Conservation & Advocacy
DC Audubon Society in Action
DC Audubon supports the Migratory Local Protection Act of 2022 (B24-0710) in DC Council
DCAS Conservation & Advocacy Committee Fights for Environmental Protection in D.C - 2019 Committee report
DC Audubon calls for a more robust environmental assessment for the proposed Arboretum-Kenilworth Bridge and Trail Project
DC Audubon speaks up about the proposed site for Georgetown University Solar Project
DC Audubon board members and volunteers visiting local authorities.
News Reports
Experience the birding boom in DC, Maryland and Virginia
Topper Shutt, Chief Meteorologist at WUSA Channel 9 spent a morning with some local birders to learn more about the booming birders in DC. President Tykee James shared his favorite bird and birding locations in DC—it is true; you don't have to go far! Find out how many birds we saw that morning in the full report on WUSA9 here.
Rock Creek Songbirds
Rock Creek Songbirds, one of DC Audubon Society’s partners in restoring habitat for migratory birds, has developed an exhibit exploring how migration bonds the peoples of the Western Hemisphere in a common ecological future. The centerpiece of the “Songbird Journeys” exhibit is a film featuring stories from Latino residents of DC and National Audubon Society staff members about birds and nature. Supported by the Mayor’s Office on Latino Affairs and the DC Humanities Council, the one-room exhibit is “migrating” during 2016-2017 to schools, churches, and community venues around the city.
Rusty Blackbird Spring Migration Blitz
In 2014, DC Audubon partnered with the International Rusty Blackbird Working Group, eBird, the Cornell Lab of Ornithology, and the Vermont Center for Ecostudies for the first Rusty Blackbird Spring Migration Blitz to encourage DC area birders and others to be watchful of and report sightings of Rusty Blackbirds during their spring migration from Southern wetland forests to their Canadian breeding grounds.
Bald Eagle by our member Eugenia Rodrigues
Plant For Birds
Bring birds to your home with native plants!
Did you know that wherever you live, some careful plant choices can turn your garden, patio, or balcony into a more beautiful and environmentally friendly space, while helping to protect birds.
Grow native plants to help bird populations across the country adapt and thrive, now and in the future.
Ruby-throated Hummingbird