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July Bird Monitoring Walk

Unidentified hawk overhead against a brilliantly blue sky. Photo copyright Erin Talmage and used by permission.

All birders — current, experienced, newbie and would-be — welcome!
Join our monthly monitoring walk to record birds at the Museum’s trails, forest, and meadow. Learn something new, share what you know, or both! Most fun for adults, older children.

Please bring your own binoculars and dress for the weather. We recommend bringing tick repellent and a water bottle.

Free, suggested donation $10 – $15
Max: 12 people

Register at https://sevendaystickets.com/organizations/birds-of-vermont-museum or call 802 434-2167.

Outdoors

Photo: Unidentified hawk overhead against a brilliantly blue sky. Photo copyright Erin Talmage and used by permission.

Artist Reception for “Wings • Waters • Ways”

Collage of photographs showing three white men peering through binoculars. Their backs are toward a bay of gray water with a steep hill behind. Many birds flying and diving above and into the water. The assemblage shows the men in front of a rectangular panels showing the water and birds.

Visitors are invited to our low-key meet-artists reception for our 2026 show, Wings • Waters • Ways, on the afternoon of July 16.

Explore visual and written art at your own pace, meet creators, be inspired, ask questions, and browse through the book of artists’ statements.  Examine written and visual, flat and three-dimensional words in many media. Consider waters, wings, and ways of interaction… and discuss these ideas with other visitors and artists. Read more about the show in our blog, at https://birdsofvermont.org/2026/05/15/wings-waters-ways-2026-community-art-show/

You are welcome to come early to the Museum and stay for the reception; or come at the time of the reception; or just drop in part way through.

Included with Museum admission, but donations welcome. Please register: If we know how many people are coming , we will have enough refreshments, chairs, and so on. Call the museum at 802 434-2167 or use this button:

Exhibiting artists and poets:

A. Gary Reid (South Burlington, VT)
Alison Forrest (Huntington, VT)
Annette Goyne (Richford, VT)
Aprille Soons Palmer (South Hero, VT)
Caelyn White (Essex Junction, VT)
Callie Hastings (Greensboro Bend, VT)
Carolyn Crowley (Bristol, VT)
Cat McKeen (Essex Junction, VT)
Chris Selin (South Burlington, VT)
Claire Payne (Swanton, VT)
David Pearson (Hinesburg, VT)
Deana Allgaier (Huntington, VT)
Denise Letendre (Castleton, VT)
Donald Perdue (New Haven, VT)
Gail Curtin (Waitsfield, VT)
Grace Juneau (Middlesex, VT)
Grace Safford (Montpelier, VT)
Gregory Didyoung (Wilmington, VT)
Gretchen Alexander (Jericho, VT)
Jake Kehs (Mills, VT)
Jake Levin (Saint-Lambert, Québec)
Janet Fredericks (Lincoln, VT)
Jean Cannon (Burlington, VT)
Jo Marsan (Johnson, VT)
JoAnne Wazny (Enosburg Falls, VT)
Judy Brook (South Burlington, VT)
Judy Crocker (Burlington, VT)
Julian C (Vermont)
Kacey Guiterrez (Hinesburg, VT)
Katrina Meyers (Colchester, VT)
Kay Johnson (Hinesburg, VT)
Koré-Saoirse G (Vermont)
Kristen Donegan (Essex, VT)
Linda and Kerry Hurd (Milford, NH)
Lizzy Sheldon (Windsor, VT)
Lori Hinrichsen (East Montpelier, VT)
Marcia Vogler (Charlotte, VT)
Miriam Adams (Hinesburg, VT)
Nancy Anisfield (Hinesburg, VT)
Nancy Stone (Williston, VT)
Navin B (Vermont)
Pedro Salas (Starksboro, VT)
Pete Aldrich (Essex, VT)
Ruby M (Vermont)
Sam Desrochers
Sarah Ashe (Middlebury, VT)
Sarah Rosedahl (North Hero, VT)
Sharon Glezen (Shelburne, VT)
Sharon Lykins (White River Junction, VT)
Steven Farrar (Richmond, Vt)
Theo Chang Andreu (South Burlington, VT)
Tina Valentinetti (Moretown, VT)
Todd Cummings (Huntington, VT)
Todd Kiel (Bolton, VT)
Tricia Knoll (Williston VT)

 

 

 

Although the art is indoors, the reception will be generally outdoors, weather permitting.

Read more about the show elsewhere on our website.

Image is “Somebody’s Watching Me” by Dean Allgaeir. Shown with the artist’s permission.

Closed for July 4th

Bob Spear, Woodcarver, and his Bald Eagle carving: an elderly white mad with white hair and bear, wearing a red chamois shirt, faces the camera. His left arm rest on the back of a life-size bald eagle carved of wood.

The museum is closed on July 4th. we all hope you have a terrific day. May it be full of community and celebration, freedom, and unity.

Image: Bob Spear and the Bald Eagle he carved and painted. (Fun fact: that brown isn’t paint: it’s that color thanks to Bob’s skill with woodburning tools!). Photo from 2005.

See it. Sketch it. Bird It.

nature journaling and sketching materials

Get ready for summer birding with this interactive program. Learn ways of observing, describing, sketching, and identifying birds that will immediately help you become a better birder.

Learn techniques for observing, describing, sketching, and identifying birds — tools that will immediately help you become a better birder. Neither bird watching nor drawing experience is necessary—we promise! Participants can visit the Birds of Vermont Museum after the program.

Offered through Osher Lifelong Learning (OLLI).
OLLI activity level 1.
Meet at the Museum; parking available onsite.

Register at https://na.eventscloud.com/ereg/index.php?eventid=876232&

Fee: $25 (in addition to your OLLI membership fee)

Brochure for additional OLLI summer programs at https://learn.uvm.edu/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/OLLI-Summer-Brochure-2026.pdf

Limited to 16 participants. MUST register with OLLI.

Carving shown is a Red-breasted Nuthatch, carved by Bob Spear.
Books pictured include Sibley’s Field Guide to Birds, Law’s Guide to Drawing Birds, and Johnson’s First Steps: Sketching and Drawing.

 

June Bird Monitoring Walk

Looking down on one (blue) Red-winged Blackbird egg in nest, with cattail stems surrounding and supporting nest. (copyright E. Talmage and used by permission)

All birders — current, experienced, newbie and would-be — welcome!
Join our monthly monitoring walk to record birds at the Museum’s trails, forest, and meadow. Learn something new, share what you know, or both! Most fun for adults, older children.

Please bring your own binoculars and dress for the weather. We recommend bringing tick repellent and a water bottle.

Free, suggested donation $10 – $15
Max: 12 people

Register by calling 802 434-2167 or use the button below:
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Outdoors

Photo: Single Red-winged Blackbird egg. Photo © copyright E. Talmage and used by permission.

Early Birders Morning Walk (June 28)

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.

Early summer mornings are terrific for birding. Join us for a walk led by experienced birders in the museum’s forests and meadow.

Who’s singing, calling, nesting, or flying around the Birds of Vermont Museum?

Bring binoculars and good walking shoes. Early mornings are often damp with dew and boots are definitely in order. Don’t forget bug spray/tick repellent!

Park at 900 Sherman Hollow Road, in the Museum parking lot.

Free, suggested donation: $10

Please register by calling the museum at 802 434-2167  or use the button below:

Max: 12 people • waitlist available if walk fills

 

 

Early Birders Morning Walk (June 21)

small songbird seen from underneath

Early summer mornings are terrific for birding. Join us for a walk led by experienced birders.

Who’s singing, calling, nesting, or flying around the Birds of Vermont Museum?

Bring binoculars and good walking shoes. Early mornings are often damp with dew and boots are definitely in order. Don’t forget bug spray/tick repellent!

Park at 900 Sherman Hollow Road, in the Museum parking lot.

Free, suggested donation: $10

Please register by calling the museum at 802 434-2167 or use the button below:

Max: 12 people • waitlist available if walk fills

 

This “typical” view of a warbler is copyright © E. Talmage and used with permission.

Early Birders Morning Walk (June 14)

chestnut sided warbler by Erin Talmage

Late spring mornings are terrific for birding. Join us for a walk led by experienced birders familiar with Vermont birds; today’s walk is led by Lachlan Ziegler.

Who’s singing, calling, nesting, or flying around the Birds of Vermont Museum? Discover birds on an early morning ramble in the Museum’s forest and meadows.

Bring binoculars and good walking shoes. Early mornings are often damp with dew and boots are definitely in order. Don’t forget bug spray/tick repellent!

Park at 900 Sherman Hollow Road, in the Museum parking lot.

Free, suggested donation: $10

Please register by calling the museum at 802 434-2167 or using the button below: 

Max: 12 people • waitlist available if walk fills

 

Image of Chestnut-side Warbler copyright © E. Talmage and used with permission.

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