Blackwater is in the middle of a peninsula that juts into the Chesapeake Bay, providing a habitat to support myriad birds, especially waterfowl. From whistling swans and snow geese that turn the ...

About 250 different kinds of birds frequent Blackwater at one time or another, and many are prized catches in a viewfinder. The list, as determined by my conversations with avid photographers and ...

They are Blackwater’s Little Bird helicopters. As icons often do, they stir emotion. The Little Birds can symbolize all that’s right or wrong with the war. To the enemy, they are an evil to be ...

Anyone buying a family membership will receive a book, “What a River Says,” that was written specifically for Blackwater. The Eagle Festival celebrates birds of prey with educational programs ...

Numbers have been estimated for years using data from the Breeding Bird Survey, which uses a standard, consistent method across North America. Solymos said that survey uses assumptions and techniques ...