Critter News
AUGUST 16, 2008
Attorney Julia Dudley said Blevins had bought animals for several years from trappers in different states and brought them to Virginia to sell to the owners of "fox pens." He was caught after a yearlong investigation by Virginia game officials that included the undercover purchases of 54 red foxes and 47 coyotes from Blevins.
10,000 Birds
SEPTEMBER 24, 2017
My annual sojourn to the Eastern Shore of Virginia delivered all manner of tasty coastal specialties from Seaside Sparrow to Piping Plover to Red-headed Woodpecker (not always coastal, but still cool!) At Chincoteague NWR, I was amazed to spy a Merlin playing a dangerous game of cat-and-mouse over the ocean with a Black-throated Blue Warbler.
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Critter News
AUGUST 27, 2008
"Wildlife Crime Watch" is a new program implemented by the Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries. This program is a proactive effort to develop a partnership between citizens and the Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries. It is patterned after the successful "Neighborhood Watch."
10,000 Birds
JULY 25, 2018
I am sure that was the reason I was not able to spot the Virginia Rail, with its two babies that had just previously been spotted by a Bob, resident birder. Here is one of our pick-a-boo games. I am accustomed to all the deciduous trees being bare, while now, they are very well stocked with leafy, photo blocking material.
10,000 Birds
JUNE 7, 2019
The tendency of birds to alight onto the wooden posts, steel towers, and metal wires that constitute our power and communications infrastructure turns any car ride into exciting and endless game of drive-by identification. And we move on to the next speck looming ahead and the game repeats itself, over and over.
10,000 Birds
APRIL 5, 2019
Historically, the bobwhite was a favorite of game farms and private stocking ventures as far north as Canada, and while this practice has declined, out-of-range birds found today are almost invariably released or escaped birds – especially as wild populations of this species have declined in recent decades. What’s in a name?
10,000 Birds
MARCH 14, 2011
Sandhill Hunt: They’re Voting Now Sandhill Cranes: Game Birds? This slow reproduction rate is unlike any other avian game species currently hunted. A five-year study of the Virginia Birding and Wildlife Trail recently reported that the trail attracts more than 640,000 visitors annually, infusing more than $8.6
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