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Bird of the Week: Killdeer
Killdeer Charadrius vociferus Compiled by Cameron Kennedy This week’s featured bird is a vocal, clever, and broad-ranging shorebird with a lot of personality and intriguing behaviors – the Killdeer! (Charadrius vociferus) Killdeer in flight by JoshCW Photo/Shutterstock.com The Killdeer is very noteworthy in that it is a shorebird that has
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Bird of the Week: Northern Cardinal
Northern Cardinal Cardinalis cardinalis Compiled by Niyati Acharya In adult male Northern Cardinals, the upperparts are bright red with darker wings and tail. The head is crested. The area around the bill is black, and the large conical bill is red. The underparts are bright red. Females are buffy tan
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Travis Audubon Welcomes CJ Williams to Staff
Travis Audubon is pleased to announce our new Blair Woods Land Manager, CJ Williams! CJ is a passionate conservationist, specializing in vegetation management and native plant-focused ecological restoration. They are an ISA Certified Arborist and a member of the Capital Area Master Naturalists chapter. They began their natural resources career
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Bird of the Week: Reddish Egret
Reddish Egret Egretta rufescens Content and photos by James Giroux The Reddish Egret is the least common of all the North American Egrets. Plume hunters in the late 1800’s nearly wiped out the species in North America, and 130 years later, it is still recovering. The bird nearly vanished In
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