Hungry Mother State Park is hosting a new birding festival. Life's Extras Birding Celebration will honor the life of long-time volunteer and Virginia Master Naturalist Randy Smith. It will be held annually the first weekend in May.

Master Naturalist Kelly Roach encourages you to embrace winter on the trail, challenging you to look for color along the way. Learn what evergreen plants to look for, what marcescence is, colorful birds you may see and why the sky is bluer in winter.

Machicomoco State Park provides the perfect location for birding. AmeriCorps member Grayson Nelson shares his experience seeing birds and their nests in unexpected places at the park.

Guest blogger Glen Mitchell shares the view from his kayak during a trip to Fairy Stone in December, 2019 with his wife.

How can we make the most of the winter season? Whether at home or in a park, we can explore nature! By taking a hike, creating a nature craft or playing in the snow, we can experience winter to the fullest.

Warblers, colorful songbirds.

Mason Neck State Park offers winter birding at its best.

Fire can be devastating but when managing the natural resources in our Virginia State Parks it is a helpful tool.

During winter migration, Back Bay National Wildlife Refuge and False Cape State Park are a bird-watchers dream.

Park Manager Andrew Philpot shares why fall and winter hiking are his favorite seasons to get out in the parks to explore.