Photo: Hooded Merganser, Kathy Baca/Audubon Photography Awards

This walk was originally scheduled for March 23 and was postponed due to rain.

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