Birds and Birding, Citizen Science Jess Michetti Birds and Birding, Citizen Science Jess Michetti

2025 Ducks and Waterfowl Identification with Greg Butcher

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.

Photo: Green-winged Teal, James Fatemi/Audubon Photography Awards

Original program date: January 16, 2025

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. Get to know many of the species that winter in the open waters of our region. You’ll learn how to tell a Bufflehead from a Hooded Merganser, and, you’ll learn the features (and hear the call) of the beautiful Tundra Swans that winter in Northern Virginia. Strategies will include identification by shape and color pattern.

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Birds and Birding, Citizen Science Jess Michetti Birds and Birding, Citizen Science Jess Michetti

2022 Winter Waterfowl Workshop

Join Greg Butcher, ASNV board member and migratory species coordinator for US Forest Service International Programs, for an introduction to waterfowl identification.

Photo: Green-winged Teals, James Fatemi/Audubon Photography Awards

Original program date: January 27, 2022

Join Greg Butcher, ASNV board member and migratory species coordinator for US Forest Service International Programs, for an introduction to waterfowl identification. Get to know many of the species that winter in the open waters of our region. You’ll learn how to tell a Bufflehead from a Hooded Merganser, and, with luck, you will see the beautiful Tundra Swans that winter in our area. Strategies will include identification by shape and color pattern.

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