Never a dull moment at Kingman + Heritage Islands during Fall migration! We never know for sure what we might find!
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Photo: Kingman Island, NPS
DC Bird Alliance is proud to participate in this event that offers various tours over nine days across all eight wards.
See the lineup of all activities and register here.
Join us for this very special bird walk as we discover, or rediscover, what is means for us to be a birder. What connects in your mind, body and soul when you hear a tiny soprano in perfect pitch singing to you?
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Join us for a bird walk at a getaway in the middle of everything!
Glover Archbold Park is a gorgeous 183-acre park with a trail that connects to the C&O Towpath.
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Photo: White-breasted Nuthatch, Ybarrondo
Dumbarton Oaks "... is a milestone in the history of American landscape architecture and a landmark in our social history, as it represents the finest work of Beatrix Farrand, America’s first professional female landscape architect." (https://dopark.org/about/)
The park holds and has hosted a lot of history in DC, highlighted in this short video. Recipients of the Bliss Symposium Award have published moving reflections on environmental histories and can be read here.
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Photo Credit: National Park Service
Late hours at the Arboretum are one of the best things about summer in DC!
We'll meet outside the Visitor Center. The R Street entrance will be the only one open after 2PM. Use address : 2400 R Street NE, Washington, DC 20002
Photo: National Arboretum, USDA
Let's start the year in community around birds in this beautiful DC hotspot.
We'll meet in the parking lot. Please look for the DC Bird Alliance banner. The coordinates to the parking lot are, 38.91305, -76.93966.
See you outside!
What to Bring / Park Info
Layers!
Water and snacks
Comfortable, warm sturdy shoes for paved and unpaved trails
Binoculars if you have them.
There is free parking at the venue.
There are portable restrooms at the venue.
Photo Credit: Charles "Chuck" James
Dumbarton Oaks "... is a milestone in the history of American landscape architecture and a landmark in our social history, as it represents the finest work of Beatrix Farrand, America’s first professional female landscape architect." (https://dopark.org/about/)
The park holds and has hosted a lot of history in DC, highlighted in this short video. Recipients of the Bliss Symposium Award have published moving reflections on environmental histories and can be read here.
WHAT TO BRING / PARK INFO:
A waterproof bag to protect your phone, camera, etc.
Comfortable footwear for a walk on packed and loose dirt/rock established trails.
Water and snacks.
If you have binoculars, please bring them.
There are no restrooms along the route.
CANCELLATION: The walk will proceed in rain (best time to bird!), but will be cancelled in the event of heavy downpours or thunderstorm; cancellation will be at least 2 hours before meeting time. So please check before you head out.
ATTENDANCE & COMPLETING MANDATORY WAIVER
Please only RSVP if you are committed to attend.
Please change your RSVP is your availability changes so another bird lover can join us.
Please do not bring unregistered guests to this event. It's not fair to the flock on the waitlist and it's not fair to your guide.
Photo Credit: National Park Service
Get your head in the game! Join fellow bird, beer, & board games enthusiasts for our monthly Wingspan Wednesday hang at Valor Brewpub.
Bring your lawn chairs and your lunch for a lovely morning by the Patuxent with Fred Tutman, the Patuxent Riverkeeper. We'll bird along the Patuxent and may pay a visit to the active farm that has been Fred's ancestral home for more than a century.
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Open to all babies, toddlers, and kids, all children must be accompanied by an adult. Strollers welcome! Let’s learn how to observe birds with our eyes and ears, and practice looking for birds on a short walk.
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Our friends at PG Parks are treating us to a special ride on Patuxent to survey Osprey nests. We'll arrive at Patuxent River Park for a short tour of the conservation work underway before we head out on a pontoon boat to visit several nesting platforms.
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Join us with the National Park Service and Delaware Bat Rehabilitation to learn about, look and listen for bats.
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For our 4th Annual Birds & Brunch we're teaming up with Washington Parks & People and going old skool with a family-style picnic, complete with a DJ and a (non-alcoholic) sip-n-paint, breakout bird walks and of course ... food! food! food!
Always FREE but please register here so we have enough for everyone.
Join us with NOVA Parks for a bird walk at this gorgeous park.
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Join us with Montgomery Parks for a bird walk at this beautiful space in the DMV.
Registration is through Montgomery Parks, here.
Join us for a quick bird walk along the boardwalks before we head out for a lovely evening on the Patuxent.
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Kenra's back yard can be a hot spot, boasting and incredible variety of species that just keeps increasing every year. Join us in conversation with Kenra to hear all about her avian oasis and about the platform, Birding While Black, for people of color to have a safe place to share the passion for watching, feeding and photographing birds.
Virtual. Register here.
All are welcome to join us for a walk at one of our favorite hotspots.
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BORBS is an ensemble of improvising musicians inspired by the awe of nature and dedicated to the birds in their awe inspiring nature, their terror, their beauty. Check them out in the video below with their bird masks on!
Temperance Alley Garden is an outdoor classroom, a time machine, and a soon-to-be construction site, tucked behind the U Street Metro and 13th Street. It’s stewarded by members of the U Street Neighborhood Association and the urban agriculture gurus at Farm The District.
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Join us for a bird walk at this beautiful hotspot, home to an impressive number of resident and migrating species.
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Photo: Roosevelt Island, Spotted by Locals
Join the DC Bird Alliance May 17 -18 for a weekend getaway of backpacking and birding at Shenandoah National Park. We’ll set up camp at Loft Mountain Campground featuring picturesque views and incredible sunsets. Our backpacking staycation will include a hike along the Frazier Discovery Trail, a designated birding and wildlife viewing site on the Virginia Bird & Wildlife Trail.
More information and registration here.
Photo: Loft Mountain, TripAdvisor
Join us for a virtual conversation to learn about these fascinating birds and what we can do to help protect their habitats. Together, we can make a difference in conserving the chimney swift population. Don't miss out on this opportunity to connect with nature and take action for a good cause. See you online!
Free, but registration required, here.
Picture: Chimney Swift Foundation
Sound can be a soothing, calming element. Our busy lives sometimes lend little time for us to stop and listen to the beautiful symphony that is Mother Nature.
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Learn the basics of wildlife photography from our own bird paparazzi!
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Let's take a stroll to see what feathered friends might be lingering around the Nature Center and even the Maintenance Yard, a hotspot for warblers.
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Photo: Northern Parula, Jacques Pitteloud
Join us for a special two-day workshop to explore birding and the special connection the outdoors has with our mind, body, and spirit. More information and registration at Bluebird Sky Yoga, here.
Join us for a bird walk at this historic, beautiful park right here in DC.
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Join the DC Bird Alliance to witness the awe-inspiring sight of thousands of Crows flying over the Potomac River.
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Join DCBA member and owl lover, Sanka Perera on an early morning prowl to try and see some of the world’s most beloved animals … owls!
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Location will be sent to registered guests only.
Established in 1927, the National Arboretum is a true treasure and a busy hotspot for birders.
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Photo Credit: U.S. National Arboretum, https://www.usna.usda.gov
Bird Walk, a documentary produced by DCBA member Cintia Cabib, features the birds and birders that have flocked to Rockville’s RedGate Park, where more than 160 bird species have been sighted, and follows the grassroots campaign which helped preserve this defunct golf course as a public park.
Screening on Saturday, March 15 at the Community Stories Film Festival presented by Docs in Progress in Silver Spring, MD.
A full day birding on land and on the sea with our friends from Delmarva Birding Tours.
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Photo: Black Scoter, Frode Jacobsen
