Events
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04 / 28
Start: 11:19 am
Vote to nominate Caroline Coe as the mid-Atlantic region representative from the National Audubon Society Board of Directors.
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05 / 1
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05 / 3
Start: 7:00 am
End: 12:00 pm
RSVP to trip leader Paul DeAnna at (202) 544-2680. DC Audubon will visit Pennyfield Lock, part of the C&O Canal National Historical Park in Montgomery County, MD. This area along the Potomac River is well known for an abundance of Spring migrants and a variety of breeding birds. We can expect several warblers, including Prothonotary, which breed here, and others just passing through. In addition, various Vireos, Tanagers, Orioles and other colorful songsters should be out in force. Meet at the Lock at 7:00 a.m. Start: 8:00 am
End: 12:00 pm
NestWatch is a bird nest-monitoring project, developed as a collaboration between the Smithsonian Migratory Bird Center at the National Zoo in Washington, DC and the Cornell Lab of Ornithology. It has been funded by the National Science Foundation. Start: 1:00 pm
Dr. David Pawson will present a lecture titled "Life in the Mysterious Deep Sea: Discoveries Old and New" at the Smithsonian Naturalist Center. | ||
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05 / 10
Start: 6:30 am
End: 12:00 pm
May 10, Kenilworth Aquatic Gardens will open early for birders to celebrate International Migratory Bird Day. Several events are scheduled for the occasion: Start: 7:30 am
End: 12:00 pm
On Saturday, May 10, join trip leader Dhananjaya Katju for a morning of birding at Kenilworth Aquatic Gardens to celebrate International Migratory Bird Day. Participants should meet in the parking lot at 7:30 am. Start: 1:00 pm
End: 2:30 pm
Dr. Carla Dove will present a lecture titled "When Birds Collide - Birdstrike Identification at the Smithsonian" at the Smithsonian Naturalist Center. | ||
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05 / 19
Start: 7:00 pm
End: 9:00 pm
Jenny Uglow, author of Nature's Engraver: A Life of Thomas Bewick, 2007 winner of the National Award for Arts Writing, will give a reading and book talk at The Arts Club of Washington, 2017 I Street NW, Washington, DC. (202) 331-7282, ext. 15. Use Foggy Bottom or Farragut North Metro stop. | ||
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