wildlife“Critter” cameras from the Wildlife Center of VA

 

How many of these animals can you identify? (answers are in the credits at the end)

Hibernation

 

Timeline for fish & wildlife conservation laws (U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service)

“Conservation Heroes” — historical figures in conservation from the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service)

Hunting & Trapping in Virginia regulations

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Be Wild, Virginia!

Virginia wildlife species information and Wildlife Notes Series from the Pennsylvania Game Commission

Virginia Department of  Game and Inland Fisheries Wildlife site, including Threatened and endangered species of Virginia (PDF)

Virginia Fish and Wildlife Information Service (website from the VA Dept of Game and Inland Fisheries)

Wildlife diseases in Virginia (website)

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Looking for a great wildlife on-line field guide for across the Chesapeake Bay Watershed? Try this great one from the Chesapeake Bay Program. It includes cool facts and videos, too.

Birds

eBird database

All About Wild Turkeys (from the National Wild Turkey Federation)

Harvey’s Knob Hawk Watch

Backyard Bird ID (from the Prince William Conservation Alliance)

Project Beak: Bird Education and Awareness for Kids (designed for Nebraska, but works for VA, too!)

Raptor Conservancy of Virginia (website)

All About Birds — online bird guide from the Cornell Lab of Ornithology

Owls of Virginia (Northern Virginia Audobon Society)

Barred Owl (American Bird Conservancy)

Barred Owl Regurgitates Pellet

Creating bobwhite quail habitat

Bobwhite Quail in Virginia (from VDGIF)

 

Insects

Monarch Conservation (Monarch Joint Venture)

Insects of Virginia identification guide

Insect ID guide (Prince William Conservation Alliance)

Insect Identification Lab (Virginia Tech)

Fish

Check out EFISH: The Virtual Aquarium from VA Tech!IMG_3613

Freshwater Mussels

Reptiles & Amphibians

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Learn more about reptiles and amphibians (including identification guides) from the Virginia Herpetological Society.

Virginia is for Frogs! (VDGIF resources)

Frog and toad identification  (Price William Conservation Alliance)

Salamander identification (Prince William Conservation Alliance)

Salamanders — “The Hidden Jewels of Appalachia”

Not your average “wildlife” video — introducing the hellbender salamander

The Last Dragons – Protecting Appalachia’s Hellbenders from Freshwaters Illustrated on Vimeo.

 Speaking of hellbenders, here’s a great article on how scientists can use DNA to monitor these and other wildlife populations

 Timber Rattlesnakes

Reptiles and Amphibians (Part 1)

Reptiles and Amphibians (Part 2)

Reptiles and Amphibians (Part 3)

 Mammals

Mountain lions in Virginia? (Roanoke Times article)

Deer aging video and “how to” sheet (pdf)


Animal tracks website — scat, too!

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Skull reference chart from PA Game Commission (pdf)

Living with Black Bears in Virginia

Be “Bear Aware”

 “Critter” cameras from the Wildlife Center of VA (including bears!)
 
A Photographic Guide to Bats from the Save Lucy Campaign — find out more about this inspiring project especially for youth here

 
 The Bat House Builder’s Handbook (free pdf download)

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Stars of “Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice” want to help bats!

 
The story of Lil’ Drac, an orphaned fruit bat

All bats live in caves, right?  Um, not exactly…

 
 
10 Reasons Why Bats are a Lot Cooler Than You Think (Washington Post article)
 
Bats as pollinators (from Smithsonian Science)

 
All about Vampire Bats! Check out this totally awesome VAMPIRE BAT CAM here

 White Nose Syndrome — find out what is killing our bats!
WILD About Bats! from Project WILD
 
More cool bat resources and links

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