Have you been on one of our Early Birder walks yet? Every Sunday in May and June!
Also, wow was it rainy this month. Good heavens.
May Bird List
- Blue Jay
- Black-capped Chickadee
- Northern Cardinal
- Downy Woodpecker
- Dark-eyed Junco
- Ruby-throated Hummingbird (First of Year [FOY] May 3, 2025)
- Song Sparrow
- Brown Creeper
- Tufted Titmouse
- Mourning Dove
- White-breasted Nuthatch
- American Robin
- Red-bellied Woodpecker
- Rose-breasted Grosbeak (FOY May 3 or 4)
- American Goldfinch
- Hairy Woodpecker
- Gray Catbird
- American Crow (from parking lot)
- Turkey Vulture (from treehouse)
- Veery (from treehouse)
- Chestnut-sided Warbler (from treehouse & Parking lot)
- Eastern Phoebe (from office and treehouse)
- Red-winged Blackbird
- Great Blue Heron
(Bold items in this list are species not recorded in April 2025.)
Gray Squirrels, and Eastern Chipmunks still about.
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
Want to go look for birds with us? Register for one of our upcoming events or visit to the Museum. See you soon!
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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.