An osprey working the water at Silver Lake Regional Park
#Osprey #BirdInFlight
#VirginiaWildlife #NorthernVirginia #SilverLakePark #Raptors #WildlifePhotography #CanadaGoose

Geese vs turtles
#VirginiaWildlife
#birds
#turtles

Subcommittee sends bill to appropriations after DWR outlines lost revenue from license exemptions HB 45 would require the Department of Wildlife Resources to track revenue that would have been received from hunting/fishing license exemptions and request payment via the Department of Accounts; DWR testified exemptions cost about $16 million annually and the bill was reported and referred to appropriations 10–0.

A Virginia subcommittee has just voted unanimously to push forward a bill that could expose $16 million in lost revenue from hunting and fishing license exemptions—could this be the key to enhancing wildlife conservation funding?

Learn more here

#VA #VirginiaWildlife #FiscalTransparency

A great blue heron walks in front of reeds in still water, casting a strong reflection.

Thank you, heron, for gliding so perfectly in front of these reeds on the still water. 🤩

#photography #wildlifephotography #virginiawildlife

#arachnids #macrophotographer #crabspider #virginiawildlife #smallworld #macrofauna #naturecloseup #tinynature

Not getting a belly rub.

#notmycub #wildlife #blackbear #virginiawildlife

The Welcoming Party

#blackbear #notmydog #ruralliving #virginiawildlife

#virginiabeach #virginiabeachoceanfront #cownoseray #virginiawildlife #beachlife

Weekend walk at Padapas Pond

#naturewalk #canadageese#padapaspond #virginiawildlife #nature

Above the green of sycamore #leaves,
he slips like a thought not yet spoken—
a secret held between #wingbeats and light.

#bird #birdinflight #mockingbird #wildlifephotography #poeticnature #sycamoretree #virginiawildlife #ClearSky #Flying #MidAir #Nature #VirginiaBirds

Very strange birds down at the Occoquan bay national wildlife refuge!

Painted turtles I believe

#Virginiawildlife

Barred Owl / Watercolor on paper. #birdart #birdnerd #birds #addBirder #virginiaartist #virginiawildlife #watercolor

I finally caught him this morning!! Can't tell if Coopers Hawk or Red Shouldered Hawk though. #birds #hawks #birdspotting #virginiawildlife

A dark brown and orange snake opens its mouth wide. Inside its mouth is a striking white.

The classic #cottonmouth pose.

#watermoccasin #snake #venomous #wildlifephotography #wildlife #nature #naturephotography #herping #reptilephotography #virginiawildlife #virginiabeach

Big buck today! Only taking pics . Sort of a Hartford insurance buck. #rut #deerpics #virginiawildlife #bigbuckpics