Birds
Foraging New Ground: A Pair of Endangered Woodpeckers Has Found a New Home in Big Woods Wildlife Management Area
DWR is thrilled to share big news for a federally endangered species in Virginia: a pair of red-cockaded woodpeckers has moved in to Big Woods WMA! Read more…
How to Help Birds in 2019 and Beyond
2018’s Year of the Bird, a celebration of birds that marked the centennial of the Migratory Bird Treaty Act—one of the first laws passed to protect wildlife. Read more…
Get Started Photographing Birds!
Birds are delightful subjects, offering many creative challenges to the photographer. By starting in your own backyard, you too can enjoy photographing them! Read more…
VABBA2 Season Three Summary: Halfway Home
In 2018, we waved hello and goodbye to the halfway point for this project and are now blazing ahead toward the finish line in 2020. Read more…
Fall Migration is Reaching its Peak! Visit the Virginia Bird & Wildlife Trail to View Migrating Birds
Learn about the best sites to see the fall migration of raptors and warblers in Virginia Read more…
Catching the Blue Streak: Following the Cerulean Warbler on its Trans-continental Migration
Birds often reveal their presence to us through their vocalizations, before we even have a chance to see the bird itself such as with the Cerulean Warbler Read more…
Good Birding Continues with a Roseate Spoonbill and More at Hog Island WMA
In addition to the ruff and the roseate spoonbill, birders have been turning in some impressive eBird checklists for Hog Island WMA Read more…
Rare Bird Attracted By Renovation Project at Hog Island Wildlife Management Area
Ruff sightings in coastal Virginia are rare–the last documentation at Hog Island was in May of 1986! but recently one has be spotted once more. Read more…
Represent Virginia Birds in the Global Big Day
Global Big Day is a 24-hour event seeking to document as many bird species as possible across the world! Last year the count was a new record! Read more…