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January 2025 events

small songbird (Junco or Chickadee) tracks in snow

Happy New Year! We’re launching 2025 with some talks, the ever-changing winter art show, and bird walks (of course). The Museum is open by appointment and for special events from now through April 30.

The trails are open from sunrise to sunset, every day—we recommend using the south trails (Spear, Discovery, Story) rather than Gale’s, Pop’s, or Bob’s, thanks to flooding last July. Trail maps and more information are available on our website, and are posted at the museum and at trail kiosks as well. (Let us know if the wind moved any!)

=== JANUARY EVENTS ===

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Vermont’s Winter Birds

Black-capped chickadee eating a sunflower seed. Chickadee perches on a pile of hulled sunflower seeds in winter; a few snowflakes show on the bird's black feathers.

Join Museum Director Erin Talmage to learn about Vermont’s Winter Birds: birds, birding, and conservation.

Vermont in winter is cold, muddy, slushy, icy, snowy. But there are still birds! Which ones? How come? What do they eat? How do they shelter from the weather? And how can you get involved?

The Dorothy Alling Memorial Library is sponsoring this talk by the Birds of Vermont Museum. Visit their website for more: https://damlvt.org/index.php/events/events-calendar

Presentation begins at noon at the library, at 21 Library Lanes, Williston, Vermont.

Read more about winter birds in this blog post: https://birdsofvermont.org/2013/01/16/winter-birds/

Vermont’s Winter Birds

Redpoll (small brown and white bird with reddish patch on forehead, type of finch) perches on a snowy spruce branchlet.

Join Museum Director Erin Talmage to learn about Vermont’s Winter Birds: birds, birding, and conservation.

Vermont in winter is cold, muddy, slushy, icy, snowy. But there are still birds! Which ones? How come? What do they eat? How do they shelter from the weather? And how can you get involved?

The Salisbury Conservation Commission is sponsoring this talk by the Birds of Vermont Museum. The event is free and open to the public.

Presentation begins at 7 PM in the Salisbury Meeting House (Congregational Church) in the center of Salisbury (853 Maple Street).

The Salisbury Conservation Commission is sponsoring a series of talks–come to this or all of them!

Read more about winter birds in this blog post: https://birdsofvermont.org/2013/01/16/winter-birds/

By-Appointment Season 2024-2025

small songbird (Junco or Chickadee) tracks in snow

From November through April, we’re open by appointment and for special events. Individuals, families, and groups are all welcome at all times of year. Our trails are open year-round, sunrise to sunset.

Please call (802) 434-2167 or email museum@birdsofvermont.org several days in advance to schedule your visit. Admission is free for members!

Sign up to attend any special events: these are listed online at https://birdsofvermont.org/special-upcoming/

Behind the scenes in January: we’re feeding birds and sending out thank you letters (yay!). The 2025 call to artists goes out this month, and some of us are birding in the last of the 2024-2025 Christmas Bird Counts. We’ll be in both Williston and Salisbury for special programs on Winter Birds.

 

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Through the Window: November 2024

A woodcarving of a Cooper's Hawk showing head and shoulders: a raptor with a gray crown, red eyes, gray wings, and a buff and cream patterned breast.You’d think that being “closed”  would mean we’d get all the behind the scenes things done. But of course there are birds to watch for, which distracts us from tasks like our Annual Appeal … preparing programs and events …

But we did get to see a hawk! And turkeys, which have been less-often spotted in the feeder area recently. And more!

November Bird List

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December 2024 events

A child wearing a green coat and a hunter's orange knitted beanie peers in the window of the museum. A sign to his left says CLOSED.

Busy on the inside! And outdoors? It’s a good day for a walk. Or call to make an appointment for your visit! The Museum is open by appointment and for special events from now through April 30.

The trails are open from sunrise to sunset, every day—we recommend using the south trails (Spear, Discovery, Story) rather than Gale’s, Pop’s, or Bob’s, thanks to flooding last July. Trail maps and more information are available on our website, and are posted at the museum and at kiosks as well. (Let us know if the wind moved any!)

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November 2024 events

Take time to reflect, experience the peace in a late-autumn forest, or schedule a visit this month. The Museum is open by appointment and for special events from now through April 30.

The trails are open from sunrise to sunset, every day—we recommend using the south trails (Spear, Discovery, Story) rather than Gale’s, Pop’s, or Bob’s, thanks to flooding in July. Trail maps and more information are available on our website, and are posted at the museum and at kiosks as well. (Let us know if the wind moved any!)

=== NOVEMBER EVENTS ===

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By-Appointment Season 2024-2025

From November through April, we’re open by appointment and for special events. Individuals, families, and groups are all welcome at all times of year. Our trails are open year-round, sunrise to sunset.

Please call (802) 434-2167 or email museum@birdsofvermont.org several days in advance to schedule your visit. Admission is free for members!

Behind the scenes in December: we’re sending out the Annual Appeal, setting up programs and traveling exhibits for the winter. We continue to invite all 2024 artists to pick up their works; we’re finalizing our next call to artists as well. (We even have ideas for 2026 as well!)

Sign up to attend any special events: these are listed in online at https://birdsofvermont.org/special-upcoming/

By-Appointment Season 2024-2025

The Museum's entrance as seen from the parking lot in autumn, before many plants grew up between them. (A brown building with a shaded roofed entrance and a white banner on the side of the building, seen at a distance. The bridge to the entrance is visible in the lower left of the photo.)

From November through April, we’re open by appointment and for special events. Individuals, families, and groups are all welcome at all times of year. Our trails are open year-round, sunrise to sunset.

Behind the scenes in November: we’re collecting feedback from our year; working on special projects like bridges, signs, or exhibit maintenance; putting together the annual appeal; and switching over to the annual Gift of Art show from this year’s Power of Perspective. Sometimes we design new traveling exhibits or start any winter program series. We invite all artists to pick up their works; we’ll have a new theme soon!

Please call (802) 434-2167 or email museum@birdsofvermont.org several days in advance to schedule your visit. Admission is free for members!

Or sign up to attend special events: these are listed on our calendar at https://birdsofvermont.org/special-upcoming/

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