If you’ve visited any of the South Arlington parks recently you may have encountered two engaging teen birders “The Chippers,” as they are known on their website. Max and Danté are brothers, two years apart in age but entirely in sync about birds.
January Bird of the Month
Action Alert: Invasive Plants Legislation
January 2021
As the holiday season draws to a close, an annual holiday tradition also is coming to a close – the National Audubon Society’s Christmas Bird Count (CBC). Since 1900, when 27 birders conducted 25 surveys and tallied 96 species, the CBC has grown in 2019 to 81,601 people who participated in surveys in 2646 count circles and tallied 672 species and nearly 43 million birds.
Observations from Meadowood: January
A Year in Photos from Wildlife Surveys
A Trailblazer in the Forest Service
Methane Flaring – A Hidden Killer for Birds of Prey
Tom Blackburn Op Ed Published
Monday Mystery - December 28th
December 2020
Observations from Meadowood: November
Action Alert: Keep Protections for Red-cockaded Woodpeckers
The U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (FWS) on October 8, 2020 proposed to “downlist” the species from “endangered” to “threatened,” which would roll back protections essential to its survival. Prematurely removing those protections could cause loss of the hard-fought gains that resulted from current protections.