(DC) (Smithsonian) Bring your dancing shoes and join us for a very special session of Wild Nature Play Club: a live family concert with our "Get a Head Start with the Smithsonian" friends Nick the Music Man and Pinky Jackalope! After the concert, we will enjoy a child-directed hike along the half-mile George Washington Carver Nature Trail, then gather together ...
(MD) (Friends of Sligo Creek) Join us on a roughly one hour walk looking at the different ways houses are built for and respond to their sites adjoining park land along Sligo Creek. The architectural design of homes along the stretch of Sligo Creek from Maple toward Piney Branch is uniquely varied and adopts the styles, ideals and the evolving ...
(DC) (DC Department of Energy & Environment and Partners) Learn about the challenges of flooding around Watts Branch. Discuss possible solutions. Receive a $25 gift card for participating.
(DC) (Rock Creek Park) Join Rock Creek Conservancy and the National Park Service for this invasive plant removal restoration event in Rock Creek Park. Invasive plants are a major threat to our fragile forests, and stopping their spread helps allow native plants to thrive in the understory. Event location, directions, and information will be sent from the event leader 48 ...
(DC) (DC Birds Alliance) We'll have demonstrations of how eBird and iNaturalist data may be downloaded and transformed into graphical visualizations. Be prepared to participate actively, because the evolved map captures the collective thoughts of your fellow attendees. Furthermore, the map represents concerns that are important to you: the DCBA community!
(VA) (Arlington Parks) Flying squirrels are found throughout the wooded neighborhoods of Arlington, but are seldom seen. Join us to learn about these nocturnal rodents in our classroom, then see wild flying squirrels outdoors. Dress for the weather, it can become very cold. Families. Find more Arlington Parks events here.
(VA) (Friends of Dyke Marsh) Join FODM for a bird walk every Sunday at 8 a.m. The Dyke Marsh Wildlife Preserve is a freshwater, tidal marsh on the Virginia side of the Potomac River in Fairfax County. It is a unit of the George Washington Memorial Parkway, U.S. National Park Service.
(DC) (DC Bird Alliance) Join us with our partner, Tregaron Conservancy, to explore these beautiful secret gardens, meadows and pond. Tregaron is a haven for birds and bird-watchers alike, with an abundant and beautiful variety of species making their home within the trees and woodlands, or visiting on migration throughout the year. Check out species seen at the Conservancy here. ...
