City Nature Challenge

(DMV) (Capital Nature) Join residents throughout the DC metro area to observe local plants, animals, and fungi for the City Nature Challenge! You can observe and document wildlife using iNaturalist in your neighborhood, local park, or backyard. This global citizen science event will help scientists collect data on urban biodiversity and highlight Washington DC area's natural world.

City Nature Challenge Hike at Potomac Overlook

Potomac Overlook Regional Park 2845 N. Marcey Road, Arlington, VA, United States

(VA) (NOVA Parks) The City Nature Challenge is an international event motivating people around the world to find and document wildlife in their own cities. At this program, we'll hike around the park and use the free iNaturalist app to make our own observations on a beautiful spring afternoon! Once we've practiced with the app, we'll head out and record ...

Night Hike and Campfire at Potomac Overlook

Potomac Overlook Regional Park 2845 N. Marcey Road, Arlington, VA, United States

(VA) (NOVA Parks) Join our Naturalists after the sun goes down and the moon goes up as we explore our park and learn about nocturnal wildlife. Learn what makes these creatures so adapted to nightlife and meet a few of them up close! Along the way, we’ll record our observations in the iNaturalist app. Program will conclude with a campfire. ...

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WARBLERPALOOZA !!

(DMV) (DC Bird Alliance) Bird Lovers across the region are eagerly anticipating the return of the warblers in Spring migration. We have you covered with our first WARBLERPALOOZA. Bird walks across the DMV to see if we can’t catch a glimpse of our tiny visitors. More walks added daily! Event location will include: Jones Point Park Kenilworth Park & Aquatic ...

City Nature Challenge at Long Branch

Long Branch Nature Center & Park 625 S Carlin Springs Rd, Arlington, VA, United States

(VA) (Arlington Parks) Join us to participate in the City Nature Challenge starting from the Long Branch Nature Center to help survey Glencarlyn Park and discover more about our local nature. We'll learn how to use the iNaturalist app and how it can help you identify plants and animals. You can also post your observations to the global iNaturalist database, ...

iNat Nite in the DMV (Virtual)

(DC) (MD) (VA) (Capital Nature) Join us for the April special edition of iNaturalist Virtual ID Night. The topic this month is: Special Edition ID Night for City Nature Challenge by Deborah Barber. Cosponsored with The Nature Conservancy (MD/DC Chapter) and Prince George’s County Dept. of Parks and Recreation.  

Walk in the Woods: Mussel Power

Kenilworth Aquatic Gardens 1550 Anacostia Ave, NE, Washington DC, United States

(DC) (Anacostia Watershed Society) Mussels are mighty protectors of clean freshwater, filter-feeding all kinds of pollution from their habitat. Here’s a chance to meet these fascinating critters, and the folks putting them back in the river! Join AWS and the Interstate Commission on the Potomac River Basin (ICPRB) for a walk from Kenilworth Aquatic Gardens to Kenilworth Lake, where we ...

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