When you hear “ka-ka-ka-ka-ka-kow-kow-kowlp-kowlp-kowlp-kowlp” or a mellow “cu, cu, cu, cu” call in the distance it might be a sign of rain. Cuckoos are known for their weather forecasting abilities.
Peak Hummingbird Migration Season
ASNV Board Member Cathy Ledec Receives Environmental Award
ASNV Bird Walks are Resuming in September—within Limits
Soon we will begin—cautiously – to resume bird walks this fall. While the activity is outdoors, we still want to avoid the need for participants to be in close proximity. Even though the business economy is restarting, we realize that the virus is still a significant risk, especially to older people.
August 2020
Observations from Meadowood: July
Is This Land Your Land?
Great American Outdoors Act Will Become Law
Birding while Black: Understanding our Different Experiences
August Bird of the Month
Getting into Nature – Often the Best Therapy
Monday Mystery
ASNV Membership Elects Board Members and Thanks Departing Board Members
What Happened to the Northern Virginia Bird Survey?
July 2020
ASNV Online Programs
Recognizing and Celebrating Black Birders
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.
Non-toxic Mosquito Control
July Bird of the Month
Last fall Kit Fechtig, an avid birder from Pungoteague, Virginia was birding around Machipongo, on Virginia’s barrier island, when he spotted a Northern Wheatear, a small thrush-like bird who is almost never seen in the continental United States. He reported the sighting to the Eastern Shore Post which wrote an article about this rare find.
