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211. Virginia Creeper Trail, Abingdon, Virginia
This 33-mile-long rails-to-trails project in southwestern Virginia passes through meadows, riparian areas, and forests, offering views of a wide variety of birds. Read More “211. Virginia Creeper Trail, Abingdon, Virginia”
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191. Monticello Park, Alexandria, Virginia
A tiny tree-covered city park just outside Washington, D.C., where you have to point your binoculars down, not up, to see warblers. Read More “191. Monticello Park, Alexandria, Virginia”
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142. Shenandoah River State Park, Bentonville, Virginia
A Blue Ridge Mountains retreat filled with mountain and lowland species. Read More “142. Shenandoah River State Park, Bentonville, Virginia”
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129. Pipeline Rapids, Richmond, Virginia
In Downtown Richmond, walk along a catwalk atop a water pipe to see one of the only urban Great Blue Heron rookeries in the country. Read More “129. Pipeline Rapids, Richmond, Virginia”
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122. Kiptopeke State Park, Cape Charles, Virginia
This park on Virginia’s Eastern Shore is a great place to watch migrating Peregrine Falcon, Merlin, American Kestrel, warblers, thrushes, herons, and shorebirds. Read More “122. Kiptopeke State Park, Cape Charles, Virginia”
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98. Rockfish Valley, Nellysford, Virginia
Just south of I-64 in central Virginia is the Rockfish Valley Trail, where you can see ducks, sparrows, kingfishers, and woodpeckers. And at the nearby Rockfish Gap Hawk Watch, thousands of Broad-winged and other hawks fly past each fall. Read More “98. Rockfish Valley, Nellysford, Virginia”
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66. Dutch Gap Conservation Area, Chester, Virginia
Find Yellow-throated and Prothonotary Warblers, Orchard Oriole, Bald Eagle, Summer Tanager, Pileated Woodpecker, and American Bittern at this county park 20 miles south of Richmond Read More “66. Dutch Gap Conservation Area, Chester, Virginia”
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6. Huntley Meadows Park, Fairfax County, Virginia
See more than 200 bird species, including Wood Duck, Indigo Bunting, and Osprey, just across the Potomac from Washington, D.C. Read More “6. Huntley Meadows Park, Fairfax County, Virginia”