Note: this class was originally scheduled for March 6th but has been moved to March 20.
Carve and paint a delightful cedar waxwing during this one-day carving class! Wood blank and paint provided.
David Tuttle of the Green Mountain Woodcarvers leads the workshop. Saturday sold out, so we thank him for responding to people’s interest by offering this second option!
All levels welcome. Great for adults and teens. Younger kids need parental permission. Great skill-building for Scouts and 4-H.
Bring mask, tools, gloves, and lunch. (Contact us if you will need tools or gloves; Dave often brings some to sell.)
Must register and pay in advance: $35 for Museum and GMWC members • $45 for everyone else. Museum and GMWC members may receive their member discount as a refund at the door.
Class size limited to 10. If class fills, please join the waitlist. If enough people are on the waitlist, we can try to arrange additional sessions.
Woodcarving of cedar waxing by David Tuttle
Masks required when indoors.
Contact us if you would like to hear of additional upcoming classes.
Carve and paint a delightful cedar waxwing during this one-day carving class! Wood blank and paint provided.
David Tuttle of the Green Mountain Woodcarvers leads the workshop.
All levels welcome. Great for adults and teens. Younger kids need parental permission. Great skill-building for Scouts and 4-H.
Bring mask, tools, gloves, and lunch. (Contact us if you will need tools or gloves; Dave often brings some to sell.)
Must register and pay in advance: $35 for Museum and GMWC members • $45 for everyone else. Museum and GMWC members may receive their member discount as a refund at the door.
Class size limited to 10. If class fills, please join the waitlist. If enough people are on the waitlist, we can try to arrange additional sessions.
Woodcarving of cedar waxing by David Tuttle Masks required when indoors.
Contact us if you would like to hear of additional upcoming classes.
The Big Sit! event always boosts the size of the October list. Something about actually sitting around and watching for birds, instead of trying to notice them while you’re talking to other visitors… Bold birds are the ones we didn’t record last month.
Blue Jay
White-throated Sparrow
Hairy Woodpecker
Downy Woodpecker
Evening Grosbeak*
Black-capped Chickadee
American Crow
Mourning Dove
White-breasted Nuthatch
Purple Finch
Tufted Titmouse
Sharp-shinned Hawk(caught something on October 19!)
American Goldfinch
Pine Siskins(more than 20!)
Dark-eyed Junco
Wild Turkeys (a flock of 9)
Northern Cardinal
Song Sparrow? (10/12, observed by Jim O. Not bolded due to uncertainty, although Jim is an expert birder.)
Cedar Waxwing(during the Big Sit)
mystery Duck(a Big Sit observation–too silhouetted to identify properly)
Common Raven(also during the Big Sit!)
Rusty Blackbird(10/17)
Pileated Woodpecker(flew over 10/12)
Canada Geese(heard overhead 10/23)
American Robin(10/23)
Common Grackle (10/07)
Ruffed Grouse(in the crab apple tree 10/28)
*Observe? Or Act?
We observed several Evening Grosbeaks, male and female. One female seemed to have an injured right wing. Over the course of the month, she continued to make appearances, generally foraging on the ground and hopping back to shelter in the cedar hedge. However, one day she did fly—perhaps flutter is a more accurate verb—up into some shrubs as well. We saw her off and on through the end of October, and we wish her well. Her persistence does raise the question: what, if anything, should we do about her? Catch her? Send her to rehab? Observe her without interference?
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 to make it more difficult for birds to see the watchers. We have chairs and binoculars to try there, a white board and many identification guides, and several feeders outside on a single, bear-resistant pole, as well as a small pond, flowers and water plants, shrubs and trees. You can sometimes see what we see via our webcam.
