@potomacoverlook naturalist Sarah took this awesome video today of a daddy-long-legs (harvestman) attempting to feast on a dead wasp. Unlike most arachnids, which are strictly predatory, daddy-long-legs are omnivorous and even scavenge for food. Watch as this clumsy animal loses track of its prize and chases away a rival!
Box Turtle Racing!
On your mark, get set, go!! Today’s Talkin Bout Turtles program saw our 3 eastern box turtles race each other for some tasty earthworms! Crunchy won this race here and Sunny made an epic comeback for the championship in the last race of the day, but Stumpy the seasoned veteran won 2 races and took home the title! Who says Box Turtles can’t move? 🐢
What’s the newest buzz on the nature center? We’re excited to announce that our bees have returned!! Come on out and see our observation hive, and learn about what makes our pollinating friends so important!
Check out the finale of our video series, "Explore Local", as we show you and your family fun ways to get out and experience what's around you! This week we are learning how to make and hide paper towel owls, with the help of a special feathered friend!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5cQzo4SOcrs&feature=youtu.be
Check out this entry in our newest video series, "Explore Local", as we show you and your family fun ways to get out and experience what's around you! This week we are introducing letterboxing, where we'll learn how to make our very own letterboxing stamp!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FWyAku-WygU&feature=youtu.be
It's Meet the Critters Sunday and that means a chance to catch up with some of your favorite animals at Potomac Overlook! Each Sunday we'll post one of our hit videos from the “Meet the Critters series” for anyone who missed them the first time or wants to see them again!
This week, soar on down and meet some of the resident raptors at Potomac Overlook! Watch them be fed, see how the staff care for them and learn why we have raptors in the first place in part 1 of our videos on birds of prey.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jtHBWRiNK6M&t=46s
It's Meet the Critters Sunday and that means a chance to catch up with some of your favorite animals at Potomac Overlook! Each Sunday we'll post one of our hit videos from the “Meet the Critters series” for anyone who missed them the first time or wants to see them again!
This week, soar on down and meet some of the resident raptors at Potomac Overlook! Learn what features birds of prey all share and see two of the resident raptors up close in part 2 of our videos on birds of prey.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GmhdU0sYxh4
It's Meet the Critters Sunday and that means a chance to catch up with some of your favorite animals at Potomac Overlook! Each Sunday we'll post one of our hit videos from the “Meet the Critters series” for anyone who missed them the first time or wants to see them again!
For this week, get an up close look at our amazing snakes as we feed them mice! Learn about what makes snakes such amazing creatures and why they are so important to the ecosystem.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I4cGJL5P4SI
Check out the first entry in our newest video series, "Explore Local", as we show you and your family fun ways to get out and experience what's around you! This week we'll learn about how to grow seeds and what species you can find locally.
https://youtu.be/LVAnOf6qCkg
Haunted Nature Center... the final installment... escaping the grim reaper and frankenstein! 💀🧟♂️
Haunted Nature Center part three... the attack of the killer bees! 💀🐝
Haunted Nature Center part deux! 🧙🏻♀️🦝 guts and cougar 🧠
Haunted Nature Center part 1: a most peculiar witch 🧙🏻♀️👀🧠
Only a few more openings remaining for THIS SATURDAY''S Potomac Overlook's Pumpkin Carving Party.
Book now before all the slots are reserved: http://ow.ly/vQc450wLZfv
#happinesshere #discoverwhatsnext #potomacoverlook #novaparks
Our naturalist caught a rare glimpse of our Red Shouldered Hawk casting a pellet today! Owls aren’t the only raptors that make these pellets; many birds of prey are unable to digest every piece of their meals and must regurgitate parts such as fur and bones. Our bird “Squeaker” here then proceeded to gulp down a tasty earthworm #novaparks #happinesshere #inquirewithin #redshoulderedhawk
One of our camp volunteers found a friendly hitchhiker during one of our outdoor adventures! This beautiful Five Lined Skink clearly wanted to participate in camp too #skinks #inquirewithin #happinesshere #novaparks
A friendly warning to the wildlife in our park: the birds of prey enclosure is not the best place to wander into! This unwary Garter Snake discovered this upon slithering through a small crack in the enclosure wall, and was happily greeted by our resident Red Shouldered Hawk #redshoulderedhawk #gartersnake #inquirewithin #happinesshere #novaparks
Beyoncé got nothing on this Queen Bee! This leader of the hive may lay as many as 2,000 eggs per day! Come check out our observation hive in the nature center and see these amazing social insects in action #bees #happinesshere #inquirewithin
This American Giant Millipede certainly lives up to its name! The one seen here measured about 6 inches long. These creatures will curl their body into a defensive position when threatened to protect their vulnerable underside. #novaparks #millipedes #inquirewithin #happinesshere
You talkin to me? You talkin to me?? #crunchy #boxturtle #novaparks
What a Bee-utiful sight!! Our bees are back in their hive and ready for visitors! Stop on by the center to see our pollinating friends, and be sure to check them out and talk to our beekeepers next Saturday, May 4th between 10am-3pm for our annual May Day event! #novaparks #bees #happinesshere #inquirewithin #MayDay
Checking to see if Spring is really here for good this time like #CrunchytheBoxTurtle #novaparks #happinesshere #inquirewithin
What’s the buzz?? Come out to our May Day event on May 4th to see our bees back in the observation hive and get a chance to talk to our beekeepers about their amazing work! #novaparks #bees #MAYDAY #happinesshere #inquirewithin
SPRING HAS SPRUNG! Our wood frogs have emerged from their hibernation and are wasting no time finding a mate! Our pond is currently home to thousands of eggs, and thanks to the absence of predators like fish or water turtles, will hopefully result in many new frogs 🐸 #happinesshere #inquirewithin #novaparks #woodfrogs
It may be spring but don’t tell our deer #whitetaildeer #inquirewithin #happinesshere #novaparks
A property of the Northern Virginia Regional Park Authority, Potomac Overlook Regional Park is located in Arlington, Virginia. Park staff present educational programs on a wide range of natural and human history topics.
