We thought spring was happening last month! Well, here we go, even more so.
April Bird List
- Dark-eyed Junco
- Mourning Dove
- Downy Woodpecker
- Black-capped Chickadee
- Hairy Woodpecker
- Fox Sparrow (April 1, April 12, some days between)
- White-breasted Nuthatch
- Northern Cardinal
- American Goldfinch
- Song Sparrow
- Brown Creeper
- American Crow
- Blue Jay
- Red-breasted Nuthatch
- Tufted Titmouse
- American Robin
- Purple Finch
- Hawk spp.
- White-throated Sparrow
- Red-tailed Hawk
- Brown-headed Cowbird
- Red-winged Blackbird (April 27)
- Common Raven (carrying something white in its beak)
(Bold items in this list are species not recorded in March 2025.)
Red and Gray Squirrels, and Eastern Chipmunks still hoovering up any spillage. Wood Frogs were calling and swimming in the small feeder area pond generally April 3 – 17.
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.