Through the Window: May 2018

Holy mackerel, May is intense! Not to detract from our month-long-we-all-add-to-it Viewing Window list, but did you get to see the eBird lists too, from what has been seen and heard here? Did you see or hear some of the rich migrations? Enjoyed the predictions on Birdcast? What a month!

OK, back to our corner of Vermont:

  • Mourning Dove

    One Blackbird Egg (copyright E. Talmage and used by permission)
    One Blackbird Egg (by E. Talmage)
  • Tufted Titmouse
  • Hairy Woodpecker
  • Black-capped Chickadee
  • Downy Woodpecker
  • American Crow
  • Blue Jay
  • Red-winged Blackbird
  • American Goldfinch
  • Purple Finch
  • Northern Cardinal
  • Brown-headed Cowbird
  • Ruby-throated Hummingbird (FOY May 2)
  • Ovenbird (FOY May 3)
  • Rose-breasted Grosbeak
  • Broad-winged Hawk (May 5, over parking lot)
  • Red-bellied Woodpecker
  • Pileated Woodpecker
  • Catbird (May 8)
  • Veery (May 8)
  • American Robin
  • Dark-eyed Junco (May 13)
  • Common Grackle (May 13)
  • Eastern Phoebe
  • Chipping Sparrow (May 13)
  • Indigo Bunting
  • Red-breasted Nuthatch
  • American Robin
  • Baltimore Oriole (heard/seen from parking lot)
  • Common Raven (heard from parking lot)

(Bold items in this list are those species not recorded in April 2018.)

It’s time for More Than Mammals…Frogs of various kind, Gray and red Squirrels, Eastern Chipmunks, and a Woodchuck. Mike Kessler observed some Fisher tracks later in the month…and since then we have not seen the Woodchuck. Hmmmmm….

Come along with our bird walks or drop by between 10am and 4pm—see the feeder birds yourself (and add to these monthly lists). View our amazing new art exhibit, Common Grounds: art inspired by 100 years of the Migratory Bird Treaty Act.

Volunteers, we have opportunities for you!

We continue to host walks, classes, and more. These are listed on our events page.  If you follow us on Facebook, Twitter , tumblr, and/or Instagram too, you’ll find more comments, links, and observations. See you soon!

The “Through the Window” series is an informal record of observations made by staff, volunteers, and visitors. Anyone at the Museum may add to this list. Observations are usually through our viewing window: a large window with a film covering that helps hide watchers from the birds. We have chairs and binoculars to try, a white board, and many identification guides. Outdoors, several feeders are attached on a single, bear-resistant pole. A small pond, flowers and water plants, shrubs and trees add cover and (seasonally) other food choices . You can sometimes see what we see via our webcam.

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