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Through the Window: May 2026

Rose-breasted Grosbeak male: a chunky songbird with a black head, a pinkish-read "bib-and-tie" and a white chest and belly. Her his perched on a branch facing the viewer, although his head is turned to his right. Other thin branches are visible, and a bright blue sky is behind him.
A Veery stands adjacent to a nest with pale blue eggs. The life-like woodcarving is a small mostly brown bird carved and painted by Bob Spear, as are the eggs. The nest is real. The green fern behind the bird is made of painted metal, but also looks real.
Veery, carved by Bob Spear, overlooking eggs

May is such a bursting month! Birds, birds, buds, buds. We’ve held our regular monthly monitoring walk, and our weekly Early Birder Morning walks, and of course been amazed but what we see and hear. Next year, we might hold the first two Early Birder walks at 7:30 or 8 am (it can be a little slow and chilly at 7); let us know what you think about that!

May Bird List

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Wings • Waters • Ways | 2026 community art show

Wings • Waters • Ways

Photograph: An adult gull pulls at plastic trash on gray beach.
“A Day at the Beach” copyright © A. Gary Reid and shown with permission.

How do artists perceive birds, waters, and the ways we interact?

As you view the exhibit, consider recent history and the ways we tell it; the much-longer history of humans on the landscape in the Green Mountains and Champlain Valley; and the much, much, much longer stories of how birds have evolved with, use, and been influenced by water and waterways.

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