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Bird Club Readies May Walks

2+ hour, 33+ min ago  (215+ words) Birders will meet at the Lexington Food Lion parking lot at 6: 30 a. m. , then caravan to the Blue Ridge Parkway. Alternatively, participants may meet the group at 7: 30 a. m. at the Sunset Fields pull-off (mile marker 78. 4). From there, birders will follow a two- mile-long…...

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Turkey Talk, Bird Outing On Tap

2+ week, 22+ min ago  (176+ words) The Rockbridge Bird Club is sponsoring a talk and a bird outing in the coming days. Mike Dye, forest gamebird biologist for the Virginia Department of Wildlife Resources, will give a talk on wild turkeys from 7 to 8 p. m. in the Maury…...

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Second Take For Bird Walk In BV

1+ mon, 4+ day ago  (193+ words) thenews-gazette. com Second Take For Bird Walk In BV Rockbridge Bird Club's plans to bird along the Buena Vista River Walk last month were thwarted by winter weather. But with winter having finally rounded the corner into spring, members are…...

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50 Years Of Conservation

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (729+ words) RC's Impact Influential, Varied Editor's note: The following story was written by Bob Biersack and Shannon Spencer with Rockbridge Conservation. In the early 1970s, which brought the completion of Interstate 81 to Lexington and a large manufacturing plant in the county, a…...

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Veterinarian, Elephant Handler Also Indicted

2+ mon, 2+ week ago  (200+ words) In addition to Deborah, Karl and Gretchen Mogensen, two other individuals were also indicted by a Rockbridge County grand jury on Feb. 2 in connection to the treatment of animals at Natural Bridge Zoo. Ashley Spencer, 39, of Rockbridge Baths, was indicted…...

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Bald Eagles Record Highlights Bird Count

3+ mon, 3+ week ago  (337+ words) 46 People Participated In 100th Count The 2025 Christmas Bird Count for the Lexington Count Circle was conducted on Saturday, Dec. 20. This year marked the 100th Lexington Area Christmas Bird count and the 89th consecutive count. The first Lexington Area Christmas Bird Count was conducted…...