Wowie zowie, what a bird list! I guess June is really the month from “So Much Singing” to “Oooh Babies at the Feeder”!
June Bird List
- Blue Jay
- Ruby-throated Hummingbird (males and females)
- Eastern Phoebe (often fly out from under the entrance bridge)
- Downy Woodpecker (males and females)
- Black-capped Chickadee
- Red-winged Blackbird
- Tufted Titmouse
- Northern Cardinal
- Hairy Woodpecker (and fledgling on feeder 6/18, begging with flapping wings)
- Mourning Dove
- Red-breasted Nuthatch
- Pileated Woodpecker
- Red-bellied Woodpecker
- White-breasted Nuthatch
- Rose-breasted Grosbeak (males and females)
- American Goldfinch
- Red-eyed Vireo (heard in trees above)
- Tree Swallow
- Purple Finch
- Chestnut-sided Warbler (heard almost daily nearby)
- Veery (also heard often)
- American Robin
(Bold items in this list are species not recorded in May 2026)
Other wildlife: Gray and Red Squirrels, Eastern Chipmunks, Domestic Cat (I suppose technically not wildlife?)
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.