As usual, we keep track of birds seen through the window with notes on a white board (see the list below). This month, we also had a lovely furry special guest…
February Bird List
- Northern Cardinal (singing on Feb 8)
- Black-capped Chickadee (also singing on Feb 8)
- Blue Jay
- White-breasted Nuthatch
- Mourning Dove
- American Goldfinch
- Dark-eyed Junco
- Tufted Titmouse
- Red-bellied Woodpecker
- Hairy Woodpecker
- Downy Woodpecker
- American Crow (seen and heard from the parking lot)
- Red-breasted Nuthatch
- American Robin
(Bold items in this list are species not recorded in January 2025.)
We saw TWO Bobcats on February 21. We also saw no Gray Squirrels that day. I’m sure you’re very surprised by that.
Elsewhen in the month, we did see Gray and Red Squirrels, and the Eastern Cottontail.
Below is a link for all official eBird observations on the Museum’s property — from the viewing window and elsewhere, across all years of observations: https://ebird.org/hotspot/L282687 . Just for fun and reference, this next link brings you to the iNaturalist records of birds at the Birds of Vermont Museum : https://www.inaturalist.org/places/199495#taxon=3
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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, 8′ steel 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.
Note: We have finished changing webhosts so we can proceed to fixing how the netcam feeds to the site, but STILL have not yet had time to take on this project. The image may not be refreshing properly. Feel free to ask the webmistress for updates and let us know if you’d like to volunteer to help with this.