by Marlene Berlin I’m afraid, dear readers, that you are subjected to my obsessions. First it was mushrooms. Later, my new backyard bird feeder. Now I have another confession – […]
Train with FrogWatch March 16 to learn more about our “ideal neighbors”
You’ve heard of Neighborhood Watch. At Broad Branch Stream, we have FrogWatch. In January, Katrina Weinig wrote about the frogs and toads moving into the restored stream, and why they […]
Backyard nature: Birds find ways to thrive no matter the weather
You’ll have to take our word for it when we say that it was a lot colder outside when we decided to dust off this piece from February 2015 for […]
Backyard nature: It’s time for romance – if you’re a fox, squirrel or eagle
by Marjorie Rachlin February might be the month of love, but in nature, the action begins in January. Fox sightings Photos of the month come from a neighbor’s backyard, where […]
Backyard nature: Fox sightings
by Marjorie Rachlin Two of my neighbors saw foxes on the snowy morning of Saturday, January 7th. One fox was running down 29th Street to Soapstone Valley. My neighbor across […]
Backyard Nature: Insects produce the backyard symphony of August
by Marjorie Rachlin It’s 8 a.m., and I’m sitting on the back porch, looking out at the garden. No birds, no bees yet. It’s August and nature is slowing down. […]
Backyard Nature: Close encounters of the toad (and deer and turtle) kind
by Marlene Berlin Thanks to our proximity to Rock Creek Park, we see a lot of wildlife in the neighborhood. And thanks to their proximity to humans, some wildlife isn’t […]
Backyard Nature: The woodpecker version of the Holy Grail
by David Cohen Mythic quests – for the Golden Fleece, the Lost Ark, the Holy Grail– pervade world culture. Here’s my neighborly, woodpecker version! A neighbor whose yard abuts Rock […]
Backyard Nature: What a zoo!
by David Cohen In the midst of our chill gray rainy days, when the sky cleared once or twice to mere cloudiness, I went to the zoo. Usually I’m escorting […]
Meet some of the intrepid creatures colonizing Broad Branch stream
by Marjorie Rachlin We’ve got pollywogs in our new stream restoration at Linnean Avenue and Broad Branch Road, an important sign of the “colonization” changes that will make the area […]