by Marlene Berlin I told a friend about my new obsession with mushrooms on Monday night. She emailed me Tuesday morning about Monday’s Diane Rehm show on WAMU. The topic? […]
More Fabulous Fungus Finds
by Pat Davies When Marjorie Rachlin asked me to take some photos of mushrooms for her recent (and excellent) article on the topic in the Forest Hills Connection, I never […]
Backyard Nature: Fascinating Fungi
by Marjorie Rachlin As soon as we get a good soaking rain, there will be a lot of fall mushrooms on our lawns and in Rock Creek Park. But even […]
The Fox That Wasn’t
Weeks before DC’s tiniest panda made the news with his/her surprise arrival, a Forest Hills neighbor had an unexpected encounter with another, now infamous, resident of the National Zoo. As […]
Backyard Nature: A Flying Nighttime Visitor
Ken Terzian spotted a mysterious creature in his yard and captured it – with a camera, that is. Marjorie Rachlin fills us in on what he found. Ken says: Lounging […]
Bambi’s in your backyard, and Mom is gone. That’s perfectly normal.
by Marlene Berlin Last Friday, I went out on my deck and found myself staring at a doe with her fawn in the middle of my backyard. The fawn, small […]
Backyard Wildlife: Turkey In The Garden
Neighbor Jane Solomon writes: I have two backyard wildlife sightings for the Connection. The first was a regular visitor over the winter. This lovely male rufous-sided towhee would pop up […]
Backyard Nature: Blooms, Butterflies, Bees Make Merry In May
by Marjorie Rachlin May is the month when Mother Nature goes on a roll. The azaleas and dogwood are gorgeous this year, the trees are leafing myriad shades of green. […]
Are You Prepared For The Cicada Invasion?
by Bill Eck ISA Certified Arborist MA-4657A After a 17-year rest, a large number of cicadas will be emerging in May of this year and could cause significant damage to […]
Rock Creek Deer Update
In case you missed it: The National Park Service have completed their winter 2013 deer culling operation. Over the four nights ended Sunday morning, USDA sharpshooters bagged 20 deer. NPS […]