Entries by Janet Quinn

FMN quarterly meeting, graduation, and presentation on permaculture, May 19

St. Dunstan’s Church 1830 Kirby Rd., McLean, VA Sunday, 19 May 2019 2-4 pm All are welcome to join our Fairfax Master Naturalist chapter for a brief chapter meeting, a chance to win door prizes, celebrate our Spring 2019 graduating class, and enjoy Christine Harris’s presentation on Permaculture Design. Bill Mollison coined the term permaculture in […]

Biological Control of Tree-of-Heaven, VMN webinar April 18th

Virginia Master Naturalist Continuing Education, for everyone! Thursday, 18 April 2019 12 pm Meeting Number: 673-006-772 Link to join: Join Webinar Link for recordings of this and past webinars: VMN Continuing Education Webinar page This webinar focuses on research to evaluate biological control options for the invasive tree-of-heaven (Ailanthus altissima). It is an invasive tree […]

Clean the Chesapeake Bay Day, June 1st

Various locations Saturday, 1 June 2019 9 am-12 pm Each year, on the first Saturday of June, thousands of Virginians simultaneously descend on the rivers, streams, and beaches of the Chesapeake Bay watershed to remove harmful litter and debris. Thirty-one years strong, Clean the Bay Day is a true Virginian tradition and an annual opportunity […]

Eagle Festival, May 11th

Mason Neck State Park 7301 High Point Rd., Lorton, VA 22079 Saturday, 11 May 2019 10 am – 6 pm (Bird walk at 8:30 am, must register) Don’t miss Mason Neck State Park’s 22d annual Eagle Festival! They’ll have live shows all day in the Main Tent, including raptors, reptiles and mammals. The Hartwell Children’s […]

Learn about warblers, April 30th

Alexandria Country Day School, 2400 Russell Road, Alexandria, VA Tuesday, 30 April 2019 7 pm Field Trip: Saturday,4 May 2019, 8 am (rain date, May 5) Monticello Park, 320 Beverley Drive, Alexandria, VA Warblers show more color and variety than any other family of birds in the Washington area. Some of them stop to breed […]

Birdathon 2019, Have fun, raise funds, 19 April – 19 May

Spring is on its way, and so is Birdathon! It’s time to organize your teams and sign up for Audubon Society of Northern Virginia’s annual spring migration birding competition. The concept is simple: Participants can bird in teams of two to five. Team members then make their own donations or secure pledges from friends,family members, […]

Feather drawing class, April 11th

Hidden Oaks Nature Center 7701 Royce St., Annandale, VA Thursday, 11 April 2019 7-9 pm Join naturalist and artist Avery Gunther to learn how to draw feathers with colored pencil on toned paper.  Learn about types of feathers and feather identification.  Watch a demonstration about how to draw feathers, then draw your own feathers in […]