Can you guess what this is? Plus last week's answer and winner!

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** Monday Nature Mystery
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02/13/23
We are pleased to announce the winner of our Monday Nature Mystery, Elyssa Johnson. Please email your snail mail address and preference for a hat or tote bag to [email protected] (mailto:[email protected]?subject=Monday%20Nature%20Mystery) .

Congratulations to Elyssa for correctly identifying these Eastern Red Cedar (Juniperus virginiana) berries. According to Plant NOVA Natives ([link removed]) , this tree is the nesting habitat and food source for over 54 species of backyard birds. Female trees produce the blue juniper berries. Young trees have small, prickly needles; older ones have layers of flat needles. An early successional tree, you will often spot them along roadsides where they get enough sun. Often used for screening, small cultivars as well as narrow ones are available. They are resistant to salt, compaction, extremes of drought, flood, heat, and cold. Do not plant near apple trees or serviceberries, which share with it a common rust disease.

Last Week's mystery: Eastern Red Cedar (Juniperus virginiana).
Photo: Elaine Mills

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 ([link removed]) 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 ([link removed]) .

What is this? Photo: Chris Light, Wikimedia

This week’s Mystery: What is this? (Learn more about plants for birds ([link removed]) on February 28)

Post your guess (please list both common name and Latin name) on our Facebook page @AudubonVA ([link removed]) 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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