Can you guess what this is? Plus last week's answer and winner!


** June 20, 2022
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Monday Nature Mystery

We are pleased to announce the winner of our last Monday Nature Mystery, LP Poppendeck! While Seth responded first and correctly, he is disqualified from winning again since he was our winner last week. Please email us your snail mail address and preference for a hat or tote bag to: [email protected] (mailto:[email protected]?subject=Monday%20Nature%20Mystery%20Winner!)

Congratulations to LP for correctly identifying the Bradford or Callery Pear (Pyrus calleryana). This species from China was planted all across the country and considered a perfect, sterile tree. However, as more cultivars were brought over, the Bradford Pears were able to reproduce with other non-sterile trees, producing hybrids that became very invasive, thorny, and destructive. Many towns are now removing this tree from their streets. Please do not plant, graft or sell this species!

Last Week's mystery: Bradford or Callery Pear (Pyrus calleryana). Photo: Famartin via Wikipedia

Each Monday we’ll post a new photo and identify the previous week’s winner. They’ll receive an ASNV hat or tote bag.

Be sure to post your answer on our Facebook page @AudubonVA ([link removed]) under the Monday Mystery post...do not reply to this email with your guess! We only accept entries from our Facebook page, not via email.

Please remember to write the common name, being mindful of hyphens, uppercase and lowercase letters and always include the Latin name in parentheses. To learn more about bird names click here ([link removed]) .

Photo: Judy Gallagher

This week’s Mystery: Who am I?

Post your guess (please list both common name and Latin name) on our Facebook page @AudubonVA ([link removed]) under this week's Monday Nature Mystery. Remember, we only accept entries from our Facebook page, not via email!

Good luck!

-Audubon Society of Northern Virginia

Please note that we only accept entries on our Facebook page where they are date and time-stamped. Remember that if you need to correct your entry, you should make a new posting rather than correcting the old one so that we get a correct time stamp for your correction. Winners are limited to one prize every 90 days.

Also, don’t forget to sign up for this great upcoming event with a famous author:
* June 28: Author Event: “A World on the Wing” with NY Times Bestselling Author Scott Weidensaul ([link removed])

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