Long before modern birding, native peoples across North America watched, listened, and learned from the birds that shared their homelands. For them, birds were not merely part of the scenery: they were kin, teachers and messengers between worlds.
Virginia’s Data Centers and Our Environment
A Winter Resident Returns: The Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
“Junk Trees” and the Native Understory
Calling All NoVA Photographers!
A Closer Look: Nature All Around Us, November
Wildlife Sanctuary Almanac: Grow a Winter Bird Feeder
Now is the time to clean and fill the feeders to help birds make a living when other food sources are scarce. It’s also time to think about providing next year’s winter bird food by planting more native plants, including native grasses, wildflowers, and woody plants, such as shrubs, vines and trees, that provide sustenance all winter long.
