I thought that the folks on Wildlife Watchers might be interested in this issue - perhaps you can contact your representatives. I have. Mary Alice Koeneke ...
Indeed - I didn't realize that moths could be just as colorful until I spotted this guy on Saturday who was as big as my hand; bigger than any butterfly. A...
Good evening to everybody, APADOG ANTITAURI wishes to collect as many signatures as possible for the Catalan Parliament as well as for the city hall of Olot in...
This weekend at Chincoteague National Wildlife Refuge, Assateague Island, Virginia we were walking and birdwatching along the Woodland Trail when we got lucky...
All, I found this link on MSNBC this morning and thought I'd share it. Has anyone seen these hawks in NYC? Holly http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/5139409/ By...
This is a neat story that was first brought out in the book, "Redtails in Love". It's a nice story and hearing how the hawk would roost on Mary Tyler Moore's...
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We did our annual spring weekend (albeit a bit later than usual) to Chincoteague this past weekend, 6/5-6/7-04. We had many good birds for the weekend, best...
Beginning Friday, June 18 Several species of raptors will take flight at the National Zoo when the American Eagle Foundation performs a series of live birds of...
We ran the Front Royal BBS survey June 20, 2004. This route starts at the northern entrance to the park and finishes just south of Elk Wallow Wayside. ...
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We ran the Big Meadows BBS survey June 19, 2004. This route starts at the Mary’s Rock Tunnel and finishes at the Hoover Camp just south of Big Meadows. ...
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We've had a great spotted woodpecker visiting the peanuts feeders lately, mostly in the early morning or early evening. I spent a couple of hours out in the...
... From: Mike Wilson WilsonM@... Date: Thu, 24 Jun 2004 08:42:50 -0400 To: koppel@... Subject: RE: Peregrine Thanks for the reply. There...
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All, I found this story on the 'net this morning about efforts to put the Black-tailed Prairie Dog on the Endangered Species list, and thought I'd pass it...
Great shots! They sort of resemble our Hairy Woodpecker, but seem quite a bit more colorful. Question, how did North American Grey Squirrels end up overseas? ...
Back in the days when the consequences of introductions weren't a consideration (mid-1800s) a number of North American grey squirrels were brought to Britain...
All, Thursday night at about ten o'clock p.m., we had four raccoons in our backyard! We probably wouldn't have noticed them, but Jeremy had gone over to the...
I participated in the NABA butterfly count last Sunday, 7/11/04 at Big Meadows in Shenandoah National Park. It was a good day with some good finds. The best...
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We butterflied at Banshee Reeks this past Saturday, 7/17/04. Following is our list. Lots of good stuff was seen. Milkweed plants are past bloom, lots of the...
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Here is an annoucement for a bird keeper position at the National Zoo, FYI......
I received this today from National Audubon - if anyone else would like to write a letter, I am sure it would be appreciated. TAKE ACTION NOW FOR WETLANDS,...
Hi Folks Things have been busy again, but I haven't quite fallen off the end of the earth yet;-) Last week we did our annual stint of teaching on the Bat...
Last weekend, we had a couple of featherless visitors to our window birdfeeder: http://www.hollyandjeremy.com/photos/wildlife2/fn87y9ae/displayPhoto.html?ph ...
All, I found this article online, and found it interesting. A Glossy Ibis was also recently reported as being seen in the D.C. area (Haines Point) by the...
All, This is probably one of the last articles we'll see regarding the death of the Red Pandas at the National Zoo last year, so I thought I'd pass it along. ...
I can't believe that after all the shake up and three tenured staff at the zoo losing their jobs or being demoted over the red panda incident, the contractor...
All, I found this online, and thought I'd pass it along. I'm glad that the company doing this was fined because I know when my family would buy tuna for our...