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American Robin. Photo: Mick Thompson/Audubon Photography Awards
Welcome to the blog for Northern Virginia Bird Alliance, a wealth of resources about northern Virginia birds, wildlife, habitat conservation and restoration, native plants, wildlife-friendly gardening, advocacy and more.
Galls: Winter Evidence of Insects to Come
Live insects are challenging to find at this time of year. But signs of them remain in the form of galls, a swelling growth of plant tissue.
The Wonderful World of Wasps
While researching something recently, I read that bees were descended from Crabronid or Square-headed Wasps, and I thought that the wasps would be an interesting topic for this column.