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A two-hour early morning birding walk is alot to ask of a four year old.
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Leah checks out the binoculars on an early morning walk with members of the Loudoun Wildlife Conservancy
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A guided birding & butterfly walk in the Blue Ridge Center for Environmental Stewardship in western Loudoun County
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Birding at the Blue Ridge Center for Environmental Stewardship
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Saturday morning birding at the Blue Ridge Center for Environmental Stewardship
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Thistle?
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Queen Anne's Lace
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Joe Coleman leads a nature walk at the Blue Ridge Center for Environmental Stewardship
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A Hackberry Emperor butterfly
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Birders at the Blue Ridge Center for Environmental Stewardship Saturday morning
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At the Blue Ridge Center for Environmental Stewardship
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The Appalachian Trail runs along the ridge, the border with W.Va. - the power company has seeded its easement with plants that benefit butterflies and wildlife
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Monarch
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Loudoun birders traipsing the preserve of the Blue Ridge Center for Environmental Stewardship
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Walk leader Joe Coleman gently holds a butterfly for our inspection
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only the male tiger swallow-tail can be black however both males and females may be yellow
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thistle blossoms are prime butterfly food
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a tiger swallow-tail feeding on a thistle blossom
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Papilio glaucus - a tiger swallow-tail butterfly
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Yellow tiger swallow-tail
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Joe Coleman points out some native plants to our small group of nature lovers
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Joe Coleman, current vice president of the Loudoun Wildlife Conservancy, leads our walk
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an adult praying mantis at the Blue Ridge Center for Environmental Stewardship
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Linda speaks with "Pidge" as she snaps a picture with her rather massive camera.
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Nightshade in bloom at the Blue Ridge Center for Environmental Stewardship
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Milkweed
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A thistle blossom
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