Events
The Anacostia Watershed Society is sponsoring its annual Anacostia River Earth Day Cleanup & Celebration on April 21, 2007. Volunteers remove trash and other debris from selected sites along the Anacostia watershed, in both Maryland and the District of Columbia. Gloves and bags will be provided at the cleanup sites. Plan to get dirty and/or muddy. Canoes and motorized boats will serve as shuttles along the river. All river cleanup volunteers wil be required to sign a standard waiver form at time of registration.
Join volunteers to remove overgrown and invasive vegetation and plant native trees and shrubs at Anacostia Park.
For more information: http://www.thesca.org/earthday_washington_dc/
Note: Trip postponed to Sunday, April 22.
RSVP to trip leader Dhananjaya Katju (202-557-6892) or use the field trip contact form.
The National Zoo celebrates International Migratory Bird Day with its annual Bird Fest, which this year runs from April 27 to May 3. International Migratory Bird Day celebrates the return of Neotropical migratory birds from their wintering grounds and raises awareness of the need for conservation on both their winter and summer territories. Bird Fest is one of many events to honor the occasion in North and South America.
The National Zoo celebrates International Migratory Bird Day with its annual Bird Fest, which this year runs from April 27 to May 3. International Migratory Bird Day celebrates the return of Neotropical migratory birds from their wintering grounds and raises awareness of the need for conservation on both their winter and summer territories. Bird Fest is one of many events to honor the occasion in North and South America.
As the largest forested area left in the nation's capital, Rock Creek Park is a magnet for both migratory birds and birders each spring and fall. On particularly good days in late April or early May, it's possible to see over 15 species of warblers alone, and thousands of individual birds at this migrant trap!
The National Zoo celebrates International Migratory Bird Day with its annual Bird Fest, which this year runs from April 27 to May 3. International Migratory Bird Day celebrates the return of Neotropical migratory birds from their wintering grounds and raises awareness of the need for conservation on both their winter and summer territories. Bird Fest is one of many events to honor the occasion in North and South America.
As the largest forested area left in the nation's capital, Rock Creek Park is a magnet for both migratory birds and birders each spring and fall. On particularly good days in late April or early May, it's possible to see over 15 species of warblers alone, and thousands of individual birds at this migrant trap!
As the largest forested area left in the nation's capital, Rock Creek Park is a magnet for both migratory birds and birders each spring and fall. On particularly good days in late April or early May, it's possible to see over 15 species of warblers alone, and thousands of individual birds at this migrant trap!
The National Zoo celebrates International Migratory Bird Day with its annual Bird Fest, which this year runs from April 27 to May 3. International Migratory Bird Day celebrates the return of Neotropical migratory birds from their wintering grounds and raises awareness of the need for conservation on both their winter and summer territories. Bird Fest is one of many events to honor the occasion in North and South America.
The National Zoo celebrates International Migratory Bird Day with its annual Bird Fest, which this year runs from April 27 to May 3. International Migratory Bird Day celebrates the return of Neotropical migratory birds from their wintering grounds and raises awareness of the need for conservation on both their winter and summer territories. Bird Fest is one of many events to honor the occasion in North and South America.
The National Zoo celebrates International Migratory Bird Day with its annual Bird Fest, which this year runs from April 27 to May 3. International Migratory Bird Day celebrates the return of Neotropical migratory birds from their wintering grounds and raises awareness of the need for conservation on both their winter and summer territories. Bird Fest is one of many events to honor the occasion in North and South America.
The National Zoo celebrates International Migratory Bird Day with its annual Bird Fest, which this year runs from April 27 to May 3. International Migratory Bird Day celebrates the return of Neotropical migratory birds from their wintering grounds and raises awareness of the need for conservation on both their winter and summer territories. Bird Fest is one of many events to honor the occasion in North and South America.
NOTE: This trip is now full.
RSVP to trip leader Paul DeAnna at (202) 544-2680 or via the contact form. DC Audubon will visit Pennyfield Lock, part of the C&O Canal National Historical Park in Montgomery County, MD.
On May 12th, DC Audubon will take its annual spring field trip to Bombay Hook NWR in Delaware. This spectacular refuge contains mix of habitats: salt marshes, ponds, forests, and open fields. Bombay Hook is one of the best places in the Mid-Atlantic region to observe migrating shorebirds, including avocets, stilts, and dowitchers. Because of the habitat diversity, participants can expect to see many other land and water birds as well. Past DC Audubon field trips to Bombay Hook have sighted close to 90 species in one day. If time permits, we may visit another site along the Delaware coast after touring Bombay Hook.
The National Geographic Society and National Park Service are organizing a BioBlitz in Rock Creek Park in May 2007. A BioBlitz is a 24-hour effort to record as many living species within the park as possible. Teams of scientists and volunteers of all specialties are needed to find and identify organisms. The event will highlight the diversity of life within an urban setting and provide information on how to preserve that diversity for future generations. The Rock Creek Park BioBlitz is the first in a series of ten BioBlitzes at National Parks around the country, in preparation for the Park Service's centennial in 2016.
