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

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.

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

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.

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

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.

As hard as it is for bird watchers to take their feeders down, there is now a critical reason to do so. Recent unexplained bird deaths in our region prompted organizations such as the U.S. Geological Survey and the Virginia Department of Wildlife Resources to recommend that citizens remove their feeders and bird baths until the cause of the mortality is determined.

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.

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

A few days ago, my wife and I were on a boardwalk in southwest Florida peering through binoculars at a flock of distant birds.

ASNV’s Annual Fun-d Raiser is back and there’s still time to support your favorite team or maybe two!

“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.