Warm and dry pretty much the whole month. Pleasant for sitting around, and can make some nice updrafts. Did you go hawk watching?
Every now and then this year, a warbler comes to the feeder—not to eat, apparently, just to check things out from that perch. And (presumably less often) we notice!
September Bird List
- Ruby-throated Hummingbird (last male recorded Sept. 2; a few females or juveniles after)
- Black-capped Chickadee
- Mourning Dove
- Blue Jay
- Turkey Vulture
- White-breasted Nuthatch
- American Goldfinch
- Gray Catbird
- Sharp-shinned Hawk (Sept. 2)
- Northern Cardinal
- Tufted Titmouse
- Hairy Woodpecker
- Black-throated Green Warbler (Sept. 7)
- Purple Finch
- Downy Woodpecker
- Red-breasted Nuthatch
(Bold items in this list are species not recorded in August 2025.)
Other wildlife: Green Frog, Eastern Chipmunks.
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 cross-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.