Can you guess what this is? Plus last week's answer and winner!
August 29, 2022
Monday Nature Mystery
We are pleased to announce the winner of our Monday Nature Mystery, Michael Piper. (Please email your snail mail address and preference for a hat or tote bag to [email protected].)
Congratulations to Michael for correctly identifying the juvenile Red-winged Blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus). According to All About Birds, female Red-winged Blackbirds build the nests by winding stringy plant material around several close, upright stems and weaving in a platform of coarse, wet vegetation. Around and over this she adds more wet leaves and decayed wood, plastering the inside with mud to make a cup. Finally, she lines the cup with fine, dry grasses. Young stay in the nest for just 11-14 days before fledging.
Last Week's mystery: Juvenile Red-winged Blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus). Photo: Brian Rice/Audubon Photography Awards
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: Ben Cvengros/Audubon Photography Awards
This week’s Mystery: Who is this fall visitor?
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.
