Can you guess what this is? Plus last week's answer and winner!
October 10, 2022
Monday Nature Mystery
We are pleased to announce the winner of our Monday Nature Mystery, Lisa Benoit. (Please email your snail mail address and preference for a hat or tote bag to [email protected].)
Congratulations to Lisa for identifying the Eastern Wormsnake (Carphophis amoenus). According to the Virginia Herpetological Society, these small snakes are secretive and occur in forested and wooded habitats where the soil allows burrowing. They mostly eat worms, but also slugs, snails, and insects. These harmless snakes are distributed throughout Virginia.
Last Week's mystery: Eastern Wormsnake (Carphophis amoenus). Photo: Kelly Geer
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: Josh Henderson
This week’s Mystery: Who is this?
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
Join us this Thursday, October 13th to learn more about bats! Bat lover, rehabber and expert Leslie Sturges will share some of her favorite facts about bats, review the species native to our region, talk about bat conservation, and provide an update on the impact of white-nose syndrome among Virginia's bat population. Register here.
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.
