April can a be a bit of a slog for some of us (mud… warm … cold … more mud), but we have the treat of early migrants and brightening feathers and spring blooms!
April Bird List
- Black-capped Chickadee
- American Goldfinch (some are nice and bright yellow now)
- Downy Woodpecker
- Hairy Woodpecker
- Red-bellied Woodpecker
- Tufted Titmouse
- Dark-eyed Junco
- Fox Sparrow
- Northern Cardinal
- White-breasted Nuthatch
- Red-breasted Nuthatch
- American Robin
- Mourning Dove
- Purple Finch
- Song Sparrow
- White-throated Sparrow
- Blue Jay
- Eastern Phoebe
- Red-tailed Hawk (3 on April 21)
- Cooper’s hawk (April 25)
- Louisiana Waterthrush (Heard from the bridge)
- Brown Creeper (Heard from the bridge)
(Bold items in this list are species not recorded in March 2026)
Other wildlife: Gray and red squirrels, chipmunks! Evidence of black bear around (not seen).
The forsythia is in bloom on April 16!
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
If you follow us on tiktok, BlueSky, Facebook and/or Instagram, you’ll find us talking about bird news, sharing photos, suggesting events, and more. Check us out! We are currently most active on Instagram and tiktok. We’ve got a Youtube profile, but largely we share interesting woodcarving tutorials there.
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.
Photo of Eastern Phoebe copyright © 2020 Morgan Barnes and used with permission.