Virginia Bird & Wildlife Trails April Blog

Wade’s latest VBWT blog is now live! Go check it out and learn more more about the massive untamed wilderness that is the Great Dismal Swamp National Wildlife Refuge.

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Virginia Bird & Wildlife Trails February Blog

Wade’s latest collaboration with the Virginia Department of Wildlife Resources is now live! Go check out the blog and learn more about the biodiversity and wildlife at Mason Neck.

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Chesapeake Bay Foundation’s 2021 Year in Review

Wade’s work was most recently published in the Chesapeake Bay Foundation’s 2021 Year in Review. Click the link below to see his work and learn more about all the amazing work the CBF accomplished to protect the Bay this year!

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Wade’s photography has been published by the following:

  • The Nature Conservancy

  • The Chesapeake Bay Foundation

  • The National Park Trust

  • The Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation

  • The Virginia Department of Wildlife Resources

SWIPE 👉🏼 for a closer view A female ruby-throated hummingbird stops to feed on nectar from a cardinal flower 🌺 I was incredibly lucky to get this shot. I had been waiting near a patch of the flowers which I knew attracted hummingbirds when I&rs
SWIPE 👉🏼 for a close up! ro•tund /rōˈtənd/ adjective 1. plump, round or spherical Example: An absolute unit of a mother beaver and her rotund child. #bigbeaverenergy #conservationphotography #climatechange #beaver #wildlifephotography
This is everyone’s fight. Stand up for others; make no mistake your rights are next. Donate to the Roe Fund to help Oklahoman’s below 👇🏼 #roefund #roevwade #fundraiser
SWIPE 👉🏼 for a close up A northern flicker, a type of large woodpecker, uses her tail to balance on a dead log she is feeding from. As I grew up in Oklahoma I’ve always loved watching these birds. There are so many variations in color and ma
BIG NEWS! I am thrilled to announce that I will be starting my MS in Human Paleobiology at The George Washington University this fall! It's a STEM-based program that sits at the intersection of biology, anthropology, and archaeology focused on the a
SWIPE 👉🏼 for a closeup 👀 A male fox on the prowl. You can see missing fur from a wound healing between his eyes, likely from fighting off another male during the mating season which takes place in January-February. I’ve grown familiar with
SWIPE 👉🏼 for a close-up! A frame from the archives of my old DSLR. Been missing the bigger mammals (bison, elk, coyotes, and otters) of Oklahoma more recently. Hope to go back soon and get some much better shots of an otter family I used to track
SWIPE 👉🏼 for a close-up! 👀 Watching this egret stalk the shadows of the huge pine forest it was easy to see that birds are descendants of dinosaurs. While many are used to seeing great egrets fishing in wetlands they are equally at home in the
This shot reminds me of spring thunderstorms and Florida. While this was taken in the wetlands of Virginia, I’m reminded of the electricity in the air right before the huge storms over Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge. I just love the
My first new picture of 2022! This guy loved the heavy snowfall and spent lots of time chasing squirrels up and around fallen trees. Luckily after a few days of tracking, I was able to get some shots of him. #wildvirginia #snow #winterwildlife #virg
OWLERT! 🦉 SWIPE 👉🏼 for a close up Spent Christmas looking for owls and it did not disappoint. Lucky to see this great horned owl before the rain showed up! #birdphotography #conservationphotography #climatechange #greathornedowl #wildlifephot
SWIPE 👉🏼 for the full shot Elliot the barred owl returns. A shot from this summer near the South Canadian river in Oklahoma. Hopeful I will get a chance to see her again soon! #bestbirdshots #conservationphotography #climatechange #barredowl #wi