by David Cohen The Audubon Naturalist Society (audubonnaturalist.org) has its headquarters at Woodend, its Chevy Chase, Maryland mansion and grounds at 8940 Jones Mill Road. Its first mention that I […]
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Help DC “win” the 2017 City Nature Challenge
The naturalists of the 18th and 19th centuries had to rely on pen and ink and taxidermy to record their finds. We have small pocket computers that we carry everywhere. […]
Backyard nature: Bird feeder mania!
by David Cohen There must be something going around. At the end of my last Forest Hills Connection post, “Backyard nature: Winter is for the birds,” I mentioned our first […]
Backyard nature: Winter is for the birds
by David Cohen Thank you, Marlene Berlin! When I sent my photos from Mason Neck State Park in Lorton, Virginia, she suggested I look at Marjorie Rachlin’s marvelous 2013 and […]
Backyard Nature: A bounty of butterflies
by David Cohen As we approach autumn, here’s a reminder of the bounty of summer: a half-dozen butterfly photos from June through September, and from three of my favorite parks. […]
Meet your neighbors: David Cohen’s wildlife photos on exhibit
David Cohen has graced the Forest Hills Connection with his photographs of area birds and wildlife. Two of his photographs (artists are limited to two works each) were chosen for […]
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 […]
Backyard nature: A wealth of woodpeckers
by David Cohen In February, Forest Hills Connection posted photos I took in Huntley Meadows Park, in Alexandria, Virginia. Among them was a red-headed woodpecker. Spring has brought the resonant, […]
Backyard Nature: Colorful neighbors
More stunning photos of the local wildlife from David Cohen: “I walked, carefully, along Broad Branch Road and the tributary to Rock Creek that runs alongside it. In the stretch […]