• Birdathon 2012 is Coming! Saturday, May 5 through Sunday, May 13. Have fun birding and help raise money for Loudoun Wildlife Conservancy at the same time. Sign up a team and pick any 24-hour time period between May 5 and 13 to bird for Loudoun Wildlife. If you do not want to participate in the Birdathon but still want to help, you can sponsor one of the teams. Learn more about the Birdathon and how you can help here.

• Natural History Day Camp at Banshee Reeks Nature Preserve - Have a son or daughter entering grade 3rd -7th? Sign them up for nature camp this year! Two sessions are being offered, June 11-15 and June 18-22. More details and signup information can be found here.
  

Summary of Upcoming Events

• Green Ideas Open House at Rust Library ― Saturday, April 7, 2:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.

• Warblers of the Mid-Atlantic States ― Tuesday, April 10, 7:00 p.m.

• Greenflick: "Gasland" ― Wednesday, April 11, 6:30 p.m reception, 7:30 - 8:30 p.m. film. 

• Birding Banshee ― Saturday, April 14, 8:00 a.m.

• Spring Wildflowers at Balls Bluff ― Saturday, April 14, 10:00 a.m.

• Leesburg Flower and Garden Festival ― Saturday, April 21, 10:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m. and Sunday, April 22, 10:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. 

• Earthday@Loudoun Festival ― Sunday, April 22, 11:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.

• Sunday in the Preserve ― Sunday, April 22, 1:00 p.m. 

• Cerulean Blues author Katie Fallon ─ Wednesday, April 25, 7:00 p.m.

• Birding the Blue Ridge Center ― Saturday, April 28, 8:00 a.m.

• Amphibians of Loudoun ― Saturday, April 28, 9:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.

• Claude Moore Photo Expo ― Saturday, April 28, 10:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.

• Arbor Day at Morven Park ―Saturday, April 28, 10:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.

• Wildflowers, Warblers, and Wine at Tarara Winery ― Sunday, April 29, 9:00 a.m.

• Please Join or Renew Now for 2012 - All memberships (except Lifetime) expired at the end of December. We really hope you'll join/renew. Your support builds our voice for wildlife and enables us to provide so many programs and events for the community. It only takes a minute to join/renew online.

Special Thanks to the Dulles Greenway for their generous donation from their annual "Drive for Charity"