Online Programs

This special discussion with Secretary Bulova shares the administration’s emerging priorities and strategies for wildlife conservation, habitat restoration and resilience across the Commonwealth, with a particular focus on northern Virginia and bird conservation.

Watch the recording of this presentation by Jason Hall, founder of the In Color Birding Club, in celebration of Black Birders Week! Jason will focus on how birding can be a joyful, inclusive space for everyone right now, and what that means for expanding access and community in the field today.

Find out how important it is to reduce outdoor lighting, particularly during bird migration, and make buildings safer for birds. 

This one-hour virtual course explores one of North America’s most fascinating songbirds: the White-throated Sparrow.

Join NVBA and special guest Matt Felperin for a virtual event on National Bird Day (January 5th) to celebrate our 2026 Bird of the Year, the Pileated Woodpecker. Matt’s presentation also includes lots of information on our other native woodpeckers.

Learn how to be a more effective advocate through this dicussion with Honorable Kathy Tran, Representative for Virginia District 1.

Join us for a discussion with Marco Valtriani, an Italian biologist who has over twenty-five years of experience guiding birders and nature lovers through Italy.

Spiders capture our imagination in a way most insects don’t. From Spiderman to spooky Halloween spiders, they're everywhere in our popular culture. However, most of us don't know much about these spectacular creatures or the important roles they play in our ecosystems and daily lives.

This webinar provides examples for GIS applications in different settings (all on locations in NOVA) and offers participants an opportunity to learn from these examples, ask questions and build relationships with other organizations that could help them better achieve their goals.

Join us and our local partner, DC Bird Alliance, as we work to promote Birdability’s mission through this free educational webinar on inclusive birding practices!

Michael Parr, president of American Bird Conservancy and author of several bird guides and articles, discusses his newest book, Birds of the Tropical Andes.

Brush up on your butterfly identification skills! Larry Meade will walk us through the common species and help us differentiate some of the trickier look-a-like species.

Join us for an exciting backyard bird identification workshop, where we’ll dive into the fascinating world of local birds and seasonal visitors!

Did you know that the osprey is one of the greatest environmental success stories? Learn more about this fish-eating bird of prey with Joanie Millward, founder and Executive Director of the Virginia Osprey Foundation.

Will Brooks describes how he used eBird data to study birds on glaciers, an enigmatic ecosystem, and birds lost offshore, a rarely observed event.

Join Greg Butcher, NVBA board member and retired migratory species coordinator for the U.S. Forest Service International Programs, for an introduction to waterfowl identification.

Greg Butcher covers a bit of Project FeederWatch history, its purpose, tips for identifying birds, and the protocols to be followed while counting.

Join us for a presentation by Julio Montes de Oca and Adriana Moreno on Audubon Americas’ work supporting bird conservation in Panama.

Watch this recorded program to learn more about the dangers our birds face from window collisions and other man-made hazards and what you can do to make their lives less risky.

Secret Garden Birds and Bees will share some of the amazing things we’ve learned about raptor adaptations – from vision and hearing to beaks and talons. 

Join us for a virtual trip to South Africa, where you can immerse yourself into the splendor and beauty of birds of South Africa!

Join Greg Butcher for the 2024 edition of this wonderful introduction to waterfowl identification.

Join Steve Holmer, Vice-President of Policy for American Bird Conservancy, for a discussion of opportunities to advance bird conservation through advocacy.

Greg Butcher offers tips about increasing the number and variety of birds that visit your backyard this winter.

Liz Dennison will join us to talk about what rehabbers actually do to help injured or sick birds recover, how they give orphaned raptors the best chance of survival in the wild, some of the more interesting cases they’ve seen, and the physical and emotional toll of being a rehabber.

Join us for a webinar with ornithologist Greg Butcher to learn some strategies of competitive birding right here in Northern Virginia.

Marci Eggers is the Director of Migratory Bird Habitats in Latin America and the Caribbean for the American Bird Conservancy (ABC). In this role, she oversees ABC’s efforts to protect and restore priority landscapes that migratory birds depend on in their non-breeding grounds.

Watch this recording of our live Audubon Afternoon to learn more about the work of Dr. Carla Dove, a scientist with the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History, who does specialized research in the microscopic identification of feathers.

This workshop will cover a bit of Project FeederWatch history, its purpose, tips for identifying birds, and the protocols to be followed while counting.