Can you guess what this is? Plus last week's answer and winner!
September 12, 2022
Monday Nature Mystery
We are pleased to announce the winner of our Monday Nature Mystery, Erica Garfinkle. (Please email your snail mail address and preference for a hat or tote bag to [email protected].)
Congratulations to Erica for correctly identifying these juvenile Tree Swallows (Tachycineta bicolor). According to All About Birds, and true to their name, these birds typically nest in tree cavities but may also raise their brood in small nest boxes. Tree Swallows feed on small insects that they catch in their mouths during acrobatic flight. After breeding, Tree Swallows gather in large flocks to molt and migrate. In the non-breeding season, they form huge communal roosts.
Last Week's mystery: Juvenile Tree Swallows (Tachycineta bicolor). Photo: Barbara Krizman/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: Fred Siskind
This week’s Mystery: Who is this fall butterfly?
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.
Get a refresher on fall butterflies! Sign up for this Thursday’s butterfly identification workshop with Larry Meade here.
