Posted by Leif Riddervold on August 18th, 2010 in Education and Inspiration, General, Nature/Environment
To test your knowledge of Bundoran Farm, we came up with this short quiz.
Pick the statement about Bundoran Farm that is Not True!
1: Lake Inferior is a good fishing hole.
2: Cacti grow wild in the forests of Bundoran Farm.
3: Snakehead fish have been caught in Lake Scogo.
4: A Lockheed C-130 Hercules Transport Aircraft has landed [...]
Posted by Joe Barnes on August 13th, 2010 in Education and Inspiration, Nature/Environment
The Yellow-Billed Cuckoo – Coccyzus americanus
More than one resident of Bundoran Farm has noted the Yellow-Billed Cuckoo recently. They have been calling their hollow wooden calls ka-ka-ka-ka-kow-kow-kow-kow-kowlp-kowlp-kowlp from many sites in the forests or the forest edge.
This secretive bird has an unusual breeding pattern, with breeding correlated with an abundant food supply and a very [...]
Posted by Joe Barnes on July 7th, 2010 in Baldwin Center for Preservation, Education and Inspiration, General, Nature/Environment
Leif Riddervold, Bundoran Farm’s natural resources manager, is a man of the land and water. When he is not tending to the 2,000 plus acres of pasture, orchards and forest within Bundoran Farm’ preserved and protected farmbelt & greenbelt, he is often involved in other pursuits that foster a greater appreciation of our natural resources [...]
Posted by Joe Barnes on June 11th, 2010 in Education and Inspiration, General, Nature/Environment
A Summer Tanager is singing from trees (mostly white oak) around our house on Hightop Drive at Bundoran Farm . The song is richer and sweeter than the more common Scarlet Tanager. I heard and saw one off of Hightop Drive last year, so Bundoran Farm is fortunate to be a site they like. The [...]
Posted by Leif Riddervold on June 11th, 2010 in Baldwin Center for Preservation, Education and Inspiration, Nature/Environment
This past Wednesday evening , June 9, 2010, we were pleased to host a workshop at the Baldwin Center for Preservation Development for landowners interested in learning about forest management and conservation of their own forest groves. This is critically important, as 66% of Virginia’s 15.72 million acres of timberland is in private hands.
The speakers [...]
Posted by Joe Barnes on June 11th, 2010 in Agriculture, Architecture and Design, General, Green Building, Nature/Environment, Project Updates
Bundoran Farm was the subject of a feature article in the June/July 2010 Issue of Virginia Sportsman magazine. Written by Hay Hardy, the article provides an excellent overview of the Bundoran Farm’s three fold vision of protecting the character and use of the working agrarian landscape, provide for ongoing environmental stewardship and create opportunities for families who [...]
Posted by Joe Barnes on May 23rd, 2010 in Education and Inspiration, General, Nature/Environment
Male orchard orioles are declaring their territories along many “edges” and from clusters of trees in Bundoran Farm. The mature adult male has a deep chestnut body with a black head and wings. The yearling male is bright yellow or yellow green with a black throat. There is a vociferous yearling male singing along Hightop [...]
Posted by Joe Barnes on May 2nd, 2010 in Bundoran Farm Events and Occasions, Education and Inspiration, Nature/Environment, Project Updates
Bundoran Farm residents, future residents and team members spent part of May Day, working on trail maintenance along Israel Mountain. In addition to working hard to clear and clean up one of the many trails that run through the managed forest of Bundoran Farm we had a great time socializing and learning about the wonderfully [...]
Posted by Joe Barnes on April 11th, 2010 in Nature/Environment, Uncategorized
When I was young boy around 3 years old, immediately behind our house was a small woods. While in eyeshot and voice range of my mother, it was a great place for a young boy to play. As I explored these woods and hung out at the small fort my older brother built, I was [...]
Posted by Joe Barnes on April 10th, 2010 in Education and Inspiration, General, Nature/Environment, Project Updates
This past week has been a pretty big media week for Bundoran Farm.
The week started out with a cover story in C-Ville Abode, C-Ville Magazine’s publication focusing on all the essentials of homes, gardening and neighborhoods in the Charlottesville/Albemarle County region. The article entitle “Little Houses in the Big Woods” features some of the houses [...]