Plant NoVA Trees is live! Check out this brand new initiative from Plant NOVA Natives to encourage planting more native trees.

Roseate Spoonbills (Platalea ajaja) with their brilliant pink plumage, are one of those resplendent birds that attract birders from all over the world.

Monday Nature Mystery continues! Read on to learn who correctly identified our last mystery.

On August 19, the DWR issued new guidance on feeding birds in light of the outbreak of avian disease this summer. Read on for the entire press release.

ASNV’s advocacy chair wrote an opinion piece in the Washington Post advocating for the consideration of biodiversity in land-use decisions in Fairfax County, specifically regarding plans to pave Justice Park. Read the article here.

ASNV has received a bequest of more than $75,000 from the late Marilyn G. Bernard, who passed away on August 16, 2020.

Earlier this year Upton Hill Regional Park, Arlington NAACP’s Environmental Climate Justice Committee, Northern Virginia Audubon Society, and Arlington Master Naturalists came together and hosted their first series of Black and Latinx guided bird walks.

A record seven teams of birders participated in ASNV’s 2021 Birdathon, a friendly competition to see which team can raise the most funds for ASNV and see the most bird species in Northern Virginia in 24 hours.

The previous Reston National Golf Course (RNGC) owners fought against Reston residents for the right to develop the golf course into a townhome community. A four-year court battle resulted in a ruling to preserve the golf course as provided in the Reston Comprehensive Plan.

Gretchen Linton of Mark Twain Middle School in Alexandria is the 2021 recipient of ASNV’s scholarship to Educator’s Week at Hog Island Audubon Camp in Maine.

This year’s Youth Education mini grants were awarded to Knox Presbyterian Church, Ramsay Elementary School, Nativity Catholic School and Huntley Meadows’ after-school nature drawing program.

Audubon at Home partnered with Plant NOVA Natives to invite homeowners’ and civic associations to apply for funds to beautify their neighborhood entrances using low maintenance native plants.

Many insects are picky eaters, only able to eat the plants with which they evolved, meaning the plants that are native to their region.

With more than 1100 song variations – some believe that number can be closer to 3000 – the Brown Thrasher (Toxostoma rufum) has one of the largest song repertoires of all songbirds. It even beats out the Northern Mockingbird, which can sing up to 200 different songs.

ASNV has eliminated its COVID-19 – related restrictions on in-person gatherings, bird walks and surveys and will follow the CDC’s guidelines as they change from time to time.

In late April, Ashley Bradford photographed a Chipping Sparrow with a totally white head. The name for the condition which caused this color abnormality is disputed.

“Birding is for everybody, and every body!” This is the motto of Birdability, a growing global effort that works to decrease barriers for birders with mobility, vision, developmental, hearing, and other health challenges.

Drew Lanham writes about the complexities of J.J. Audubon and his history of white supremacy in the spring issue of Audubon Magazine.

Monday Nature Mystery continues! Read on to learn who correctly identified our last mystery.

The walks are also supported by ASNV in collaboration with Arlington Master Naturalists. Walks take place on three Saturday mornings: April 24, May 8 and June 5.