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Backyard birding – bird identification tips

By Jessica BowserPosted April 30, 2020
Being able to identify the birds makes birding more exciting.
Birding is a great way to get to know the birds that live around you.

Art with Dart Pt. 2

By Katharine LipscombPosted April 22, 2020
Dart is teaching us more about the eastern box turtle and showing us how to paint with "worms".
The Eastern Box Turtle shares many of our tastes in food.

Welcoming Spring with color

By Amy AtwoodPosted March 28, 2020
Do you know the difference between native plants and invasive plants?
Native plants are important for wildlife.

Backyard birding – tips to get started

By Jessica BowserPosted March 27, 2020
Backyard birding may be your newest hobby.
Red-bellied Woodpecker can be seen without binoculars

The Critters of Natural Bridge

By Guest BloggerPosted June 29, 2019
The magnificent bridge aside, upon closer inspection there's a lot more to see at this fantastic Virginia State Park.
Green herons are also common in Virginia creeks, lakes, and rivers. These chicken-sized birds are well camouflaged and very hard to see in the shadows and underbrush at Natural Bridge State Park

Capturing the Moment and Capturing the Hard to Capture

By Adam DanielPosted January 31, 2019
Like some of the best things in life, the rewards are all the sweeter if you have to work for it a little. False Cape State Park is one of these, you just have to work to get there.
A pelican

A Nature Photographer Shares a Few of His Unexpected Finds

By Guest BloggerPosted April 20, 2017
One nature photographer and wildlife enthusiast shares a few of his unexpected finds at Pocahontas State Park while looking for something else.
Butterflies - The given name for a group of butterflies is Kaleidoscope, and looking at this shot it is easy to see why. The Eastern Tiger Swallowtail is Virginia

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