We are pleased to announce the winner of our Monday Nature Mystery, Nick Garnhart. Please email your snail mail address and preference for a hat or tote bag to [email protected].
Congratulations to Nick for correctly identifying the Fox Sparrow (Passerella iliaca). According to All About Birds, Fox Sparrows spend much of their time hopping on the ground and scratching though leaf litter as they forage for invertebrates. They rarely make long flights during their day-to-day activities. These ground-nesting birds will give a metallic chip and pretend to have a broken wing to lure potential predators (including people) away from their nests.
Last Week's mystery: Fox Sparrow (Passerella iliaca). Photo: Luke Franke/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.
What is this? Photo: Elaine Mills
This week’s Mystery: What is this? (Learn more about plants for birds on February 28)
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, maximum 2 per person.
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