It’s time for Birdathon! Register your team and go birding! See how many bird species you can count in a 24-hour period, and collect pledges from friends and family. All funds raised directly support NVBA’s conservation work!
The Great Backyard Bird Count provides a snapshot of where birds are in real time. It’s spontaneous; you’re not restricted to your own backyard or to a particular feeding area. You can count anywhere during the 4 count days for as little as 15 minutes or as long as a walk through a park.
Join Northern Virginia Bird Alliance for a lunchtime comment writing session where together we will advocate for the Endangered Species Act!
Do you like working outside? Join community volunteers in protecting the local environment from non-native invasive plants.
Do you like working outside? Join community volunteers in protecting the local environment from non-native invasive plants.
Come work on this exciting habitat restoration project!
Do you like working outside? Join community volunteers in protecting the local environment from non-native invasive plants.
Do you like working outside? Join community volunteers in protecting the local environment from non-native invasive plants.
If you would like to learn more about the Northern Virginia Bird Alliance and the Wildlife Sanctuary Program, please join us on October 5th at 10:00 AM at the Occoquan Bay National Wildlife Refuge Visitors Center to meet and talk with the people who manage these programs.
This conference is for professionals in the landscaping industry only (landscape designers, landscape architects, crews, growers, nurseries, landscape maintenance, property managers, builders, etc.)
On Saturday, July 13, help us remove invasive mile-a-minute from a meadow in the refuge. We will partner with Refuge staff, Audubon volunteers and neighbors to make more space in the meadow for native grasses that birds love!
On Saturday, June 15, help us remove invasive mile-a-minute from a meadow in the refuge. We will partner with Refuge staff, Audubon volunteers and neighbors to make more space in the meadow for native grasses that birds love!
Join this USFWS-sponsored Earth Day cleanup at Occoquan Bay National Wildlife Refuge.
On Saturday, April 20, help us remove invasive garlic mustard from a meadow in the refuge. We will partner with Refuge staff, Audubon volunteers and neighbors to make more space in the meadow for native grasses that birds love!
Please join us again for our continuing service project in Monticello Park to help with habitat restoration and trail maintenance. This park is very well attended among birders - so let's pitch in to help keep this park in good shape!
Please join us for a service project in Monticello Park to help with habitat restoration and trail maintenance. This park is very well attended among birders - so let's pitch in to help keep this park in good shape!
This educational event is designed to shed light on the importance of bats in our ecosystem, raise awareness about the threats they face, and empower attendees to take action to protect them.
This program is for anyone who has volunteered for the Audubon Society of Northern Virginia. We want to celebrate you!
Please join us for a service project in Monticello Park to help with habitat restoration and trail maintenance. This park is very well attended among birders - so let's pitch in to help keep this park in good shape!
Join us online to hear game designer and birder Elizabeth Hargrave speak about how she started birding, her journey to create the award-winning game Wingspan, its rise to popularity, and its impact.
The Audubon Society of Northern Virginia is hosting a hands-on introduction to playing a prize-winning bird-themed board game called Wingspan.
We all learned that dinosaurs died out 65 million years ago - but now we know that they are still with us today. Join Douglas Futuyma, Distinguished Professor Emeritus in the Department of Ecology and Evolution at Stony Brook University, for a presentation on how birds evolved and continue to evolve.
If you love birds, help them by growing native plants in your yard. Birds cannot live on birdseed alone, but also need to eat native insects - which need native plants for food and shelter.
Bald and golden eagles will be the focus of a presentation on March 2, 2022, by Jeff Cooper, a Virginia Department of Wildlife Resources (DWR) wildlife biologist.
Nature belongs to all of us! Please join Arlington Public Library for a Zoom chat with renowned birders and naturalists discussing the joys and challenges of their work in the field.
Ornitherapy, or a more mindful approach to the observation of birds, benefits our mind, body, and soul. We’re pushed and pulled in many directions, no matter our age. If we allow birds and nature to slow us down, we are practicing a form of “self-care.”
Join Phil Silas, the Manassas-Bull Run Christmas Bird Count compiler, and members from our Conservation Committee to learn about this long-running citizen science bird survey.
Join us for our November Audubon Afternoon! Our guest speaker will be Dr. Herlitz Davis, will introduce you to the fascinating Avifauna of Jamaica through stories of his life growing up in nature, and through his doctoral research at George Mason University and the Smithsonian Institution.
This FREE workshop will cover a bit of Project FeederWatch history, its purpose, tips for identifying birds, and the protocols to be followed while counting.
Join the Friends of Dyke Marsh (FODM) on October 20, 7:00 PM on Zoom for Greg Butcher’s presentation on wintering waterbirds.
