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1st Annual Bird Count Derby

Washington, DC Washington

(DC) (DC Bird Alliance) Get your teams together for the 1st Annual Bird Count Derby ... DC style! Derby-themed outfits HIGHLY encouraged! We'll meetup when the counting is done to have some lite bites together and continue to build community around birds.

Free

Birding Buddies

Burke Lake Park 7315 Ox Rd, Fairfax Station

(VA) (Fairfax County Parks) (3-12 yrs.) Walk alongside a naturalist and a group of youth birders as you learn new tricks to identify the birds around you. Develop new skills such as using binoculars, identifying birds with a field guide, and writing down observations in your own birding journal. Journals will be provided, but participants are welcome to bring their ...

$8

Invasive Plant Removal at Normanstone Mini-Oasis

Normanstone 2965 Massachusetts Ave NW, Washington DC

(DC) (Rock Creek Conservancy) 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 for a thriving native understory. Event location, directions, and information will be sent from the event leader 48 hours prior ...

Free

Mussel Walk on Anacostia

Kenilworth Aquatic Gardens 1550 Anacostia Ave, NE, Washington DC

(DC) (MD) (Anacostia Watershed Society) Mussels are mighty protectors of clean freshwater, filter-feeding all kinds of pollution from their habitat. Join the Anacostia Watershed Society (AWS) and the Interstate Commission on the Potomac River Basin (ICPRB) for a walk from Kenilworth Aquatic Gardens to Kenilworth Lake to learn more about the amazing mussels of the Anacostia River. Expect to walk ...

Butterfly Walk at Sweet Run State Park

Sweet Run Park 11661 Harpers Ferry Road, Hillsboro

(VA) (Loudoun Wildlife Conservancy) Join Loudoun Wildlife Conservancy and Virginia Master Naturalist Anne Ellis at the Sweet Run State Park for a leisurely walk in search of butterflies. We will explore the meadows and Xerces pollinator plantings, “bugging strip” and old farm areas around the Interpretive Center. If you are thinking about joining the annual Butterfly Count on August 3, ...

Fireflies in the Meadow

Ellanor C. Lawrence Park 5040 Walney Rd, Chantilly

(VA) (Fairfax County Parks) (4-Adult) Join us at the park to enjoy an evening of fireflies. Bring a plastic jar with a lid to catch and then release. Children must be accompanied by a registered adult.

$8
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