The Texas festival put lots of birds on my life list, while the California jaunt introduced me to some stunning water features.
- January’s first spikes of Skunk Cabbage on Sugarloaf Mountain
- Hemlock Overlook Regional Park, Fairfax County, Va.
- urban redevelopment in the Silver Spring, Md. CBD
- making the 2011 Great Backyard Bird Count
- stormwater management in the headwaters of Piney Branch, Montgomery County, Md.
- spring wildflowers at the Glade, Turkey Run Park, Governor Bridge Natural Area, Violette’s Lock, Thomson WMA, and Sugarloaf Mountain
- butterflies in Montgomery County and the Frederick City watershed
- Yosemite National Park and Mono Basin: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
- grasses at Great Falls Park, Fairfax County, Va.
- Bull Run Mountains, Prince William/Fauquier Counties, Va.
- Bristoe Station Battlefield Heritage Park, Prince William County, Va.
- Fort Totten and Congress Heights walking tours, Washington, D.C.
- Rose River loop, Shenandoah NP
- botany in Little Bennett Regional Park, Montgomery County, Md.
- Rio Grande Valley Birding Festival: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
- winter weeds at Woodend Sanctuary, Chevy Chase, Md.
- and, as every year, Huntley Meadows Park, Fairfax County, Va.