All, My friend, Aron, thought this article might be of some interest to the group. Holly http://msnbc.com/news/984054.asp?0dm=C11PT WASHINGTON, Oct. 23 — An...
All, For those of you who live near or close to Baltimore, it looks like a lot of their animal collection may be moving to other zoos due to lack of funding....
Checked out Beaverdam in Loudoun county today to see if we could re-find the previously reported Snow Goose. No luck there but found 4 Common Goldeneye on the...
Glenn Koppel
koppel@...
Nov 9, 2003 1:48 pm
505
It's a shame, too, as one of the better zoos in the tri-"state" area. They have a good variety of animals - a great deal of them had come to them injured, and...
We had a good showing today at the house! The best part was when this little guy came to visit; we don't typically get them this far east. We also had a...
All, Here is a little piece that came in on DENlines from Defenders of Wildlife about the Bison in Yellowstone Park. This is a perfect addition to Jeremy's...
Jeremy, Great photo! Cedar Waxwings are actually not that uncommon - however, they are mainly berry eaters and fairly quiet and unobtrusive. They have a very...
http://www.nbc4.com/news/2639729/detail.html This time, it was Norman, their Sea Lion. We used to love watching him swim, and he always looked like he was...
Hi everyone! Here in the United States, we will be celebrating Thanksgiving tomorrow, and for a lot of us that means a long weekend, so I thought, why don't we...
Holly, I believe that the National Audubon Society web-site has information on Christmas Counts - they definitely have links to state chapters with web-pages...
Thanks for the info. Mary Alice! I went onto Audubon's website earlier today, and they had a "Coming Soon" banner on the page for the 104th Christmas Count,...
All, Well, I hope everyone had a good Thanksgiving, and were able to get out and enjoy nature. It was pretty cold here in Virginia, so we stayed in for most...
Enter your vote today! A new poll has been created for the wildlife-watchers group: With the holiday season coming up, are you planning to buy any nature...
wildlife-watchers@yah...
Dec 1, 2003 4:35 pm
516
In addition, we also had a male and female Downy Woodpecker, and a female Red-bellied Woodpecker. They've stayed around all weekend visiting our trees, and...
While working at home today I stopped for a quick lunch and was doing the dishes in the kitchen when all of the birds at the feeders outside the kitchen window...
... <Jeremy@H...> wrote: ... Sadly, there are a lot of animals that are old and will probably succumb to illness or old age within the next few years (hippo, ...
Great story! That reminds me of the time I once was driving down Rt 7 when out of the corner of my eye I saw a bunch of pigeons scatter. I looked over just in...
All, We did manage to get out for the waterfowl count in Eastern Loudoun today. Weather was not with us at all. Access to Beaverdam on Resevoir Road was not...
Glenn Koppel
koppel@...
Dec 6, 2003 10:17 pm
521
PRESS RELEASE Aylesbury, UK 27 September 2003 BORNEO ORANGUTAN SURVIVAL CHARITY NOW OFFICIAL IN UK The U.K. branch of the Balikpapan Orangutan Survival...
test ... BT Yahoo! Broadband - Save £80 when you order online today. Hurry! Offer ends 21st December 2003. The way the internet was meant to be. test BT...
Today when I was going to the post office, happened to look up and got to see an adult Bald Eagle just sailing over Centreville. Great sight to see against...
Glenn Koppel
koppel@...
Dec 8, 2003 1:30 am
524
Wow! What a great sighting! Maybe because it's been so cold, some of the rarer visiters to our area are coming closer to humans. Holly ... got to ... to see...
In a way, I hope that's true - it makes thinking about the coming bitter cold a little more tolerable! Eric ... Wow! What a great sighting! Maybe because...
I try not to be political, but I beg your indulgence as I get up on my own personal soap box for a minute: Front Page of the Washington Post for the past two...
It certainly does! One of the nicest things about cold winters is the variety of yard birds we get at our feeders. I remember last year, we had a mockingbird...
I received this from Defenders of Wildlife and thought I'd pass it along in case anyone happened to be in the D.C. area on Tuesday. Holly ... From: Defenders...
All, Here's another article in the Washington Post today about the National Zoo. It looks like the head of the Smithsonian stands behind Lucy and is waiting...
All, You have to search for this one in the Metro section of the Washington Post, but Marc Fisher gives us a much better article about how to help the zoo with...
Having problems with message search?
Fill out this form to ensure your group is one of the first to be migrated to the new message search system.
