Oh my gosh, it’s been SO dry. Thankfully, we have a little trickle of water coming into a well-shaded tiny pond. The Bee balm and the willow and the goldenrod are a bit too tall and dense to see the birds taking their small drinks at the water, though! (The Hummingbirds sure like the bee balm!)
August Bird List
- Ruby-throated Hummingbird
- Common Yellowthroat (near the entrance bridge)
- Mourning Dove
- Dark-eyed Junco
- American Robin
- Black-capped Chickadee
- Blue Jay
- White-breasted Nuthatch
- American Goldfinch
- Red-bellied Woodpecker
- Hairy Woodpecker
- Northern Cardinal
- Rose-breasted Grosbeak
- Tufted Titmouse
- Downy Woodpecker
- Eastern Phoebe
- Gray Catbird (in Azalea)
- Carolina Wren
(Bold items in this list are species not recorded in July 2025.)
Other wildlife: Clearwing moths, 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.