Birding Resources
Check out our birding resources page to learn about places to go, how to attract birds to your yard, regional checklists, field guides, apps and more!
Photo: Taunya English
A New View of the Landfill
Grassland at the I-95 landfill provides habitat for ground-nesting birds and other wildlife
Photo: Dickcissel, Russel Smith/Audubon Photography Awards
Wildlife Sanctuary Almanac: Violets
You may think of Common Blue Violets (Viola sororia) as pesky weeds growing unwanted in your lawn and pull them up, but they are native and of value to wildlife.
Photo: Blue Violets, Bernt Fransson, CC BY-SA 4.0 , via Wikimedia Commons
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Try out our new and improved search function so you can find what you’re looking for on our website
Photo: Osprey, LeRoy VanHee/Audubon Photography Awards
Help Your Local Parks!
Best practices for being a good steward and community member at your local parks
Photo: Virginia Bluebells, Cbaile19, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons
Upcoming Classes and Events
We have lots of great classes and events coming up, both online and in person.
Photo: Yellow-throated Warbler, Matt Felperin
Red-headed Woodpecker: A Species at the Tipping Point
Why this uncommon northern Virginia breeder is on the tipping point list and how we can help
Photo: Red-headed Woodpecker, Matt Felperin
Audubon Society of Northern Virginia is a chapter of the National Audubon Society.
Our mission is to engage all Northern Virginia communities in enjoying, conserving, and restoring nature for the benefit of birds, other wildlife, and people. We advance our mission through educational programs, citizen science, conservation initiatives, and advocacy initiatives. We envision a world where people, wildlife, and their habitats thrive.
News
The latest stories from ASNV. Looking for a particular topic? Try searching our site. We have hundreds of articles full of great information about everything from birds to advocacy to native plants.
A landfill can be more than a garbage dump. It can be a place of ecological renewal. The latest example at Fairfax County’s I-95 landfill is a plan to protect some of the landfill’s grassland habitat for ground-nesting birds and other wildlife.
Mary Frase, who comes from several generations of family gardeners, tells anyone who asks her about her volunteering, “I grew up playing in the dirt and I still like to play there.” She turned this love into an extraordinary commitment to native habitat.
If you haven’t yet taken the time to study the variety of nature in your local park, but you still appreciate it, you may also ask yourself how you, as a park user and community member can help protect the park’s resources.
ASNV’s Youth Education Committee has selected Jeanne Lukas-Ross of Clearview Elementary School in Herndon as the 2024 recipient of the ASNV scholarship to “Sharing Nature: An Educator’s Week” at National Audubon’s Hog Island nature camp in Maine.
We often hear about telephone or online financial scams, but what about the “woodchucks” or tree scammers that arrive at your door? These are seasonal workers, usually untrained, uncertified, and unlicensed. Beware! They come bearing disaster for your trees, as well as your wallets.
Judy Gallagher is an ASNV board member and a regular surveyor of local wildlife who also captures photos of what she sees, in particular the less common species.
Common Blue Violets (Viola sororia) are blooming. You may think of them as pesky weeds growing unwanted in your lawn and pull them up, as I used to do, but they are native and of value to wildlife.
The 2024 General Assembly session began with high hopes for environmentalists, but the session ended with only modest achievements.
Have you struggled in the past to find that great article we ran about making a mosquito larva trap? Or the Eagle Scout video showing you how to apply bird-safe protection to your home’s windows? We’ve fixed the problem with our new search feature!
Monday Nature Mystery continues! Read on to learn who correctly identified our last mystery.
Find more stories on our News page.
Upcoming Classes and Events
We have resumed some in-person bird walks and are holding our classes and events both in person and online. You can also watch recordings of past virtual events on our Online Programs page.