October is always surprising, what with migration trailing off, interesting swings in weather, and the Big Sit.
October Bird Lists
…from the Viewing Window
- Blue Jay
- Downy Woodpecker
- Mourning Dove
- Tufted Titmouse
- Black-capped Chickadee
- White-breasted Nuthatch
- Northern Cardinal
- Ruby-crowned Kinglet
- White-throated Sparrow
- Eastern Phoebe
- Brown Creeper (from bridge)
- Dark-eyed Junco
- Red-bellied Woodpecker
- Hairy Woodpecker
- American Goldfinch
- Northern Flicker
- Red-breasted Nuthatch
- Pileated Woodpecker
- Canada Geese (a flock, overhead. About 40 birds, 10/28/2025)
(Bold items in this list are species not recorded in September 2025)
…and all the checklists from the Big Sit itself!
6 am: https://ebird.org/checklist/S278904345
7 am: https://ebird.org/checklist/S278907473
8 am: https://ebird.org/checklist/S278925957
9 am: https://ebird.org/checklist/S278926116
10 am: https://ebird.org/checklist/S278926550
11 am: https://ebird.org/checklist/S278984441
12 pm: https://ebird.org/checklist/S278991354
1 pm (1300): https://ebird.org/checklist/S278998309
2 pm (1400): https://ebird.org/checklist/S278999337
3 pm (1500): https://ebird.org/checklist/S279005463
4 pm (1600): https://ebird.org/checklist/S279352314
5 pm (1700): https://ebird.org/checklist/S279353655
Other wildlife: Gray Squirrels, Eastern Chipmunks.
Want to go look for birds with us? Register for one of our upcoming events or visit to the Museum. See you soon!
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.