Contents Federal Register Vol. 74, No. 104 Tuesday, June 2, 2009 Fish and Wildlife Service NOTICES Meetings: North American Wetlands Conservation Council;...
Audubon Magazine Announces Call for Entries for the Audubon Magazine Photography Awards: Birds in Focus In Association with Nature's Best Photography Magazine,...
Last night I began watching a DVD titled "Earth: The Biography" which I enjoyed immensely. It is different from "Plant Earth" and equally as good. So far I...
I have been thinking and reading about sound lately and came across this wonderful article by the Sound Tracker Gordon Hempton. I think it is worth reading for...
PVAS members and friends: PVAS was featured in a full-page article in the Living Section of last Sunday's (June 7) Martinsburg Journal. If you missed the...
Don't forget about the PVAS potluck on Saturday, June 13th! Meet us at Yankauer at 6:30 with a dish to share. Those whose last names begin with A-H are asked...
... Cheryl~ This is astounding. I have read it twice and want to do that some more times. Solitude is very special to me. Here are 2 quotes I'd previously...
Cindy, I am so glad you liked the article. It made a big impact on me as well. I actually own a listenting device I bought to better hear amphibs, so I got it...
AUDUBON SOCIETY ORGANIZING CANAAN VALLEY TRIP The Potomac Valley Audubon Society is organizing a field trip to the Canaan Valley area of West Virginia on...
LOCAL AUDUBON SOCIETY SPONSORING ICE MOUNTAIN HIKE The Potomac Valley Audubon Society is sponsoring a hike in the Ice Mountain Preserve in Hampshire County,...
Stop Mountain Top Removal. Please call Senator Byrd and Rockfeller and let them know what you think. http://www.ilovemountains.org/call-your-senators/...
Great site for writing on nature and environmental issues. Check out this article on WV. http://www.orionmagazine.org/index.php/articles/article/4809/ Sandy...
I was just getting ready to post this when I saw that you had. It is a great article, well writen and so very true. Too bad we can't replace Byrd and...
Here is an interesting piece a fellow naturalist shared with me that I want to pass on to the rest of you. From Fall/Winter 2001-2002 issue of Wild Earth (11,...
I'm doing a program on July 26th for the Loudoun Wildlife Conservancy and wanted to invite you to attend. Here's the program write-up: MAGIC OF MONARCH...
Well said.   It didn't take me long to figure out that when I'd join a nature outing w/ a group of strangers, I'd invariably meet curious, friendly,...
The other night, as I opened the door to come inside, a moth flew in and landed on our kitchen curtain. On inspection he was black or dark brown all over,...
It sounds to me like you're describing one of the Hypoprepia "lichen moths", either the "Painted or Scarlet-winged Lichen Moths" Try a google: Hypoprepia...
... H. miniata indeed! http://bugguide.net/node/view/16273 It made a nice change of pace from your average plain gray or brown moth. -- Joe -- Joe Thompson |...
A few things have been circulating in my brain lately regarding the natural goings-on in our front yard. 1) Deer. For a week or two we had a large group of...
PVAS members and friends are invited to join members of the Loudoun Wildlife Conservancy and the Great Falls Group of the Sierra Club for a series of...
Chicory is considered an invasive weed. It's a perennial and has a deep tap root. It grows where very little else will in really poor soil. I can't imagine...
I use Ken Kaufman's Guide to Insects and have been very pleased with it. I just thumb through the book until I find what I am looking for. After a while I...
AUDUBON SOCIETY SPONSORING CRANESVILLE SWAMP HIKE The Potomac Valley Audubon Society is sponsoring a hike into the Cranesville Swamp Preserve in Preston County...
AUDUBON SOCIETY SPONSORING METEOR-WATCHING PARTY The Potomac Valley Audubon Society will sponsor its third annual meteor-watching party in Berkeley County West...
