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For us, the year starts with the return of the birds! So, this calendar goes from May 2026 to April 2027. Featuring DC birds, photographed by DC photographers! Submissions are free and open to the public. Read the guidelines and submit your photos below. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d3a2e855cc363000138ca6f/3b80656f-e2c2-4642-8182-bd11d656009c/BetaClass.png Homepage - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d3a2e855cc363000138ca6f/1681780321138-E447X58H14KHH15EH7GG/20230402-6O2A8293_Nicole+Kit+copy.jpg Homepage - Make it stand out A white-throated sparrow at Malcolm X Park © Nicole Kit https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d3a2e855cc363000138ca6f/1567731278773-GR15S1QD9MKSRBCE82KK/59321446_2003914429735500_3279101264415162368_o.jpg Homepage - Join our DC community! Support DC Bird Alliance by becoming a member, donating, or through volunteer opportunities. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d3a2e855cc363000138ca6f/1567731718583-PBF5IFI2OF76HRE3FOE4/IMG_6565.jpg Homepage - Field Trips Whether you’re someone who appreciates the sounds of birds, a backyard feeder, or an experienced birder, we warmly welcome people of all skill levels. All trips are open to the public, and we have a limited number of extra binoculars available for use. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d3a2e855cc363000138ca6f/1627739360950-ND0JN766BCCM308NMIHU/bjay.jpg Homepage - Make it stand out Baby Blue Jay (Wikimedia Commons) https://dcbirdalliance.org/the-birds-of-rcgc daily 0.75 2024-08-31 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d3a2e855cc363000138ca6f/ccd9ddca-3682-4642-a2a0-605b09379f4e/dsc01204jpg_53684693624_o.jpg The Birds of Rock Creek Golf Course - The Birds of Rock Creek Golf Course Need Your Help Carolina Wren (male) singing proudly from a tree. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d3a2e855cc363000138ca6f/df11cf6d-f84d-413b-8833-87494edd9c36/NativeTreeClearing.png The Birds of Rock Creek Golf Course - Native trees and plants are vital for birds Insects thrive off of native trees and birds thrive off of thriving insects. 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Females use the typical open habitat, and males use areas with more trees. This situation appears to be the result of the females migrating south first and establishing winter territories, leaving males to the more wooded areas. Source. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d3a2e855cc363000138ca6f/fd2c566b-62cd-4224-a83f-8a4694fce754/dsc01090jpg_53684549043_o.jpg The Birds of Rock Creek Golf Course - Tree Swallow Tree Swallows have helped researchers make major advances in several branches of ecology, and they are among the best-studied bird species in North America. Still, we know little about their lives during migration and winter. Source. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d3a2e855cc363000138ca6f/43d0e041-5879-431b-93d5-c00fc59a1eba/DSCF2677.JPG The Birds of Rock Creek Golf Course National Links Trust also plans to build a 50-bay driving range. This driving range will increase the noise and light pollution inside of Rock Creek Park. Not all is known about the plans for this driving range, but it’s effect on the bats, birds and other crepuscular animals could be severe. https://dcbirdalliance.org/through-books daily 0.75 2024-06-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d3a2e855cc363000138ca6f/1f4b06a4-7b7f-42fe-a5c3-db0346958e27/The+Genuis+of+birds+cover.png Through Books https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d3a2e855cc363000138ca6f/761ae4e9-bd0b-4006-a92b-8127ede9a609/Fastest+things+on+wings+cover.png Through Books - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d3a2e855cc363000138ca6f/c8a32a27-980d-4244-bee8-d643da475962/Backyard+bird+chronicles.png Through Books - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d3a2e855cc363000138ca6f/f02e1829-b73e-4088-8f46-16119fc3de83/What+an+Owl+Knows+Cover.png Through Books https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d3a2e855cc363000138ca6f/31fd1992-7560-4a85-94ca-97ce63a413b2/Better+living+through+birding.png Through Books - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://dcbirdalliance.org/through-podcasts daily 0.75 2024-06-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d3a2e855cc363000138ca6f/6acbf2f6-ff31-4b63-867a-2d617ef2692c/The+Science+of+Birds.png Through Podcasts https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d3a2e855cc363000138ca6f/97068f6b-a00a-4d54-b2dc-65793c776798/99%25+Invisible.png Through Podcasts - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d3a2e855cc363000138ca6f/a657ed51-ff89-4851-bb52-f5e70be72611/Birdnote.png Through Podcasts - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://dcbirdalliance.org/through-movies daily 0.75 2024-06-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d3a2e855cc363000138ca6f/6acbf2f6-ff31-4b63-867a-2d617ef2692c/The+Science+of+Birds.png Through Movies https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d3a2e855cc363000138ca6f/97068f6b-a00a-4d54-b2dc-65793c776798/99%25+Invisible.png Through Movies - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d3a2e855cc363000138ca6f/a657ed51-ff89-4851-bb52-f5e70be72611/Birdnote.png Through Movies - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://dcbirdalliance.org/six-ways-to-help-bird daily 0.75 2026-03-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d3a2e855cc363000138ca6f/8e12198b-807e-4bb6-b801-a0efb73aafb7/Black-capped+Chickadee+-+Dyke+Marsh+-+1.jpg six ways to help birds - Plant Native! With safe habitats declining globally, birds have less and less places to rest, shelter and nest. Planting native vegetation provides safe spaces, and healthy food for birds of all kinds. Find out which native plants are good for your area here! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d3a2e855cc363000138ca6f/d9bdcd2b-791d-4316-9594-0e89a89f66b9/DSCF5404.jpg six ways to help birds - Bird-friendly Coffee! To farm coffee at the rate we consume companies often have to destroy wildlife habitat. Buying shade-grown coffee supports their ecosystem and is an effective way to help birds! Shade-grown coffee is also known to taste better! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d3a2e855cc363000138ca6f/167e3a17-b436-4355-8e43-75255e1194c4/Red-Tail+Hawk+-+Major+%28Chick+1%29+-+05.31.24+-+Hunter+Raab.jpg six ways to help birds - Avoid rodenticide, pesticides & Glue Traps! Spreading up the food chain, pesticides and rodenticides can poison many species of birds. Additionally, birds often try and eat the animals stuck in glue traps, which they then get stuck in. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d3a2e855cc363000138ca6f/caa9f580-fd93-455d-a28b-a210ea774a94/Great+Blue+Heron-2.jpg six ways to help birds - Citizen Science! Report what you find while bird-watching on Ebird and/or Inaturalist. With the help of everybody, the internet can be ornithologist’s greatest tool for tracking bird migrations, and species count. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d3a2e855cc363000138ca6f/d15aaf11-c0cf-4ab4-b6d0-5ba425965c34/Eastern+Kingbird-2.jpg six ways to help birds - Keep Cats Indoors! Cats are estimated to kill 2 billion birds annually in the US and Canada. Cats instinctively hunt birds, even when well fed. Keeping your cat indoors is a great preventive measure to help keep birds safe. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d3a2e855cc363000138ca6f/2299f1fe-6516-4834-a50c-4dacd8b38109/Tree+Swallow-2.jpg six ways to help birds - Lights Out! During migration seasons it is important for us to reduce our light pollution. City lights can attract migrating birds away from their routes. This can lead to building collusions and unnecessary exhaustion. https://dcbirdalliance.org/new-page-1 daily 0.75 2024-10-11 https://dcbirdalliance.org/support daily 0.75 2025-11-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d3a2e855cc363000138ca6f/0f3178ed-c4d1-44c7-9902-2dc9c3763fc1/AdibePhotography-23.png Support https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d3a2e855cc363000138ca6f/1567733215589-4PXDD2ZLNO8RUG4G7IE9/22256444_1314236202036663_7773646474282375012_o.jpg Support https://dcbirdalliance.org/presidents-perch daily 0.75 2026-03-12 https://dcbirdalliance.org/migration-madness daily 0.75 2025-03-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d3a2e855cc363000138ca6f/d9d5663b-8dce-4a05-a73a-dbbda728f58d/Migration+Madness+2025.png Migration Madness https://dcbirdalliance.org/patuxent daily 0.75 2025-05-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d3a2e855cc363000138ca6f/4b7933f7-de9e-4fd5-947c-e8b7e00ea15f/Female+Osprey+in+flight.jpg The Patuxent Research Refuge Needs You - A banded female Osprey at the Patuxent Research Refuge The Chesapeake Bay, and the Patuxent Research Refuge is home to one of the world’s largest breeding Osprey populations in the world! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d3a2e855cc363000138ca6f/cbfb7199-db1f-4329-8171-99e77c7ee0c6/Osprey+Chick+-+Jug+Bay+.jpg The Patuxent Research Refuge Needs You - A baby osprey in one of their monitored nests The work and research of PWRC helped the Osprey population bounce back from their drastic decline in the 1950-60s (caused by DDT). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d3a2e855cc363000138ca6f/5bf745e1-13a4-4b92-a1be-eabd74e5f231/Great+Blue+Heron+-+Arlington+VA.jpg The Patuxent Research Refuge Needs You - great blue heron With the Patuxent Wildlife Research Center future under threat, so too is our future understanding and monitoring of the birds we have all come to love. https://dcbirdalliance.org/join-our-board daily 0.75 2025-09-19 https://dcbirdalliance.org/advocacy daily 0.75 2026-03-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d3a2e855cc363000138ca6f/167e3a17-b436-4355-8e43-75255e1194c4/Red-Tail+Hawk+-+Major+%28Chick+1%29+-+05.31.24+-+Hunter+Raab.jpg Advocacy - Prevention, not poison. - Reduce food waste by composting. - Seal garbage lids and prevent rats from entering. - Call 311 to replace broken trash containers. - Take out trash as close to the pick-up date as possible. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d3a2e855cc363000138ca6f/bdcc865e-9ef0-454a-8736-92c626bcfa74/Lights+Out+DC.png Advocacy - How Can you help? - Turn off any non-essential lights at night. - Dim, cover, or shade essential lights. - Point lights down instead of up. - Use timers or sensors for exterior lighting. https://dcbirdalliance.org/conservation-copy daily 0.75 2026-03-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d3a2e855cc363000138ca6f/bdcc865e-9ef0-454a-8736-92c626bcfa74/Lights+Out+DC.png How Light Impacts Birds - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d3a2e855cc363000138ca6f/1570397416747-PPR946BSN00CZ1DAS6R6/APA-2017_A1_3180_2_Ruby-throated+Hummingbird_Gary_Robinette_KK+%282%29.jpg How Light Impacts Birds Ruby-throated Hummingbird https://dcbirdalliance.org/spring-migration-calendar daily 0.75 2026-03-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d3a2e855cc363000138ca6f/84944b1a-6a24-402d-9ae5-a352461ac409/Spring+Migration+Calendar+2026+Photo+Request+Slide+1.png Spring Migration Calendar (26-27) - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://dcbirdalliance.org/birdupdc daily 0.75 2026-03-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d3a2e855cc363000138ca6f/f0c5f0c5-472f-4365-955c-41599308b622/Flock+Star+Spring+2026.png Field Trips & Events - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://dcbirdalliance.org/privatewalks daily 0.75 2026-03-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d3a2e855cc363000138ca6f/bb5d9919-0aeb-4640-b6a0-9a674d928a54/ChatGPT+Image+Mar+23%2C+2026%2C+11_15_15+PM.png Private Bird Walks - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://dcbirdalliance.org/store daily 0.75 2024-02-08 https://dcbirdalliance.org/store/evpwy6zw63flisgexgs3bust7gsrdh monthly 0.5 2024-03-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d3a2e855cc363000138ca6f/1709782175976-LOM29IZ0UOZI5UW6YZ3J/Calendar+Cover+Art+Final.png Store - Spring Migration Calendar