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Holiday Happenings 2024

Season’s Greetings Saturdays

October 3rd, 2024

Sat., December 21 | 10 am – 2 pm | Included with General Admission

Get your wish list and cameras ready… Santa and his penguin helpers are coming to the National Aviary!

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Tags: christmas, family, holiday, penguin, santa, season's greetings saturdays

Holiday Happenings 2024

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Season’s Greetings Saturdays

October 3rd, 2024

Sat., December 14 | 10 am – 2 pm | Included with General Admission

Get your wish list and cameras ready… Santa and his penguin helpers are coming to the National Aviary!

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Tags: christmas, family, holiday, penguin, santa, season's greetings saturdays

Holiday Happenings 2024

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Season’s Greetings Saturdays

October 3rd, 2024

Sat., December 7 | 10 am – 2 pm | Included with General Admission

Get your wish list and cameras ready… Santa and his penguin helpers are coming to the National Aviary!

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Tags: christmas, family, holiday, penguin, santa, season's greetings saturdays

Holiday Happenings 2024

Season’s Greetings Saturdays

August 3rd, 2023

Sat., November 30 | 10 am – 2 pm | Included with General Admission

Get your wish list and cameras ready… Santa and his penguin helpers are coming to the National Aviary!

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Tags: christmas, family, holiday, penguin, santa, season's greetings saturdays

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Owl-O-Ween

July 22nd, 2024

Sun., October 27 | 11 am – 3 pm | Included with General Admission

Trick or Treat! Bring your kids to visit the National Aviary for Halloween fun!

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Tags: fall, family, halloween, owl-o-ween, owls

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Owl-O-Ween

July 22nd, 2024

Sat., October 26 | 11 am – 3 pm | Included with General Admission

Trick or Treat! Bring your kids to visit the National Aviary for Halloween fun!

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Tags: fall, family, halloween, owl-o-ween, owls

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Owl-O-Ween

July 22nd, 2024

Sun., October 20 | 11 am – 3 pm | Included with General Admission

Trick or Treat! Bring your kids to visit the National Aviary for Halloween fun!

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Tags: fall, family, halloween, owl-o-ween, owls

<img width="617" height="502" data-src="https://www.aviary.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/NatAvi-2024-09-v-Small-Web-Graphic-617x502-r01.png" class="attachment-full size-full wp-post-image lazyload" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" data-srcset="https://www.aviary.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/NatAvi-2024-09-v-Small-Web-Graphic-617x502-r01.png 617w, https://www.aviary.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/NatAvi-2024-09-v-Small-Web-Graphic-617x502-r01-300x244.png 300w" data-sizes="(max-width: 617px) 100vw, 617px" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==" style="--smush-placeholder-width: 617px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 617/502;" /><noscript><img width="617" height="502" data-src="https://www.aviary.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/NatAvi-2024-09-v-Small-Web-Graphic-617x502-r01.png" class="attachment-full size-full wp-post-image lazyload" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" data-srcset="https://www.aviary.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/NatAvi-2024-09-v-Small-Web-Graphic-617x502-r01.png 617w, https://www.aviary.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/NatAvi-2024-09-v-Small-Web-Graphic-617x502-r01-300x244.png 300w" data-sizes="(max-width: 617px) 100vw, 617px" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==" style="--smush-placeholder-width: 617px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 617/502;" /><noscript><img width="617" height="502" src="https://www.aviary.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/NatAvi-2024-09-v-Small-Web-Graphic-617x502-r01.png" class="attachment-full size-full wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://www.aviary.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/NatAvi-2024-09-v-Small-Web-Graphic-617x502-r01.png 617w, https://www.aviary.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/NatAvi-2024-09-v-Small-Web-Graphic-617x502-r01-300x244.png 300w" sizes="(max-width: 617px) 100vw, 617px" />

Owl-O-Ween

July 22nd, 2024

Sat.., October 19 | 11 am – 3 pm | Included with General Admission

Trick or Treat! Bring your kids to visit the National Aviary for Halloween fun!

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Tags: fall, family, halloween, owl-o-ween, owls

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Meet Wanda, a critically endangered Vietnam pheasant hatched at the National Aviary | CBS News

The National Aviary is introducing visitors to Wanda, a critically endangered Vietnam pheasant chick that hatched this spring.

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Guam kingfishers hatched at National Aviary among first released into wild in nearly 40 years | CBS News

Three Guam kingfishers that hatched at the National Aviary have been released on an island in the Pacific, marking the first time their species has been in the wild in nearly 40 years.

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Guam Sihek Released to the Wild | National Aviary

Nine Guam Kingfishers have been released to the wild on Palmyra Atoll, making them the first of their kind to reside in the wild since the 1980s.

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Take an Enchanting Journey through Forests this fall at the National Aviary! | National Aviary

Explore the Aviary’s new fall seasonal theme, Forests Presented by Peoples; learn more about the creatures who inhabit these woodland areas during TWO new daily activities, and say “hello again!” to the adorable Eurasian Eagle-Owl making her Animal Ambassador debut!

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  Extinct in the Wild birds head to new home ahead of first wild release | National Aviary

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