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Landscape for Wildlife: A New MGNV Facebook Series
In 2021, Master Gardeners of Northern Virginia will introduce Landscape for Wildlife, a new series of educational posts on Facebook which will run weekly on Thursday mornings starting Jan. 7. Landscape for Wildlife will focus on the services that native species can provide to endangered pollinators, birds, small mammals, and other wildlife when homeowners include them in residential landscapes. Continue reading
Posted in Landscape for Wildlife, Wildlife
Tagged American Beauty-berry, Aromatic Aster, Asclepias syriaca, Callicarpa americana, common milkweed, Danaus plexippus, Echinacea purpurea, Monarch caterpillar, purple coneflower, Symphyotrichum oblongifolium
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For the Birds, Butterflies, and Hummingbirds
Creating Inviting Habitats – this Virginia Cooperative Extension publication examines the habitat requirements for butterflies and birds common to our local area. In fact, most of the plants and wildlife were photographed in Arlington, Alexandria, and Fairfax, Virginia. Creating Inviting Habitats is especially relevant during National Pollinator Week — June 18–24 — as well as in the 100th year of the Migratory Bird Treaty Act. Continue reading
Posted in Pollinators
Tagged adult Monarch, Asclepias tuberosa, bird baths, chrysalis, Creating Inviting Habitats, house wrens, Lantana, Monarch caterpillar, National Pollinator Week, nest boxes, Ruby-throated Hummingbird, Year of the Bird
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