To celebrate Birdability Week and highlight accessible birding opportunities, we invite you to join us for a special Birdability Bird Walk on Sunday, October 27th.
The Audubon Society of Northern Virginia and Mason Neck State Park are pleased to offer two bird walks as park of Mason Neck State Park’s 26th annual Eagle Festival. The walks, with an experienced leader from ASNV begin at 8:00 am and 9:00 am (this walk). Newer and seasoned birders welcome.
Early May is the heart of the spring migration season, so we'll be looking for warblers and other migrating songbirds as well as eagles and other raptors.
We'll leave from the entrance to the Bayview Trail, near the restrooms at the picnic area.
The walk is limited to 15 participants so everyone will have a good chance to see the birds.
The walk will begin at the designated start time, so please arrive on time.
We will be documenting the birds we see in eBird and the leader will share the eBird list with you after the walk. If you don't already have an eBird account, you can sign up for a free one here: ebird.org/home
The Audubon Society of Northern Virginia and Mason Neck State Park are pleased to offer two bird walks as park of Mason Neck State Park’s 26th annual Eagle Festival. The walks, with an experienced leader from ASNV, begin at 8:00 am (this walk) and 9:00 am. Newer and seasoned birders welcome.
Early May is the heart of the spring migration season, so we'll be looking for warblers and other migrating songbirds as well as eagles and other raptors.
We'll leave from the entrance to the Bayview Trail, near the restrooms at the picnic area.
The walk is limited to 15 participants so everyone will have a good chance to see the birds.
The walk will begin at the designated start time, so please arrive on time.
We will be documenting the birds we see in eBird and the leader will share the eBird list with you after the walk. If you don't already have an eBird account, you can sign up for a free one here: ebird.org/home
Photo: Hooded Merganser, Kathy Baca/Audubon Photography Awards
The Audubon Society of Northern Virginia and Mason Neck State Park are pleased to offer an April bird walk in Mason Neck State Park! This bird walk will be a loop of the Bayview Trail. This easy, 1 mi path is packed dirt and mostly flat with some stairs near the wetlands and beach.
We will meet up across from the children's playground. Follow signs for the Visitor's Center, then bear left when you see the brightly colored playground.
Newer and seasoned birders welcome.
Please note a parking fee ($10) or annual pass is required to enter the park.
If you have binoculars, please bring them with you.
Registration is recommended but not required. Registrants will get a reminder about the walk and will be notified via email if the walk is cancelled.
We will be documenting the birds we see in eBird and the leader will share the ebird list with you after the walk. If you don't already have an eBird account, you can sign up for a free one here: ebird.org/home
Photo: Hooded Merganser, Kathy Baca/Audubon Photography Awards
The Audubon Society of Northern Virginia and Mason Neck State Park are pleased to offer a March bird walk in Mason Neck State Park!
We will meet on the grass near the playground. When you arrive at the park, drive towards the visitor center, and then follow signs for the picnic area (if you’re right next to the visitor center, you’ve gone too far).
Trails in the woods are not paved and run up and down the hillside. There are occasionally roots and downed trees along the path, plus short steep grades, a number of which have built-in stairs into the terrain.
Your birding guide is John Colpoys, an avid birder and experienced bird walk leader.
Please note a parking fee ($10) or annual pass is required to enter the park.
If you have binoculars, please bring them with you.
Registration is recommended but not required. Registrants will get a reminder about the walk and will be notified via email if the walk is cancelled.
We will be documenting the birds we see in eBird and the leader will share the ebird list with you after the walk. If you don't already have an eBird account, you can sign up for a free one here: ebird.org/home
Photo: Bald Eagle, Stephanie Orlando/Audubon Photography Awards
The Audubon Society of Northern Virgina and Mason Neck State Park are pleased to offer a bird walk in Mason Neck State Park!
This bird walk is organized in partnership with Team Red, White and Blue, beginners and families are welcome. We will meet at the parking lot in the picnic area of Mason Neck State Park (follow the park road to the visitor center but turn left before you reach the center). We will look for birds near the visitor center, the Belmont Bay overlook and in the adjacent forest. Trails are flat, we will walk less than a mile.
Your birding guides are Andreas Seiter, member of the Board of Directors of the Audubon Society of Nothern Virginia, and Jeff Tessein, an experienced bird walk leader for ASNV and Reston Association.
Meet by the Visitor's Center.
Please note a parking fee ($10) or annual pass is required to enter the park.
If you have binoculars, please bring them with you.
Registration is recommended but not required. Registrants will get a reminder about the walk and will be notified via email if the walk is cancelled.
We will be documenting the birds we see in eBird and the leader will share the ebird list with you after the walk. If you don't already have an eBird account, you can sign up for a free one here: ebird.org/home.
Photo: Tundra Swan by Walker Golder
The Audubon Society of Northern Virgina and Mason Neck State Park are pleased to offer a winter bird walk in Mason Neck State Park!
Join us for a walk at Mason Neck State Park. We will begin near the visitor center where we will scan the water for waterfowl and Bald Eagles. Several of us will have spotting scopes and will be willing to share them. We will then walk the Bay View Trail to look for sparrows, woodpeckers and other winter residents of the park.
Your birding guides are Larry Meade, President of the Northern Virginia Bird Club and a member of the ASNV Adult Education Committee, and Ruth Lane, an experienced local birder and certified Virginia Master Naturalist.
Meet by the Visitor's Center.
Please note a parking fee ($10) or annual pass is required to enter the park.
If you have binoculars, please bring them with you.
Registration is recommended but not required. Registrants will get a reminder about the walk and will be notified via email if the walk is cancelled.
We will be documenting the birds we see in eBird and the leader will share the ebird list with you after the walk. If you don't already have an eBird account, you can sign up for a free one here: https://ebird.org/home
Photo: Bald Eagle, Stephanie Orlando/Audubon Photography Awards
The Audubon Society of Northern Virgina and Mason Neck State Park are pleased to offer a fall bird walk in Mason Neck State Park!
Larry Meade will be leading the walk. Larry is president of the Northern Virginia Bird Club and a member of the ASNV Adult Education Committee. He is a frequent bird walk leader and has been involved in numerous Audubon Christmas Bird Counts and North Atlantic Butterfly Association (NABA) counts. He is the compiler of the Alexandria Circle butterfly count for NABA.
Meet by the Visitor's Center.
Please note a parking fee or annual pass is required to enter the park.
If you have binoculars, please bring them with you.
Registration is recommended but not required. Registrants will get a reminder about the walk and will be notified via email if the walk is cancelled.
We will be documenting the birds we see in eBird and the leader will share the ebird list with you after the walk. If you don't already have an eBird account, you can sign up for a free one here: https://ebird.org/home
Photo: Northern Cardinal, Larry Meade
Please note a parking fee ($10) or annual pass is required to enter the State Park.
Meet up across from the children's playground. Follow signs for the Visitor's Center, then bear left when you see the brightly colored playground.
This bird walk will be a loop of the Bayview Trail. This easy, 1mi path is packed dirt and mostly flat with some stairs near the wetlands and beach.
Your birding guide is Ruth Lane, an experienced local birder and certified Virginia Master Naturalist.
Newer and seasoned birders welcome.
If you have binoculars, please bring them with you.
CANCELLED On March 21st, Betsy Martin of The Audubon Society of Northern Virginia’s Audubon at Home Program and Linda Beaty of Plant NOVA Natives will join forces to provide a special program on how to make your yard more attractive to wildlife.
