This episode we are excited to share all sort of observations and questions and even answers about some of our favorite animals: salamanders, frogs, and toads.
This is an online free event. Please register with Audubon Vermont (802 434-3068) or the Museum (802 434-2167) to get the info you need to sign in.
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.
This is an online free event; please register with Audubon Vermont at [ Link Coming Soon ].
While we can talk generally amongst ourselves about what is exciting outside during our long winters, this program will work best if you bring a question or two (tuning in to listen is also ok)! Questions on migration, hibernation, winter, wildlife, etc are all welcome topics.
We love hosting free programs, and are able to do so thanks to generous donors like you! Please consider a donation to one of our organizations:
Carve and paint an adorable (or mischievous) wooden tomten 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. Use this link to Eventbrite to pay for your place or click the button below; Museum and GMWC members may receive their member discount as a refund at the door.
Class size limited to 10.
Class will be held outside if weather permits, otherwise indoors with windows open.
Class size limited. Masks required when indoors or within 6′ of each other (if outdoors). UPDATE! Because Vermont has been so diligent about getting vaccinated, we increased class size to 10.
Contact us if you would like to hear of additional upcoming classes.
Economic Value of Avian Seed Dispersal in Critically Threatened Environments
Join Natalia this evening to hear more about the seed dispersal service provided by birds in the tropical forest and how birds can guide the ecological process and even economic investments in ecological restoration of the Brazilian Atlantic Forest.
Photographs by Arthur Macarrão and used by permission.
Please register in advance:
Max: 12 people • Please wear a mask inside the museum
Natalia Paes
Natalia Paes is passionate about birds and has been studying them for 11 years in the São Paulo region of Brazil. Currently, she is a Ph.D student at the University of Campinas in Brazil and an International student at University of Vermont’s Gund Institute for Environment. She has focused her studies on the economic and ecological aspects of seed dispersal provided by birds in areas under restoration process in one of the most threatened biomes in the world, the Brazilian Atlantic Forest. Her professional experience includes the development of public policies for bird conservation.
Carve and paint in wood during this one-day carving class! Wood blank and paint provided.
David Tuttle of the Green Mountain Woodcarvers leads the workshop.
What are you carving? A shorebird! Can you identify it?
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. Use Eventbrite to pay for your place or click the button below; Museum and GMWC members may receive their member discount as a refund at the door.
Class size limited to 10.
Class will be held outside if weather permits.
Class size limited. Masks required when indoors or within 6′ of each other (if outdoors). UPDATE! Because Vermont has been so diligent about getting vaccinated, we increased class size to 10.
You don’t have to be an expert to be part of scientific research! Learn to observe and report on animals and plants you see, hear, or photograph. From eBird to the Zooniverse, discover research projects that fit your interests, and see how your data can be used to benefit ongoing scientific research, including the effects of climate change.
Presented by Erin Talmage, Executive Director of the Birds of Vermont Museum. Erin earned her MS in Wildlife Biology from UVM with a focus on ornithology. She serves on two Vermont Scientific Advisory Groups, Birds and Reptiles-and-Amphibians. When not at the Museum, she can often be found looking for salamanders for the Vermont Reptile and Amphibian Atlas, collecting data for iNaturalist and eBird, or volunteering with the Four Winds Nature Institute and Vermont Master Naturalists.
Sponsored by the Network of the National Library of Medicine (NNLM) Citizen Science Month Mini Award!
Carve and paint in wood during this one-day carving class! Wood blank and paint provided.
David Tuttle of the Green Mountain Woodcarvers leads the workshop.
What are you carving? A shorebird!
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. Use Eventbrite to pay for your place or click the button below; Museum and GMWC members may receive their member discount as a refund at the door.
Class size limited to 10.
Class will be held outside if weather permits.
Class size limited. Masks required when indoors or within 6′ of each other (if outdoors). UPDATE! Because Vermont has been so diligent about getting vaccinated, we increased class size to 10.
