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NVBA Staff and Board
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Scholarships and Grants
Volunteer with NVBA
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The Potomac Flier
FY 2025 Annual Report
Birdathon 2026
Register Your Team
Guidelines
2026 Team List
Backyard Birdathon
How You Can Help
Get Outside
Birding in Northern Virginia
Bird Outings
Bird Counts and Surveys
Butterfly and Dragonfly Surveys
Natural Resource Surveys
News
Take Action
Current Issues
Environmental Advocacy
How to be an Effective Advocate
Ongoing Local Efforts
Important Bird Areas
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Wildlife Sanctuary Program
Wildlife Sanctuary Program
Sanctuary Species
Creating Wildlife Habitat
Native Plants for Wildlife
Wildlife Sanctuary Almanac
Plant This Not That
Human-made Hazards to Wildlife
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Contact the Wildlife Sanctuary Program
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Bird Safe NOVA
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October 14, 2025
News
Jess Michetti
Fall 2025 Cape May Field Trip Recap

On Saturday, October 4, 22 birders awoke before sunrise, loaded into vans, and began our journey from Northern Virginia to Cape May, NJ, our eyes set on this faraway destination perfectly aligned with the Atlantic Flyway, one of the four “avian superhighways” in North America.

Fall 2025 Cape May Field Trip Recap
October 6, 2025
News
Jess Michetti
Help Us Write the Potomac Flier

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Jess Michetti
February 28, 2021
President's Corner

March 2021

Jess Michetti
February 28, 2021
President's Corner
March 2021

How much time do you spend looking at wildlife? Watching wildlife can be an important antidote to the stresses of everyday life.

Tagged: President's Corner, Tom Blackburn, Conservation

Jess Michetti
February 28, 2021
News

Apply for a Conservation Grant!

Jess Michetti
February 28, 2021
News
Apply for a Conservation Grant!

Audubon Society of Northern Virginia is offering Conservation Grants of up to $4,000.

Tagged: Scholarships and Grants, Youth Education, Hog Island, Conservation Grants

Jess Michetti
February 28, 2021
News

Audubon at Home Invites Grant Applications

Jess Michetti
February 28, 2021
News
Audubon at Home Invites Grant Applications

We are very pleased to announce that ASNV’s Audubon at Home Program, in partnership with the Plant NOVA Natives campaign, has been awarded a grant of $15,000 to demonstrate the concept that native plantsan fit nicely into a conventional suburban aesthetic.

Tagged: Audubon at Home, Wildlife Sanctuary, Native Landscaping

Jess Michetti
February 28, 2021
News

Youth Education Mini-grants

Jess Michetti
February 28, 2021
News
Youth Education Mini-grants

Are you an educator with a great idea for a bird-related conservation project with your students? The Audubon Society of Northern Virginia (ASNV) is sponsoring a mini-grant program in 2021 to help teachers, schools and non-profit organizations educate youth about birds and the environment.

Tagged: Scholarships and Grants, Youth Education

Jess Michetti
February 28, 2021
News

Calling All Educators! 2021 Educator Scholarship Application Now Open

Jess Michetti
February 28, 2021
News
Calling All Educators! 2021 Educator Scholarship Application Now Open

Looking for new ways to inspire your students to engage with nature? The Audubon Society of Northern Virginia offers a full scholarship and transportation to “Sharing Nature: An Educator’s Week” at National Audubon Society’s Hog Island Camp in Maine.

Tagged: Scholarships and Grants, Youth Education, Hog Island

Jess Michetti
February 28, 2021
News

Harriet Tubman, Naturalist

Jess Michetti
February 28, 2021
News
Harriet Tubman, Naturalist

Harriet Tubman’s deep knowledge of the natural world enhanced her ability to guide people and knowing owl calls played an essential part.

Tagged: Harriet Tubman, Conservation, Naturalist

Jess Michetti
February 28, 2021
News

March Bird of the Month

Jess Michetti
February 28, 2021
News
March Bird of the Month

A huge swath of Pine Siskins (Spinus pinus) has overtaken states across the U.S. this past fall through winter in search of food. This is by far the biggest irruption year ever recorded.

Tagged: Bird of the Month, Pine Siskins

Jess Michetti
February 28, 2021
News

Time to Scrub Your Feeders

Jess Michetti
February 28, 2021
News
Time to Scrub Your Feeders

Recently, there have been several local reports of birders finding sick and dead Pine Siskins. The likely culprit is a bacterium called Salmonellosis, which is fatal to many feeder birds.

Tagged: Birding, Bird Feeders, Pine Siskins

Jess Michetti
February 28, 2021
News

Monday Mystery - March 1, 2021

Jess Michetti
February 28, 2021
News
Monday Mystery - March 1, 2021

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

Tagged: Monday Mystery, Facebook, Nature Trivia, Contest

Jess Michetti
January 31, 2021
News

2020 Christmas Bird Count Summary

Jess Michetti
January 31, 2021
News
2020 Christmas Bird Count Summary

The 39th Annual Manassas-Bull Run Christmas Bird Count on December 20, 2020 was conducted following special Covid-19 protocols.

Tagged: Christmas Bird Count, 2020 CBC Results

Jess Michetti
January 31, 2021
President's Corner

February 2021

Jess Michetti
January 31, 2021
President's Corner
February 2021

My favorite bird tends to vary with the seasons, and sometimes is determined by what I’ve seen most recently.

Tagged: President's Corner, Tom Blackburn, Conservation

Jess Michetti
January 31, 2021

Observations from Meadowood: February

Jess Michetti
January 31, 2021
Observations from Meadowood: February

Judy Gallagher continues to survey Meadowood Recreation Area during the pandemic. Here are some findings from her most recent survey.

Tagged: Meadowood, Survey, Wildlife Survey, Observations from Meadowood

Jess Michetti
January 31, 2021
News

2020 Christmas Bird Count Report now available

Jess Michetti
January 31, 2021
News
2020 Christmas Bird Count Report now available

Read about the highlights of this year’s CBC from complier Phil Silas. The full report and tally are available here.

Tagged: Christmas Bird Count, Bird Count

Jess Michetti
January 31, 2021
News

“The Pollinator Victory Garden” with author, Kim Eierman

Jess Michetti
January 31, 2021
News
“The Pollinator Victory Garden” with author, Kim Eierman

ASNV/Audubon at Home is partnering with the Prince William Wildflower Society to co-sponsor a presentation with Kim Eierman, author of The Pollinator Victory Garden.

Tagged: Audubon at Home, Pollinators, Native Gardening, Native Landscaping

Jess Michetti
January 31, 2021
News

A Hummingbird in Winter

Jess Michetti
January 31, 2021
News
A Hummingbird in Winter

In Virginia, hummingbird migration season peaked months ago, as Ruby-throated and Rufous Hummingbirds made their way to Mexico or Central America. One Rufous Hummingbird defied the regular migration pattern and is spending the winter in Green Spring Gardens.

Tagged: Birding, Green Spring Gardens, Rufous Hummingbird

Jess Michetti
January 31, 2021
News

Where Do They Go?

Jess Michetti
January 31, 2021
News
Where Do They Go?

Have you ever wondered where animals go in the winter, when many seem to just—disappear?

Tagged: Audubon at Home, Wildlife Sanctuary, Hibernation, Frogs, Butterflies

Jess Michetti
January 31, 2021
News

Join the Global Birding Community: Participate in The Great Backyard Bird Count

Jess Michetti
January 31, 2021
News
Join the Global Birding Community: Participate in The Great Backyard Bird Count

ASNV hopes everyone in our nature community will join in this citizen science project, the Great Backyard Bird Count.

Tagged: Birding, Bird Count, Great Backyard Bird Count

Jess Michetti
January 31, 2021
News

Understanding the Complexities of the Female Bird Song

Jess Michetti
January 31, 2021
News
Understanding the Complexities of the Female Bird Song

In the US, February is a month we associate with love and attraction. So, I thought it would be appropriate to discuss courting mechanisms in birds. In this case, bird songs.

Tagged: Birding, Bird Songs, Female Bird Songs

Jess Michetti
January 31, 2021
News

February Bird of the Month

Jess Michetti
January 31, 2021
News
February Bird of the Month

In the early weeks of January, a Painted Bunting (Passerina ciris) was spotted in the brushy grasses and rocks off the Tow Road of the C & O Canal National Historic Park, between locks 18 and 19.

Tagged: Bird of the Month, Painted Bunting

Jess Michetti
January 31, 2021
News

Monday Mystery - February 1, 2021

Jess Michetti
January 31, 2021
News
Monday Mystery - February 1, 2021

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

Tagged: Monday Mystery, Facebook, Nature Trivia, Contest

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