Celebrate spring and returning migrants with a warm bird! (Or do we mean “birb”?)
Skilled felter Grace Safford Eastern Bluebird
Register at https://sevendaystickets.com/organizations/birds-of-vermont-museum or call 802 434-2167 or use this Registration button below: Make a Bluebirb!
Fee: $30 ($25 for members) • Includes museum admission and your bluebird.
Max: 14 participants
Discover more about Eastern Bluebirds! https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Eastern_Bluebird/
Photo courtesy of Grace Safford and used with permission.
February can be a mellow short month, sometimes! We are counting birds, working on grants, making wee owls, and generally getting behind the scenes tasks done. We are open by appointment mostly, but just drop in on Valentines Day (no appointment needed). We have volunteer opportunities too!
=== FEBRUARY EVENTS ===
Complement the Great Backyard Bird Count with your own bird to bring home!
Skilled felter Grace Safford barn owl
Register at https://sevendaystickets.com/organizations/birds-of-vermont-museum or call 802 434-2167 or use this Registration button below: Sign Up
Fee: $30 ($25 for members) • Includes admission and your owl.
Max: 14 participants
Photo courtesy of Grace Safford and used with permission.
In October, we head out to Dead Creek, keep showing art, check out trees, hang out with carvers, and sit with birders. Join us!
=== OCTOBER EVENTS ===
September: thinking about myths, conservation, collisions, making, happiness, decomposition, communication, and restoration. All that in one museum!
=== SEPTEMBER EVENTS ===
Needle-felt a thumb-sized vulture in honor of International Vulture Appreciation Day .
Beginners welcome; materials and instruction provided. We’ll also share why vultures are SO awesome!
Natural and whimsical colors possible. A bowtie for your Vulture is entirely optional.
Sliding scale / choose what works: $25-$45 (includes admission, your vulture, and a felting needle to take home).
Register in advance • Register by calling 802 434-2167 or sign up here.Register
Max: 10 participants
Questions? Call (802) 434-2167 or email museum@birdsofvermont.org
Putting the feet on a vulture. A even littler vulture Do you think this mini-vulture needs a bow tie? And to show the process for needle felting these “mini” birds, here are some pictures of the mini-owls we made last year, from rough cylinder to a finished owl, and then many more from the class!
Needle-felt a thumb-sized owl. Natural and whimsical colors possible. Hats for the owls are optional!
Beginners welcome; materials and instruction provided.
Sliding scale/choose your fee: $25 – $45 (includes class, your owl, and a felting needle to take home).
Pre-registration required • Register for Mini Owls
Questions? Call (802) 434-2167 or email museum@birdsofvermont.org
Do you create with fibers? Do you have a thing for birds, science, or conservation?
This is just a last-call/reminder: Deadline is Sunday, March 1 .
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Submission details in our Call to Artists post: https://bovm.wordpress.com/2014/11/25/birds-of-a-fiber-call-to-artists-from-the-birds-of-vermont-museum/
Give a Hoot, Get a Hoot! Donate $10 and we can thank you with a handmade owl.
Crocheted Owls by Intern Elizabeth Mitchell Spinney Come on into the Museum to pick your own and donate! Call us if you’re far away; we shipped some to Alaska (for the donation plus postage)! (802) 434-2167.
![Round cozy needle-felted male Eastern Bluebird. He sits on a faded wooden rail, with blurred farm buildings behind him. He appears to be looking up and to the right, in 3/4 view. [Made by Grace Safford; photo used with permission.]](https://birdsofvermont.org/wpsite2017/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/bluebird-gs-1000017859-web.jpg)
