It does! I check on them usually daily. Today, I didn't see the female anywhere around, but the male was sitting on the edge of the fountain and it looked...
Keep watching for the female, she will do the nest building and selection. I sure hope they stay around and you get some little ducklings down there. Glenn ......
Glenn Koppel
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Apr 4, 2003 1:27 am
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With all the tragic news lately, here's one of something positive that the Army is doing. http://www.accessatlanta.com/ajc/news/science/0103/30woodpeck.html...
And weekend before last we heard our first spring peepers. Not only frogs, but the reptiles are coming out as well. We had painted turtles two weekends in a...
http://takeaction.worldwildlife.org/action.asp?step=2&item=2567 ANWR is back on the menu, and it looks like it might pass this time. If you have a few...
Holly, I looked up the nesting times for Mallards and it states generally from April through May - so they are right on target! The nest is generally placed...
This morning we found 4 Common Loons on Beaverdam Resevoir (Loudoun County, VA). All were in fine spring plummage. We got to watch them take off from the...
Glenn Koppel
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Apr 6, 2003 1:49 am
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Wow, Common Loons! I'd love to get a look at those. On Route 606 beside Dulles Airport yesterday morning, we spotted at least three American Kestrels! I...
Hello everyone! I have been working diligently to bring you this very special report entitled "Animals of ANWR." Since a lot of the information coming in...
NOTE: It looks like the previous e-mail I sent, the Washington Post copied a script into, so this is a text-only version. We're deleting it off of the ...
Found this on the web, didn't know there was a Parks week but I would like to suggest we all try and visit a park soon. And, the shows on The Travel Channel...
Glenn Koppel
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Apr 7, 2003 5:54 pm
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Holly and I went to a local park that butts up to the Potomac River, and had a pretty good morning out. It was an absolutely beautiful day out here today,...
We spent the day doing Huntley and Mason Neck State Park and National Wildlife Refuge. Highlights of the day were the many Blue Gray Gnatcatchers, Short...
Glenn Koppel
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Apr 13, 2003 10:20 pm
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Holly and I went for a short trip this afternoon to our regional park, up against the Potomac River, and walked through what is now (because of the melting...
I would also like to mention some of the yard birds we've had recently. Today we had our pair of Carolina Wrens visit, and they finally discovered our new suet...
Holly, The fact that you only see the male mallard could mean that the female is on the nest incubating eggs already - with the cool, rainy weather we've had...
Well, I am keeping my eye on the mallards just in case. I noticed that the male mallard was out again this morning, taking a bit of a bath in the fountain....
In an effort to give everyone a chance to fill out the latest poll for Wildlife Watchers, I have extended the deadline to April 30th. You can access the poll...
Well, the bad news is that Congress passed the bill authorizing drilling in ANWR, but there is still a glimmer of hope, it still needs to get passed the...
To PostHere's an article I recently found in Publishers Weekly. I hope more publishers embrace this idea because we really do not need to be wasting so many...
All, This is the beginning of National Wildlife Week, which was started back in 1938 by the National Wildlife Federation as a way to bring children and adults...
This being National Parks week, I just wanted to remind everyone that everynight this week on The Travel Channel at 8 PM, they are doing a show on the National...
Glenn Koppel
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Apr 21, 2003 7:37 pm
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Today is Earth Day, and for today, I have written up a little "History of Earth Day" report for everyone. I don't think Earth Day is as big as it was back in...
Today's Wildlife Week activity is to try and notice wildlife around where you work (or if you're working at home or unemployed, stuff you see around home)....
Holly and all, For those of us who were around back them, it was a huge event. I marched in Pittsburgh with some of my room-mates to show we cared....
Glenn Koppel
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Apr 23, 2003 8:55 pm
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Holly, I have been fortunate to be out in the field this week - birding and identifying plants and wildlife and have had highlights so far of house wren,...
Boy, I wish I could see turkeys where I work! No mallards today, but we had squirrels, house sparrows, starlings (and one building a nest!), pigeons, and on...
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