where natural history meets art
We continued to be light on the feeding this month, as we tried to do our bit to reduce or limit the spread of the mysterious disease we’d heard of—encouraging the equivalent of “social distancing” for birds. This disease had not been reported in Vermont. By the end of the month, we had resumed a very limiting feeding schedule. Continue reading “Through the Window: August 2021”
The most relaxed birding around. And around and around …
How many birds can we identify from a 17-foot diameter circle from sunrise to sunset? Can we beat last year’s record?
This is a great long-running community science project. Pledges and donations welcome.
We are observing from Dawn to Dusk. The Museum is open from 10am – 4pm. Masks required when inside the Museum, and recommended when less that 6 feet apart outdoors.
Call or email to ask about joining the observation team.
For much more info, see https://www.thebigsit.org/ .
Check out the reports from previous years: 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019
Join our monthly monitoring walk to record birds on the Museum property. Learn something new, share what you know, or both!
All birders (current, experienced, newbie and would-be!) welcome! Most fun for adults, older children.
Please bring your own binoculars, dress for weather. We recommend bringing tick repellent and a water bottle. Face masks required inside the museum and recommended when within 6′ of each other.
Max: 10 people • waitlist available
Free, suggested donation $5 – $10
Registration required.
Outdoors
Photo of Ruffed Grouse in Crabapple. Photographed at the Museum by Museum staff.
Join our monthly monitoring walk to record birds on the Museum property. Learn something new, share what you know, or both!
All birders (current, experienced, newbie and would-be!) welcome! Most fun for adults, older children.
Please bring your own binoculars, dress for weather. We recommend bringing tick repellent and a water bottle. Face masks required inside the museum and recommended when within 6′ of each other.
Max: 10 people • waitlist available
Free, suggested donation $5 – $10
Registration required.
Outdoors
Photo of White-breasted Nuthatch © Zac Cota-Weaver and used by permission.
Join our monthly monitoring walk to record birds on the Museum property. Learn something new, share what you know, or both!
All birders (current, experienced, newbie and would-be!) welcome! Most fun for adults, older children.
Please bring your own binoculars, dress for weather. We recommend bringing tick repellent and a water bottle. Face masks required inside the museum and recommended when within 6′ of each other.
Max: 10 people • waitlist available
Free, suggested donation $5 – $10
Registration required.
Outdoors
Photo: Sparrow spp. © 2019 E. Talmage and used by permission.
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We stopped feeding birds this month, as we waited to hear more about a mysterious disease affecting eyes (at least) in birds in the mid-west/mid-Atlantic regions. However, we did see rather a good selection of birds as usual until then!
Continue reading “Through the Window: July 2021”
Join our monthly monitoring walk to record birds on the Museum property. Learn something new, share what you know, or both!
All birders (current, experienced, newbie and would-be!) welcome! Most fun for adults, older children.
Please bring your own binoculars, dress for weather. We recommend bringing tick repellent and a water bottle. Face masks required inside the museum and recommended when within 6′ of each other.
Max: 10 people • waitlist available
Free, suggested donation $5 – $10
Registration required.
Outdoors
Photo: Photo of Yellow Warbler ©copyright Bob Johnson and used by permission.
Birders—current, experienced, newbie and would-be—welcome! Attend our monthly monitoring walk outdoors on the Museum’s trails in forest and meadow.
Please bring your own binoculars, dress for weather. We recommend bringing tick repellent and a water bottle. We do wear masks when inside the museum.
Please register in advance and get a confirmation from us:
Max: 10 people • waitlist available
Free, suggested donation $5 – $10
If the walk fills, but there’s enough interest, we may be able to schedule more walks. Please email museum@birdsofvermont.org, or call (802) 434-2167 to discuss this.
Photo: Unidentified hawk overhead against a brilliantly blue sky. Photo copyright Erin Talmage and used by permission.
So many birds. So little time.
We went out on the trails, watched from the windows, kept filling the bird feeders…
Late May mornings are fabulous for birding. Join us for a walk led by experienced birders.
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. Walks are led by experienced birders familiar with Vermont birds.
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: $5)
Pre-registration is required: visit https://www.eventbrite.com/e/early-birder-morning-walk-may-30-registration-155530288279 or click/tap the button below.
Max: 10 people • waitlist available if walk fills
Masks required when within 6′ of other people.
(We will update this listing with any changed COVID-19 precautions as we get closer to the date.)
Phoebe nestlings, photographed on a warm May afternoon. (They all successfully fledged later.) Photograph copyright © 2017 K. Talmage and used by permission.