On March 11th , the new cohort of the Potomac Valley Master Naturalists (PVMN) attended their first day of classes at the National Conservation Training Center. The students started out the day with an introduction of the PVMN Coordinating Committee, their positions and responsibilities. Students then went into “community building” exercises, led by Jeff Feldman, where they were given the […]
February 8th was a BEAUTIFUL birding morning! Wil and KC couldn’t have asked for a better morning to conduct their semi-annual Climate Watch survey of the 00560 square which includes survey points at Cool Spring and Claymont. They saw and heard so much more than just their target species. In the 6 sites surveyed at Cool Spring, they observed 5 […]
by Jeff Feldman I’ve always liked Groundhog Day. I mean the 1993 Harold Ramis film starring Bill Murray, not the “holiday” celebrating a large rodent’s supposed ability to predict the weather. This latter tradition, held every February 2nd , has never been more than a mere curiosity to me. Until recently anyway. Groundhog Day the film tracks the predicament of […]
Thirty-three intrepid birders made their way into the field on Dec. 17th to participate in the Charles Town Christmas Bird Count. Their efforts were fairly fruitful as they tallied a total of 6,670 birds comprising 74 species. The total time and mileage spent in the field were 73.75 party hours and 429.5 miles traveled, 403.5 miles by car and […]