Calendar
Photo: Northern Pintails, Angela Vogel/Audubon Photography Awards
Calendar
Photo: Northern Pintails, Angela Vogel/Audubon Photography Awards
Join NVBA for a class, bird walk or one of our Audubon Afternoons. Browse our full calendar of events below and get outside!
Join our bird guides for a beginner-focused birding experience at Occoquan Bay National Wildlife Refuge! New to birding? Join us!
Did you know April 8th is National Draw a Bird Day? Join NVBA and local artist Jess Michetti in-person for a Sketching Birds 101 class!
Do you like working outside? Join community volunteers in protecting the local environment at Upton Hill Regional Park from non-native invasive plants.
Butterfly and dragonfly surveys are carried out in temperate months (April-October), normally on Friday mornings, at one of four sites around Occoquan Bay, all within the 15-mile diameter circle established for the annual North American Butterfly Association's Annual Count.
Join NVBA bird guide Luke and our partners at Fairfax Public Library System for a beginner-friendly bird outing at Frying Pan Park!
Want to learn more about bird rehabilitation? Join NVBA and A.E.R.O. for a morning full of educational talks on the subject!
Calling all Birders: It’s time to get ready for Birdathon 2026! Register for this webinar to learn what Birdathon is and how you can join.
Many know Northern Virginia for its economic dynamism, cultural development and ever-changing landscape. Less well known are the places sheltering remnants of an earlier, vital, natural history. If you would like to discover native birds, other fauna and flora — in the company of dedicated citizen scientists — then consider joining one or more of these continuing natural resource surveys.
Help us restore habitat at the Lockwood/Elmwood Housing Complex in Arlington by pulling invasives and caring for newly installed native plants.
Join us to learn how outdoor lights affect bird migration and birds’ health and reproduction throughout the year.
Do you like working outside? Join community volunteers in protecting the local environment at Upton Hill Regional Park from non-native invasive plants.
Butterfly and dragonfly surveys are carried out in temperate months (April-October), normally on Friday mornings, at one of four sites around Occoquan Bay, all within the 15-mile diameter circle established for the annual North American Butterfly Association's Annual Count.
It’s time for Birdathon! Register your team and go birding! See how many bird species you can count in a 24-hour period, and collect pledges from friends and family. All funds raised directly support NVBA’s conservation work!
Join us at Dominion Hills Area Recreation Association (DHARA) to help continue our Stretch Our Parks habitat restoration project by pulling invasives and installing native plants.
Butterfly and dragonfly surveys are carried out in temperate months (April-October), normally on Friday mornings, at one of four sites around Occoquan Bay, all within the 15-mile diameter circle established for the annual North American Butterfly Association's Annual Count.
Join us at Powhatan Springs on "regular" fourth Wednesdays and help keep this park progressing towards a native habitat that helps our local flora and fauna thrive.
Do you like working outside? Join community volunteers in protecting the local environment at Upton Hill Regional Park from non-native invasive plants.
Butterfly and dragonfly surveys are carried out in temperate months (April-October), normally on Friday mornings, at one of four sites around Occoquan Bay, all within the 15-mile diameter circle established for the annual North American Butterfly Association's Annual Count.
NVBA partners with Mason Neck State Park to host regular bird outings every fourth Saturday of the month from 8:00–10:00 AM.
Join NVBA and our partners at the National Park Service Potomac Heritage National Scenic Trail and the Bureau of Land Management for a bird outing to celebrate National Go Birding Day!
