by Marjorie Rachlin March is maddening. Cold on, cold off, and occasionally, a snowstorm zaps us. But right now there are daffodils in bloom, and blossoming cherry trees bedeck our streets. And other signs reassure us that spring is on its way. On my daily walks around the block in Forest Hills or Rock Creek […]
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Nearby nature: Birds and more flock to Audubon’s Chevy Chase headquarters
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 can find on the Forest Hills Connection came in a 2012 post by Marjorie Rachlin, “Table Manners At The Bird Feeder.” Marlene Berlin (“A birdfeeder […]
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. And we can put them to good use during the 2017 City Nature Challenge. Over five days in mid-April, cities around the country will compete […]
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 2015 postings on wildlife in winter. That prompted me to look for winter wildlife in our neighborhood. Once again, it took a trip afar to […]
Neighbors recommend: Mason Neck State Park
by David Cohen For a major urban area, we’re lucky to have easy access to the great outdoors! On November 13 and 26, I made my first visits to Mason Neck State Park. The park – about an hour by car from Forest Hills – is more than 1800 acres near Lorton, Virginia. Its visitors […]
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. Forest Hills Connection has posted my photos from two of those parks, Huntley Meadows Park in Alexandria, Virginia, and Kenilworth Aquatic Gardens, right in the […]
Neighbors Recommend: Huntley Meadows Park in summer
by David Cohen In February, Forest Hills Connection posted photos I took at Huntley Meadows Park (3701 Lockheed Blvd, Alexandria, VA 22306). Last month I went back. I found still more wildlife at which to marvel: See more of Cohen’s marvelous wildlife photos here.
Neighbors recommend: Lotus Festival at Kenilworth Aquatic Gardens
Some of our neighbors are so taken with Kenilworth Park and Aquatic Gardens in northeast DC that they’ve urged us on three occasions to go take a look. (see Jack Buresh’s invitation, Marlene Berlin’s visit and David Cohen’s breathtaking photos of fall in the gardens) This weekend presents a special opportunity for a visit: Kenilworth […]
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 Creek Park along Broad Branch Road saw me toting my camera, monopod and telephoto lens. “I know what you’re looking for,” she said. I had […]
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, rhythmic rapping of woodpeckers to our own Forest Hills. Here are five varieties, all photographed in the neighborhood in the past two months. (All photos […]