Image Courtesy of the Clifton Institute Saturday, September 16, 2023 1:00 – 3:00 PM FREE The Clifton Institute 6712 Blantyre Rd Warrenton, VA 20187 Registration is REQUIRED. Come explore all the Clifton Institute field station has to offer! Walks are led by one of the naturalists on the staff. You never know what we’ll see […]
Saturday, September 9, 2023 7:30 – 9:30 pm The Clifton Institute 6712 Blantyre Rd Warrenton, VA 20187 Registration is REQUIRED. Join The Clifton Institute to look and listen for creatures of the night! Participants will start by listening to the evening chorus of birds and katydids. Then everyone will take a gentle walk through fields and […]
Image Courtesy of the Clifton Institute Saturday, September 9, 2023 10:00 AM – 1:00 PM Cost: Free! Riverside Preserve 8150 Leeds Manor Rd Marshall, VA 20115 Registration is required! Come along while the Clifton Institute partners with the Fauquier County Department of Parks and Recreation to participate in the Parks for Pollinators Bioblitz! Participants will explore Riverside Preserve […]
Photo by Juan Gonzalez, Peck’s Skipper at The Clifton Institute 28th Annual Butterfly count The Clifton Institute had a great count this year! They found 1,856 butterflies of 39 species. Compared to previous years, numbers were down, but diversity was about average. Other butterfly counts in the area have been down this year as well […]
Saturday, September 23, 2023 11 am – 3 pm 16290 Thoroughfare Rd, Broad Run, VA 20137 See the schedule here. Mark your calendars for the Fall Festival at Leopold’s Preserve on Saturday, September 23, from 11 am – 3 pm EST. Presented by the White House Farm Foundation and Northern Virginia Conservation Trust, this family-friendly celebration promises a […]
Photo: Courtesy of Plant NOVA Trees From Plant NOVA Trees: Every tree counts! And counting every tree also helps show whether Northern Virginia is meeting its environmental goals. The Virginia Department of Forestry is counting planted trees to see if Virginia is meeting its stormwater goals to protect the bay, and the Department of Environmental […]
Photo credits: Overgrown Woodland Edge Garden picture by Paul Van Rjin, Friends of Mason Neck State Park FMN Chapter Project Update by Sarah Mayhew The pollinator gardens at Mason Neck State Park remain a work in progress. Some of them are looking beautiful and others are still looking neglected. That is because we are responsible […]
Moth watching? Not as popular as bird watching, but in the same league as butterfly, dragonfly, bee, mammal and plant watching. Tim Blackburn says the features that attract us to these species are: – Visible – to attract attention – Easy to find with little specialist training or equipment – Enough diversity to hold people’s interest […]
Photo: Nathan Cooper Sunday, September 24, 2023 2:30 – 4:30 PM National Wildlife Federation Building 11100 Wildlife Center Drive Reston, VA 20190 Fee: FREE Mark your calendar now for the next Audubon Afternoon on September 24. After catching up with your ASNV friends, you will enjoy a presentation by the Smithsonian’s Nathan Cooper. He will […]
Photo: COURTESY OF Potomac National Wildlife Refuge Center, Overgrown Pollinator Gardens Tuesday, August 8, 2023 9:00AM Visitor Services Specialist at Potomac River NWR 14050 Dawson Beach Rd.C Woodbridge, VA 22191 Another opportunity to excel has risen up before us – literally! The existing native pollinator garden at the Potomac River National Wildlife Refuge Center […]