A friendly, team competition to see who can count as many birds of as many species as possible at Yankauer Nature Preserve during the month of May! How to Participate: Gather friends! Form a team (1-4 participants) and come up with a clever name (i.e. Millennial Falcons, Raven Loonatics). Make a plan! Pick a day and time between May 1...
A friendly, team competition to see who can count as many birds of as many species as possible at Stauffer’s Marsh Nature Preserve! How to Participate: Gather friends! Form a team (1-4 participants) and come up with a clever name (i.e. Millennial Falcons). Make a plan! Pick a day and time between May 1 and May 7 to meet up...
A friendly, team competition to see who can count as many birds of as many species as possible at Cool Spring Preserve in a one-week period. How to Participate: Gather friends! Form a team (1-4 participants) and come up with a clever name (i.e. Millennial Falcons). Make a plan! Pick a day and time (or multiple days and times) between...
Help celebrate our annual Ruth Ann Dean Memorial Birdathon by participating in the Community Collaborative Count! Our goal is to, as a community, collaboratively observe and count at least 100 different bird species within PVAS’s four-county service area of Jefferson, Berkeley, and Morgan counties in WV and Washington County, MD. Here’s how to join the fun: Gather your team (you...
Help celebrate our annual Ruth Ann Dean Memorial Birdathon by participating in the Top Birder Competition! Our goal is to raise funds for our Habitat Stewardship Programs while supporting a friendly birding competition between Matt Orsie, Bob Dean and Wil Hershberger. Sponsor your favorite “pro-birder” to help them earn birding privileges to perform at their best while they conduct a...
Wil Hershberger – the mind behind songsofinsects.com – leads a Singing Insect Walk for PVAS each year. This year’s walk was held on July 31st at Cool Spring Preserve. Because attendance was more limited than usual due to COVID-19, and because Wil has such a way with words, we’d like to share his post-walk write-up: “We walked the northern portion...
May is Birdathon month! Help celebrate our annual Ruth Ann Dean Memorial Birdathon by participating in the Community Collaborative Big Day. This is a free community activity – though donations are always welcome – and everyone in our service area is invited to participate. Our goal is to, as a community, collaboratively observe and count at least 100 different bird species within...
Our annual fall fundraiser will be held from 2 to 5 p.m. at the home of Mr. Alan Gibson and Dr. Scott Beard in Fernbank, near Shepherdstown. Alan and Scott have a beautifully decorated home and gorgeous backyard – we hope you’ll join us for a lovely Fall afternoon. An RSVP form can be found below. The wonderful PVAS Events...
PVAS’s annual family picnic, Fireflies, Fiddles & Frogs, will be held at Cool Spring Preserve this year. We hope you and your family will join us! You’ll find a registration form at the bottom of the page. Put everyone in the car and head out to the preserve on Wednesday, July 10th beginning at 6 p.m. The event will run...
Pileated Woodpecker © Wil Hershberger, Nature Images and Sounds 37th annual PVAS Birdseed Sale! This year we are partnering with Sunny Meadows Garden Center in Boonsboro, MD to provide high quality birdseed at competitive prices. For the November 3 pickup date only, customers who pre-order through our website or downloadable pdf can get a 10% discount on the regular prices of...