NVBA strengthened its role as a regional conservation leader in October, organizing an event to bring together organizations and other entities involved in conservation in northern Virginia.
Glass and Light Pollution Threaten Birds
Where There’s Wildfire, There’s Smoke: How Does it Affect Birds? Looking Back at the 2023 Canadian Wildfires
“Keystone” Plants for Fall Gardens
Two Entangled Bald Eagles Fell from the Sky
Come help plant our generous wild plant donation from Earth Sangha!
Observations from Meadowood: November 2024
Wildlife Sanctuary Almanac: Grow your own bird feeder for migrating birds
Fall-fruiting native shrubs and trees not only provide nutritious, fatty berries for birds, but also display beautiful fall color. That’s not for our benefit: what’s called foliar fruit flagging is the way the plants signal to birds that fruits are ripe and ready for plucking—just in time for migration.
Monday Mystery - October 28, 2024
President's Corner
As the autumn days shorten, we welcome our returning winter residents and are treated to another chance to see our visiting migrants as they head south. And I like this time of year because it is when our organization looks back at our activities during the last fiscal year and gears up for the coming year.
The American Kestrel
Life at the Landfill: Much More than Trash
Plant Native Vines for Hummingbirds and Beauty
Observations from Meadowood: October 2024
Wildlife Sanctuary Almanac: October is the Time to Leave the Leaves
Monday Mystery - September, 2024
Monday Mystery - July 26, 2024
Board Notes
The Report from Hog Island Educator’s Camp 2024
King Rails at the Tipping Point in Northern Virginia
King Rail populations have declined over the last ten years primarily due to habitat loss. King Rails are among northern Virginia birds that BirdLife International’s State of the Birds 2022 identified as at a tipping point for extinction, having lost half of their population in the last 50 years, and on a trajectory to lose another 50% in the next 50 years if nothing changes.