What a lovely break in the heat we're having. Here are some things to keep an eye out for in August. Links are to previous LOOK FOR posts: Photo credit: Rongem Boyo The Perseid meteor shower...
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We've gone to Jug Bay three times in the last three weeks. The place is teeming with life at this time of year: ospreys calling, dragonflies zipping by, warblers bringing food to their fledgling...
http://thenaturalcapitalcom.blogspot.com/2015/07/whats-going-on-at-jug-bay.html
Our monthly roundup of things to look for this month: Photo credit: InspiredinDesMoines I originally wrote about bald eagles for the 4th of July, but they're around all summer -- and some s...
http://thenaturalcapitalcom.blogspot.com/2015/07/things-to-look-for-in-july.html
This spring has been cold and a little slow, like last year. Morels , in particular, are just starting to show up. Below are all the things we've highlighted before on the Natural Capital in the ...
http://thenaturalcapitalcom.blogspot.com/2015/05/things-to-look-for-in-may.html
The Jack in the pulpits are starting to unfurl right now. I've always loved these flowers, showy in their design rather than their color. Jack in the pulpit, Arisaema triphyllum Photo credi...
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If you do nothing else this weekend, please, PLEASE go see the bluebells in your favorite river valley. They should be stunning. Last Sunday they were just opening up at Turkey Run , and Wednesd...
http://thenaturalcapitalcom.blogspot.com/2015/04/whats-blooming-at-turkey-run.html
Last week we were hearing a Northern Flicker drumming on our neighbor's vent pipe several times a day. This weekend a red-bellied woodpecker started in on our chimney cap. They're not stupidly lo...
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What a beautiful afternoon. We didn't get out for too long, but the bloodroots made my day. Spring beauty (Claytonia virginica). See our post on spring beauty here . Mayapple (Podoph...
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This Wednesday we led a bunch of homeschoolers on a walk out on the Billy Goat C trail and then took our own walk on Billy Goat B . I suspect after yesterday's warmth things are even farther alo...
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It's another late spring, and so I have no idea exactly what the timing will be on some of these things...the peepers and wood frogs are active. And I'm hoping to get out this weekend to check on...
http://thenaturalcapitalcom.blogspot.com/2015/03/things-to-look-for-spring.html
We skipped town for over 6 weeks this winter. Little did we know the worst of the cold was yet to come. Here are some things to look for out there in the winter wonderland, and some to give you h...
http://thenaturalcapitalcom.blogspot.com/2015/02/things-to-look-for-at-end-of-winter.html
I've been distracted from the Natural Capital but I haven't totally forgotten about you guys...Here are some of the other things we try to take time to enjoy in October. What have you been notici...
http://thenaturalcapitalcom.blogspot.com/2014/10/things-to-look-for-in-october.html
There's still plenty to see outside, if you're in town and you're willing to put up with a little sweat. Links are to previous LOOK FOR posts: Photo credit: Rongem Boyo The Perseid meteor sh...
http://thenaturalcapitalcom.blogspot.com/2014/08/things-to-look-for-in-august.html
Yesterday when we were walking I challenged myself to take pictures of as many species of mushroom as I could. I didn't gather enough information to carefully ID most of them; I just enjoy the di...
http://thenaturalcapitalcom.blogspot.com/2014/07/one-hour-15-mushrooms.html
Better late than never, our monthly roundup of things to look for this month: Photo credit: InspiredinDesMoines I originally wrote about bald eagles for the 4th of July, but they're around ...
http://thenaturalcapitalcom.blogspot.com/2014/07/things-to-look-for-in-july.html
Hasn't it been gorgeous out? I hope you got to enjoy the outdoors this weekend. There's more great stuff to come... Mulberries by akeg Mulberries : These berries are bane of some homeowners...
http://thenaturalcapitalcom.blogspot.com/2014/06/things-to-look-for-in-june.html
Spring has sprung! Here are some of the things we saw this afternoon in Rock Creek. What have you been seeing out there? bloodroot - big patches on the Melvin C. Hazen trail by Peirce Mill (...
http://thenaturalcapitalcom.blogspot.com/2014/04/whats-blooming-in-rock-creek-park.html
The three films we highlighted from the DC Environmental Film Festival over the last couple of weeks had one theme in common: the need to clean up the Anacostia River. The Anacostia Watershed Soc...
http://thenaturalcapitalcom.blogspot.com/2014/03/cleaning-up-anacostia-river.html
Every year, the DC Environmental Film Festival offers hundreds of insightful and compelling films from around the world. Films are showing from March 18-30, and many are free. On the Natural Cap...
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Every year, the DC Environmental Film Festival offers hundreds of insightful and compelling films from around the world. Films are showing from March 18-30, and many are free. On the Natural Cap...
http://thenaturalcapitalcom.blogspot.com/2014/03/eff-fishing-anacostia.html
Every year, the DC Environmental Film Festival offers hundreds of insightful and compelling films around the world. Films are showing from March 18-30 and many are free. On the Natural Capital, ...
http://thenaturalcapitalcom.blogspot.com/2014/03/eff-sustainable-dc.html
Every winter, wood frogs freeze solid. They have no heartbeat -- their heart freezes too. For weeks at a time. When he holds one in this video, narrator Robert Krulwich says "it feels like a ro...
http://thenaturalcapitalcom.blogspot.com/2014/03/amazing-watch-frozen-wood-frog-come.html
This time last year, the wood frogs were out and had already laid their eggs. As of this morning, the pond where we always find them was completely frozen over. And there's more snow on the way! ...
http://thenaturalcapitalcom.blogspot.com/2014/03/things-to-look-for-in-march.html
I think I passed into a new realm of birder geekdom yesterday. I went out specifically looking for a single bird. And I have to say, it was pretty cool when it actually worked. Snowy owl at ...
http://thenaturalcapitalcom.blogspot.com/2014/01/look-for-snowy-owls.html
Every spring I think I've finally learned some new bird songs, then I forget most of them over the fall and winter. Birds sing more in the spring than at any other time of year. And during the re...
http://thenaturalcapitalcom.blogspot.com/2014/01/bird-song-quizzes.html