Richmond Audubon tries to do a field trip to Hog Island Wildlife Management Area in Surry County once a year or so. Hog Island is managed by the Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries primarily as a refuge for wintering waterfowl. At this time of year, it is good for coastal plain breeding birds and the […]
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Ellison Orcutt and I had a good day birding southeastern Virginia yesterday. Target bird was Swainson’s Warbler, and we did get to hear that on a walk ably led by Nick Flanders at the Great Dismal Swamp Birding Festival. It was a cool, sunny morning in the swamp. The birdscape was dominated by singing Prairie […]