butterfly Weed plant in the front of the house we found 3 Monarch Butterfly Caterpillers busy feasting on the plant. This is a...
Here's an interesting pictuer of a Green Heron trying to put down a fish that's a bit too big for him. Eventually he did manage to get it done! Glenn...
Based on Todd's report from yesterday, we went out to Culpeper to look for Upland Sandpipers. We found only 2 in the spot off of Kelly's Ford Rd where he had...
Here's a photo of our Monarch Butterfly in Chrysalis. We are hoping it comes out early next week as a full grown Monarch. And, for good measure, we found...
Here's a photo of a young Cooper's Hawk that decided to try hunting in our back yard a couple of days ago. He wasn't successful but was cooperative for...
We stopped at Beaverdam Resevoir today to see what was around. We were hoping for shorebirds figuring the water level would be down some, which was a real...
Great shot! I'm glad he cooperated for you. It's a bit frustrating when they don't seem to cooperate: Out at the Conservation Research Center a Przewalski's...
All, I almost forgot to post the wildlife we saw on Thursday afternoon at Algonkian Park! We saw a good variety of wildlife including: White-tailed deer (at...
We stopped by Prince William Forest Park on our way back from Leesylvania. We only did one trail but had a few more good birds. Here's the list from there: ...
We headed down to Leesylvania State Park this morning to see what was around. We were not disappointed, good variety of birds. Following is the list: Great...
We spent a nice weekend at the Eastern Shore this weekend. Birding was difficult, finding songbirds was a real effort, even digging out a Carolina Wren proved...
Here's a close up of an Eastern Hog Nose Snake we found at Chincoteague NWR this past weekend. Note how it flattens it's head out like a cobra and it hisses...
(no pic came through on my end on this one) Eric Mucklow RA, LEED AP Design Manager, SI OFEO OEDC EDD Smithsonian National Zoological Park, GSB 1 3001...
All, I had quite a surprise for me this morning when I was looking out the window at our backyard. Eating the grass underneath the tree with our bird feeders...
And he did come back a little later this morning and stuck around for a minute. Not long enough to get the camera, but he could be back. --Jeremy Holly wrote: ...
So, twice in one day last week I saw a hawk that I thought was a Coopers Hawk due to the large broad wings and abnormally long tail. I was driving at the time,...
All, Finally managed to get some pictures of the groundhog who was visiting our backyard. He showed up again yesterday morning and then in the early...
It looks - maybe like a northern harrier (marsh hawk) They are the only hawks the I can think of with white rump patches and a very long tail. The white wing...
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