Just a quick note of some of our sightings this morning: * Bees. Lots and lots of bees. * Frogs! The little Green Frogs. * Bees; and a few yellow-jackets *...
Below is an email I received about the status of the zoos hit by Katrina, FYI. (When programming a project to renvate a workroom in the Panda House, we...
Eric, Thanks for sending this, I had forgotten about the Audubon Zoo! I’m glad to see that the AZA is mobilizing and accepting donations to help the zoo....
There will be a press conference about the impact on the Audubon Aquarium of the Americas so it may see the story picked up in the national news (...then we...
I’ll keep an eye on the national news today for it, I usually check the news a couple of times a day. Thanks for the heads up, we can say we heard it here...
I found this through the Washington Post's website and thought I should pass it along. I know gas prices have been really high recently, especially here in the...
It really is a shame that this keeps coming up, and particularly that the Alaskan senators keep pushing for it. They, of course, have to do well for the...
Hello All, Another year has gone by for the Kiptopeke Challenge. Again for us, The Wayward First Landing Loons, it was another challenging but exciting day to...
I should clarify this a bit, we birded Eastern Shore National Wildlife Refuge for our territory. Sorry, forgot to mention it! Glenn Hello All, Another year...
All, I found this online this morning and thought I would pass it along. It is good to see that the population of Black-Footed Ferrets is doing much better in...
AZA honored the National Zoo with the Edward H. Bean Award for the Golden Orb Spider Long-term Propagation Program. The press release dated 18 September 2005...
fyi x2... ... I want to share with you the information we have about our members in the path of Hurricane Rita. This information has been collected over the...
Just a quick note – this morning we got quite a show in the back yard from visitors we typically only see at the house in the winter, plus a surprise stray!...
I remember your picture here from Chicago and it's highly likely you had one in the yard. The are migrating through right now and are showing up all over. We...
Jeremy, You had a migrant Black-throated Green Warbler! Neat. They nest in the northeastern US and Canada and winter in the tropics of Central and South...
I think you're right- The illustration in this guide shows white with black spots along the underside, but then I found a picture labeled as a Black Throated...
Hello all! Just wanted to report that Holly and I attended the annual open house at the National Zoo’s Conservation and Research Center, and had a great...
Letter from the Desk of David Challinor October 2005 This morning (8/22/05) when I drove our hybrid Prius past the local filling station, the big blue sign by...
…went up the water spout But, down came a frog when I poured the water out. So, we had needed to clean out our downspout for some time now, as it seemed to...
We did the Sunday morning walk at Dyke Marsh along the Potomac this morning. Was cool and breezy with a few good birds to be found. The trail is closed about...
We all had hope she would be here a little longer after the tumor removal went so well, but they knew at the time they could not get all the cancer... The...
They just announced the name of the new baby Giant Panda at the National Zoo. Out of over 200,000 votes on the website, 44% voted for Tai Shan, meaning...
It’s Java – it doesn’t work as advertised; I’ll likely try something else when I have a chance to reprogram my photo page. Here’s a direct link: ...