The latest news and events from the Northern Virginia Bird Alliance
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** December 2024
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** Board Notes
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** Pileated Woodpecker, Pamela Underhill-Karaz/Audubon Photography Awards
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Meet Eileen Ellsworth, NVBA board member, secretary and chair of the fundraising committee.
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** Apply Now for the 2025 Educator Scholarship
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** Atlantic Puffins, Walker Golder/Audubon Photography Awards
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Each year NVBA offers a full scholarship and transportation to “Sharing Nature: An Educator’s Week” at National Audubon Society's Hog Island Camp in Maine.
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More News
** Swanfall
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** Tundra Swans, Randy Streufert
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The Tundra Swans are back in town! Between 200 and 400 of these magnificent birds are spending the winter in the Great Marsh of Belmont Bay and will leave in mid-March for their breeding grounds in the tundra of far northern Canada near the Arctic Ocean.
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** Mini-grants for Invasive Removal Complete
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** Restoration area sign, Wildlife Sanctuary Program
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We selected applications with the most effective and reasonable plans to address threats from invasives and involving property containing habitat of value where invasive removal efforts would provide a visible demonstration of educational value to congregants, residents, and passersby.
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** Protect the Wildlife You Attract
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** Northern Cardinals, Donals Wuori/Audubon Photography Awards
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Elements of the landscape may pose serious hazards to the very wildlife that we’ve attracted. Are we drawing them closer, only to have them harmed by an avoidable threat to their health and wellbeing?
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** A Bird's Holiday Gift Guide
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** Tufted Titmouse, Katherine McEntee/Audubon Photography Awards
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Although many people make charitable donations during the holidays instead of giving presents to adult friends and family, some of us still like to exchange physical presents. So, how about making some gift selections that will help the birds!
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Monthly Features
** Observations from Meadowood
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** Pale Green Assassin Bug nymph, 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: Where Do They Go?
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** Wood Frog, VA Herpetological Society
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We know now that migration on earth accounts for the disappearance and reappearance of birds. But what about other creatures?
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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.
** Giving Tuesday
Peregrine Falcon, Todd Kiraly
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Tuesday, December 3, is Giving Tuesday. For Giving Tuesday, chip in and make a donation to support Northern Virginia Bird Alliance. Now is the time to SOAR into action - make a gift, call a friend you’ve lost touch with, help a neighbor. We make the community we live in - let’s make it better, better for us and better for the birds. Thank you for your generosity! Donate here ([link removed]) .
When: Tuesday, December 3, All Day
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** Building Back Bird Diversity: Best Management Practices That Really Work!
Graphic by Evan Barrientos/Audubon
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Join us for Justin Proctor’s presentation on bird-friendly best management practices to apply across rural, suburban, and urban landscapes. His talk will explore strategies, technical assistance, and cost-share programs that can greatly simplify and accelerate your adopting and putting into effect practices that increase habitat and biodiversity on your property.
When: Tuesday, December 17, 7:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Where: Virtual
Fee: FREE
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** Service Project: Upton Hill Regional Park Invasives Removal
Planting native herbaceous plants together in a deer exclosure
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Join community volunteers in protecting the local environment from non-native invasive plants. This is a continuing project on every Thursday to reclaim Upton Hill Regional Park from non-native invasive plants. More information and sign up here ([link removed]) .
When: Thursday, December 5, 12, 19 and 26, 1:00 PM – 4:00 PM
Where: Upton Hill Regional Park 6060 Wilson Boulevard Arlington, VA, 22205
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** Service Project: Lockwood/Elmwood Senior Housing Complex Invasives Removal
Planting native herbaceous plants together in a deer exclosure
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Join community volunteers in restoring habitat at Lockwood/Elmwood senior housing complex, a partner in our Stretch Our Parks program. More information and sign up here ([link removed]) .
When: Wednesday, December 18, January 15, February 19 and March 19; see signup for times
Where: Lockwood/Elmwood Housing Complex, meet at Upton Hill Regional Park parking lot, 6060 Wilson Blvd, Arlington, VA 22205
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** Bird Walks
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Birding, Camila Cerea
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** Monday Nature Mystery
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** Shagbark Hickory, Plant Image Library, CC BY-SA 2.0 ([link removed])
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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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E-Activist Network: Volunteers Needed
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