Hello friends! I think tonight will be a Big Night for amphibians. I have the LWC Board meeting till about 9:30 but will be watching on my drive home for ...
Well I didn't see any of them but I was amazed that between 9 and 11 when the rain was coming down in buckets here in Round Hill the peepers were going crazy....
On my way home last night around 9:45, there were spring peepers calling in a huge chorus at the pond across from the red barn on Clark's Gap rd...saw two...
Nicole, I drove home from Dulles last night about 9:30, and didn't see any amphibians crossing. I did hear spring peepers Saturday night -- in North Carolina!!...
I heard my first green frog of the Spring in the little pond behind my house last night. Last summer, the Blue Herons got them all, or so I thought. So I was ...
Fantastic!! Isn't this fun!! It's like a great awakening of spring! _____ From: loudounwildlife@yahoogroups.com [mailto:loudounwildlife@yahoogroups.com] On...
I checked my vernal pools in Morven Park on Wednesday and there were some salamanders (probably Jefferson) and clusters of eggs. I took pictures but I don't...
I went back to the vernal pools today during the light rain hoping to see some salamanders. I sat quietly on my bucket in the rain with my binoculars but...
Funny Susan! Thanks for sharing! Nicole _____ From: loudounwildlife@yahoogroups.com [mailto:loudounwildlife@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of nypdwife50@... ...
I just updated the bluebird monitoring section of the LWC website with some cool new features - check out the imbedded google map with the locations of each of...
Yesterday Linda Bowman took us out for our first bluebird monitoring. We were very excited to see one egg already in a nest. So far there are 3 complete nests...
Has anyone had wood frogs calling yet. Nicole I know you said they were in your pond. My wood frog site was the site that in 2006 they bulldozed in the middle...
We've done 4 runs (in 2 Frog Call Survey windows) and heard just single calls of wood frogs at 4 different stops on our 10 stop run. There do seem to be less...
Hi Clarice I have no wood frogs and we had so many before they played with the habitat a few years ago, by bulldozing a stream they had made, to make it...
This was not a great spring for wood frogs, I don't think. At least it wasn't great for hearing their calls like we have in years past.The temperatures and the...
I was wondering if anyone went to the meeting about the realignment of Woods Road last evening at Parks & Rec. building. I saw it too late to attend. County...
Lori Kimball put together a great summary of the meeting on the woods road from last night. Loudoun Wildlife Conservancy is a member of the Loudoun County...
Thanks for the synopsis of the meeting on the Woods Road realignment. Bluebird Trail Questions: 1) I just signed up for our Home Trail (we have 6 boxes). Do...
I monitored the 11 boxes on Saturday, April 19. I was excited to see 3 of the boxes with 5 BB eggs and one with 6 BB eggs! Wow. There are also 3 complete Tree...
That IS exciting. I will be doing my weekly monitoring this Friday. Our backyard tree swallow has paired up and both swallows and chickadees have been in and...
We went twice this week on our frog survey and heard spring peepers, gray tree frogs, and cricket frogs. We may have heard chorus frogs, but not sure. Our...
In a message dated 4/25/08 9:24:37 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, cc-1@... writes: We had a fire engine stop to see if we needed any assistance. We need to...
Hi everyone, well I've been working like a mad person on the LWC website getting it ready for some big changes and new features (can't wait for you to see it...
Hi Clarice Most likely it's a chickadee nest - I think both will use the moss and hair but I'm not experienced with the tufted titmouse nests. If you get a...
Hi Nicole, What a great report you just gave. I would love to sit on your deck with all those wonderful things going on. Especially the frogs and toads, I...
Hi Nicole, Wow! Lots of things going on at your place. The gray tree frog chorus here has been so loud the last few nights that you can hardly hear the...
Hello friends Here's the report from monitoring the Banshee Reeks bluebird trail on Sunday....a lot of great activity. I'm attaching photos here too although ...
Here's the report from monitoring the DWMP BB trail on Sunday. First....it was *wet* just as a wetlands should be....but I only had sneakers (totally not...