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Backyard Nature: Barred owl on Ellicott

October 28, 2022 by FHC 4 Comments

Joseph Priniotakis is a young photographer and birder based in Forest Hills DC. His middle school team won the World Series of Birding for their age group in Cape May, […]

Filed Under: Backyard Nature, Featured, Local Wildlife, News, Wildlife Photos

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Backyard Nature: Dragonflies put on an action-packed airshow

August 19, 2022 by FHC Leave a Comment

by Marjorie Rachlin photos by Larry Meade, North Virginia Bird Club Have you noticed the dragonflies lately? Swooping over your front yard? Dodging the cars in the Politics and Prose […]

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Backyard Nature: Turkeys on the trail

April 22, 2022 by FHC 1 Comment

Before the Soapstone trail’s March closure for the sewer rehabilitation project, it was a popular place to take a stroll. And apparently, it still is. Minsuh Son, who can see […]

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Spotted in Rock Creek Park: Bald eagles

April 12, 2022 by FHC 3 Comments

by Marlene Berlin On Sunday, a friend and I were walking up Broad Branch Road, close to the Soapstone trailhead, when we saw a large bird flying across the sky […]

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Where are the multitudes of cicadas? They’re on the way.

May 20, 2021 by FHC 1 Comment

by Marlene Berlin Depending on where you are in the neighborhood, you might have to take a long walk to see large numbers of Brood X cicadas. Or simply wait. […]

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Backyard Nature: Our bullfrog neighbors are quiet now. But just wait.

May 14, 2021 by FHC Leave a Comment

by Marlene Berlin One day in late April I stopped by the lily pond at the Tregaron Conservancy to see how the bullfrogs are doing. I found the frogs – […]

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Rock Creek is where life goes with the flow

January 21, 2021 by FHC 5 Comments

Text and photos by David Jonathan Cohen © 2021 Rock Creek is an enthralling local example of a global truth: Water is life. Creeks, streams, rivers, lakes, and oceans draw […]

Filed Under: Backyard Nature, News, Rock Creek Park, Wildlife Photos

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Backyard Nature: When the plants think it’s spring

December 4, 2020 by FHC Leave a Comment

by Marlene Berlin The weather in November in many ways mimicked springtime temperature and rain patterns. According to The Washington Post’s Weather Gang, the average temperature last month was 4.7 […]

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Backyard Nature: A owlet’s odyssey

June 5, 2020 by FHC Leave a Comment

A young barred owl went on quite a journey early last month. And as luck would have it, photographer and neighbor David Cohen was there to capture it all with […]

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Get to know your (wilder) Forest Hills neighbors

May 8, 2020 by FHC 26 Comments

Text and photos by David Jonathan Cohen Two parks – one compact and the other sprawling – offer havens to wildlife in Forest Hills. Astonishing diversity is dense in Linnean […]

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