Can you guess what this is? Plus last week's answer and winner!
July 18, 2022
Monday Nature Mystery
We are pleased to announce the winner of our Monday Nature Mystery, Melanie Welles. (Please email your snail mail address and preference for a hat or tote bag to [email protected].)
Congratulations to Melanie for correctly identifying the bark of the American Persimmon tree (Diospyros virginiana). According to Wildflower.org, this native tree is in the ebony family. Native Americans made persimmon bread and stored the dried fruit like prunes. Opossums, raccoons, skunks, deer, and birds also feed upon the fruit. Principal uses of the wood are for golf-club heads, shuttles for textile weaving, and furniture veneer.
Last Week's mystery: American Persimmon Tree bark (Diospyros virginiana). Photo: Tina Dudley
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 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.
Photo: Deborah Roy/Audubon Photography Awards
This week’s Mystery: Who do these powerful talons belong to?
Post your guess (please list both common name and Latin name) on our Facebook page @AudubonVA 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.
