Jeremy, We also had our first Juncos here in Centreville on Friday. Our feeder activity is also up with Carolina Chickadees, Tufted Titmouse, American...
FYI... Nov. 2, 2004 National Zoo staff euthanized a 12-year-old male cheetah this morning, after several weeks of treating it for complications associated with...
Jeremy, That is a great sighting!!! We have only ever had 1 in the yard. Red breasted are showing up in good numbers this year, could be a good year for ...
This article can be found at: http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2004/11/06/1099547432198.html?oneclick=true A race against time November 7, 2004 There's a...
Sorry it's late; so you may have already heard about this one. I haven't seen any yet, but I have heard that some anti-zoo media moguls were tying to use this...
Actually, I hadn't heard that one yet - thanks for the post. That is sad news, but I would say that that particular incident sounds accidental. I think that...
'bout a Sharp-shinned Hawk... This one stopped by and had a good long look at our bird feeder, but then flew off before I could get a shot of him/her flying -...
I agree. The public will never give the zoo the benefit of the doubt as long as certain members of the media continue their 'selective reporting'. I am still...
Looks like a sharp shinned to me! Only looked at the thumb nail so far and that's what it appears to be. Notice the squared tail which is a sure field mark...
Hello group, I don't post much, I know.... but Sunday I was in the pine barrens (near Whiting NJ) and out in the woods I saw a beautiful ring-necked pheasant....
On a good note: National Zoo's First Litter of Cheetahs Born A litter of four cheetahs was born at the Smithsonian's National Zoo on Tuesday, Nov. 23. The...
Sorry for the short notice, but I just found out that Animal Planet is airing Growing Up Orangutan tonight at 8, which features the work by Lone Droscher...
All, I don't know if any of you had heard, but the Red-Tail Hawk living in NYC was evicted from his home, but after much protesting by many wildlife ...
I've heard a lot about this on the news, well the news out of NYC anyway. I don't know why I didn't think of mentioning it to the group. Thanks Holly! Janet ...
Hi All, Yes, this has been a fascinating story. PBS did a documentary recently about the Pale Male Red Tail Hawk story. You can go into www.palemale.com and...
Emily Barbaro
E_Barbaro@...
Dec 23, 2004 12:10 pm
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We participated in the Loudoun County Christmas count Dec26 in Sector 1. We did the Beaverdam sub-sector which consists of the Beaverdam area and Brambleton...
All, More sad news from the National Zoo today, the female Komodo Dragon, Kraken died. Here's a copy of the story in the Washington Post today. Holly Komodo...
Wow, sounds like you had a pretty good day out there with several owls. I'm impressed! Are these bird counts open to anyone or just for experienced birders? ...
All, As the year 2004 finally comes to an end, it's time to get ready for another exciting year of wildlife watching in 2005! So, in preparation for a great...
National Audubon Christmas Counts are open to anyone beginning or experienced that is interested. The counts take place over an approximate 3 week period....
Thanks, Holly. I'm on vacation and am finally going through my emails remotely, but an email I got said basically the same thing as the post: On the morning of...
We kind of toured a bit today looking for birds out towards Sky Meadows. Highlights were 8 Bald Eagles (7 at Sky Meadows including 5 immature all seen in one...
All, Well, we had a nice assortment of birds today, not as many as we had hoped, but I think due to the nice weather outside, our yard birds decided to go...
Ok, so I didn't see that much today, but here goes: About seven or eight Canadian Geese in the man made lake by Target. A rabbit early this morning (12:30am)...
Greetings! Here are our results for West Meadowood area of the Gunston Sector of the Ft. Belvoir Christmas Count 1/2/05. Highlights were 2 Red Headed...
Yes... I agree. New Years Day was fantastic here in NJ ... created by Holly and Jeremy the founders of this group.. and I was absolutely impressed. It was ...
Kathleen magill
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Jan 3, 2005 10:55 pm
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Yeah, it was just about 80° down here; that was weird. We took the subway downtown from Crystal City, and I was sorry I brought my coat! I was actually...
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