Virginia Master Naturalists (VMN) are volunteer educators, citizen scientists and stewards helping Virginia conserve and manage natural resources and public lands. Our Chapter serves Culpeper, Fauquier, Greene, Madison, Orange and Rappahannock counties.
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Global Big Day on May 14, 2022: ORMN Field Trip Highlights
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The annual Global Big Day recognizes World Migratory Bird Day by inviting people, individually or in groups, to report citizen science bird observation data for scientists at the Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology and other organizations.
Two field trips celebrated this year’s Global Big Day in Central Virginia. Sycamore Grove Farm offered birders the opportunity to observe grassland birds as well as bird species that live on the margin of woods. Siegen Forest provided birders a mature forest habitat that runs along the Rapidan River. The two groups logged more than six hours in the field and reported a combined total of 67 species and 321 total birds. Both field trips were sponsored by Old Rag Master Naturalists, Central Rappahannock Master Naturalists and the Germanna Foundation. Orange County: Siegen Forest –- Hosted by the Germanna Foundation and led by Joella Killian (Central Rappahannock MN chapter) and Deanne Lawrence (ORMN Class XI). Madison County: Sycamore Grove Farm -- Hosted and led by Charlene Uhl (ORMN chapter). |
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ORMN Annual Meeting:
Sat., June 18, 1 - 5 pm, Stony Brook Farm The ORMN 2022 Annual Meeting is scheduled for Saturday, June 18 from 1-5 pm at Stony Brook Farm. Stony Brook Farm's spacious barn provides ample room for the ORMN meeting, which will include a speaker, Class XI graduation, and a brief ORMN membership meeting for election officers for the coming year. This annual meeting also features a potluck meal and time to mingle with members. More details will be coming out as we get closer to the event date. 
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Smith Farm Wildflower Walk
Photo Highlights from May 10, 2022 
Host Carolyn Smith demonstrates chewable black birch twig on Wildflower Walk at Smith Farm. See more photos here!
Nature Photos by Members...
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The Old Rag Master Naturalists chapter is organized as a non-profit §501(c)(3) organization under the Internal Revenue Service Code.
The Old Rag Master Naturalists chapter is organized as a non-profit §501(c)(3) organization under the Internal Revenue Service Code.