A Great Blue Heron in flight. Photo by Mick Thompson.
One hundred years ago Congress passed the Migratory Bird Treaty Act to protect birds. DGIF encourages you to join in the centennial celebration of this important conservation treaty and our feathered friends.
Here’s a few ways you can kick-start your celebration of birds this year!
- Visit the Year of the Bird website and make a new year’s resolution to help birds each month this year with simple, but meaningful actions.
- Participate in Winter Wildlife Festival, January 26-28 in Virginia Beach. Sign up for guided excursions to view overwintering coastal birds, waterfowl, songbirds, and owls. Or take a workshop to learn the basics of birdwatching and bird photography or build your very own bluebird box. And don’t miss keynote speaker, Noah Stryker who will share his personal adventure “Birding without Borders: An Epic World Big Year.”
- Continue to tune in to DGIF for more bird postings in recognition of the Year of the Bird. Throughout the year, we will be offering more ways that you can celebrate and help birds and we will also share how DGIF helps species in conservation need through our numerous bird conservation projects, ranging from eagles and falcons to shorebirds, water birds, marsh birds and resident and migrant songbirds.
This article is brought to you by Virginia Department of Game & Inland Fisheries (DGIF), in support of the Year of the Bird, a celebration of birds that marks the centennial of the Migratory Bird Treaty Act (MBTA), one of the first laws passed to protect wildlife and one of the most important for birds. DGIF asks you to join your fellow wildlife-enthusiasts in this celebration by taking simple, meaningful actions to protect birds in 2018 and beyond.