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Colorful winter woods at Virginia State Parks

By Guest BloggerPosted February 24, 2025
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.
Rainbow swamp at First Landing State Park by Katherine Scott.

Birds nesting in unexpected spots at Machicomoco State Park

By Guest BloggerPosted July 10, 2024
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.
Eastern Bluebird. Photo courtesy of Cornell Lab

December Kayaking at Fairy Stone State Park

By Guest BloggerPosted December 12, 2023
Guest blogger Glen Mitchell shares the view from his kayak during a trip to Fairy Stone in December, 2019 with his wife.
Otter

Virginia Is For Wildlife Photography Lovers

By Guest BloggerPosted November 23, 2020
Barbara J. Saffir, Author of "Walking Washington, DC," Virginia Master Naturalist, and founder of Nature Photography DC/MD/VA discusses the natural treasures that lie within Virginia State Parks.
Prothonotary Warbler

Wobblers

By Guest BloggerPosted May 23, 2020
Warblers, colorful songbirds.
Yellow-Rumped Warbler

Crabs of the Chesapeake Bay

By Guest BloggerPosted May 08, 2020
Discover the different types of crabs that can be found at some of your Virginia State Parks
Blue Crab

Peepers Enjoy Singing in the Choir

By Guest BloggerPosted April 14, 2020
Listen to the choir sing, nature's choir that is
Eastern American Toad

7 reasons to go winter birding at Mason Neck State Park

By Guest BloggerPosted November 29, 2019
Mason Neck State Park offers winter birding at its best.
Beautiful Belmont Bay at Mason Neck State Park, Virginia

Sunsets at Belle Isle State Park

By Guest BloggerPosted August 22, 2019
Want to know where you can see the perfect sunset in Belle Isle State Park? Look through the eyes of an AmeriCorps Volunteer to find all of the best places!
Sunset over Mulberry Creek

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


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