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** October 2024
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** Board Notes
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** Ruby-crowned Kinglet, Saipriya Sharma/Audubon Photography Awards
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As the autumn days shorten, we welcome our returning winter residents and are treated to another chance to see our visiting migrants as they head south. And I like this time of year because it is when our organization looks back at our activities during the last fiscal year and gears up for the coming year.
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** The American Kestrel
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** American Kestrel, Mick Thompson/Audubon Photography Awards
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American Kestrels are often seen perching on utility wires alongside farm fields, or hovering with rapid wingbeats, until dropping to snatch prey from the ground or mid-air. This robin-sized falcon is speedy and fun to watch.
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** Life at the Landfill: So Much More than Trash
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** The landfill's "no-mow" area, Glenda C. Booth
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As multi-ton garbage trucks roll in and out 24 hours a day to unload the never-ending detritus of modern life and mammoth forklifts rumble over the I-95 landfill at Lorton, just over the hill, a very different kind of life abounds.
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More News
** We're Hiring a Part-time Volunteer Coordinator
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** American Robin, Mick Thompson/Audubon Photography Awards
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NVBA is hiring a part time volunteer coordinator. Applications will be accepted through Monday, October 7.
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** Plant Native Vines for Hummingbirds and Beauty
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** Ruby-throated Hummingbird, David Shipper/Audubon Photography Awards
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Native vines can be terrific additions to your landscape. Unlike the non-native invasive vines that we see everywhere killing trees, our native vines seldom hurt them.
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** Save the Date for our Upcoming Trip to Panama
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** Red-legged Honeycreeper, courtesy of Holbrook Travel
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Enrollment begins soon for NVBA’s March 12-22 trip to Panama, Birding the Central and Darien Regions.
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Monthly Features
** Observations from Meadowood
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** Saddleback caterpillar, Judy Gallagher
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Judy Gallagher is a long-time participant in the Meadowood Recreation Area survey. Here are some of her findings.
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** Wildlife Sanctuary Almanac: Leave the Leaves
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** Fallen leaves, www.ForestWander.com, CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikidmedia Commons
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There are many good reasons for leaving the leaves. By keeping fallen leaves on our properties rather than having them hauled away by landscapers or local governments, we can reduce our production of greenhouse gases and more.
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Upcoming Classes and Events
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We have some exciting classes and events coming up, both virtually and in-person! Click any event to learn more and register. You can also check our calendar ([link removed]) for our full schedule of events.
** Learn How to Protect Northern Virginia's Birds
Purple Martins, Keith Kingdon/Audubon Photography Awards
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Join NVBA and its partners in Bird Safe NOVA to learn about the dangers our birds face from lights and windows and what you can do to make their lives less risky.
When: Wednesday, October 9, 7:30 PM – 9 PM
Where: Virtual
Ticket: FREE
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** Join Us for a Special Birdability Walk
Osprey, Jean Hall/Audubon Photography Awards
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To celebrate Birdability Week and highlight accessible birding opportunities, we invite you to join us at the Great Marsh Trailhead, Mason Neck National Wildlife Refuge, for a special Birdability Bird Walk.
When: Sunday, October 27, 8:00 AM
Meeting Location: Great Marsh Trailhead, Mason Neck National Wildlife Refuge
Ticket: FREE
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** Bird Walks
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Birding, Camila Cerea
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** Monday Nature Mystery
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** American Lady butterfly, Judy Gallagher
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Monday Nature Mystery continues! Read on to learn who correctly identified our last mystery and see what this week's mystery holds.
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** Conservation Counts
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Blue-gray Gnatcatcher, Rusty Moran
Join Jim Waggener in his ongoing natural resource surveys at two of Northern Virginia's best birding spots. Surveys alternate between Occoquan Bay National Wildlife Refuge and Meadowood Special Recreation Management Area on Mason Neck.
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