After the video of a white woman making racist threats against Christian Cooper, a black birder in Central Park, a group of black professionals working across science, technology, engineering and math known as BlackAFinSTEM, organized #BlackBirdersWeek from May 31 – June 5.
Many Audubon education and advocacy programs have been canceled or paused due to Covid-19. Fortunately, the Audubon at Home (AAH) program continues. Applicant numbers are down, but people who are proactive, enthusiastic and committed about attracting native wildlife to their yards continue to apply.
If you missed Bill Young’s popular four-part series on Spring Warblers, you can now view the first two sessions on our website here.
Looking for a reason to get out into nature? How about making your property more wildlife-friendly by adding plants native to Virginia? If you missed the Audubon at Home Earth Day webinar that discussed why native plants are important and was full of tips on how to integrate them into landscaping, click here to see the recorded version.
Peregrine Falcons have been nesting on the Riverfront Plaza Building in Richmond since 2003. For thirteen years the same pair, “Ozzie” and “Harriet” occupied the nest. Harriet was last seen in 2016 and Ozzie’s last appearance was in 2017. Last year a new banded male showed up and was joined by an unbanded female this spring.
