where natural history meets art
Do you do individual things to lower your impact? Do you get together with others to create and press for conservation policy, legislation, and mass action?
Take today to honor our efforts so far, learn about another way to conserve nature, and talk to friends about what we’ll do next!
It’s a good world, and we like being here with birds and more. Let’s take good care of it.
https://www.daysoftheyear.com/days/world-nature-conservation-day/
#WorldNatureConservationDay
World Listening Day was created to draw attention to the way humans need to be listening to the world around us, including environmental awareness, soundscapes and acoustic ecology.
What can you hear? What can you not hear…but would like to? What is your soundscape?
https://www.daysoftheyear.com/days/world-listening-day/
#WorldListeningDay
Take a spring wildflower walk. Explore our trails in search of spring wildflowers and ephemerals. Learn about the seasonal challenges and changes influencing these briefly-blooming beauties with Museum volunteer Mary Ann Schlegel.
Walk 1: April 21
Walk II: May 5
Walk III: May 19
Suggested donation: $10
Max: 12 people / walk
Register at https://sevendaystickets.com/events/spring-wildflowers-progression-iii-5-19-2024 or call 802 434-2167.
Come to one, two, or all three walks! (Sign up separately.)
#NatureWalk #SpringInVermont #SpringEphemerals
Take a spring wildflower walk. Explore our trails in search of spring wildflowers and ephemerals. Learn about the seasonal challenges and changes influencing these briefly-blooming beauties with Museum volunteer Mary Ann Schlegel.
Walk 1: April 21
Walk II: May 5
Walk III: May 19
Suggested donation: $10
Max 12 people / walk
Come to one, two, or all three walks! (Sign up separately.)
Register at https://sevendaystickets.com/events/spring-wildflowers-progression-ii-5-5-2024 or call 802 434-2167 to sign up.
#NatureWalk #SpringInVermont #SpringEphemerals
Our popular Eggstatic! program is being offered again, this time over spring vacation!
Why do birds lay eggs? How do bird eggs compare and contrast with eggs of other animals? Birds, amphibians, reptiles, insects, and fish all produce eggs!
Explore different conditions and challenges eggs must overcome. Discover adaptations that promote egg survival. They are amazing structures with multiple functions! Why do they look and work as they do?
Ages 6-10 • 8 participants
Fee: $15–$35 (choose what is best for you)
Register at https://sevendaystickets.com/events/eggstatic-for-kids-4-24-2024
Take a spring wildflower walk. Explore our trails in search of spring wildflowers and ephemerals. Learn about the seasonal challenges and changes influencing these briefly-blooming beauties with Museum volunteer Mary Ann Schlegel.
Walk 1: April 21
Walk II: May 5
Walk III: May 19
Suggested donation: $10
Max 12 people / walk
Come to one, two, or all three walks! (Sign up separately.)
Register for Sunday, April 21 at https://sevendaystickets.com/events/spring-wildflowers-progression-i-4-21-2024
Links for May 5 and May 19 coming soon.
#NatureWalk #SpringInVermont #SpringEphemerals
Why do birds lay eggs? How do bird eggs compare and contrast with eggs of other animals? Birds, amphibians, reptiles, insects, and fish all produce eggs!
Explore different conditions and challenges eggs must overcome. Discover adaptations that promote egg survival. They are amazing structures with multiple functions! Why do they look and work as they do?
Ages 6-10 • 8 participants
Fee: $15–$35 (choose what is best for you)
Register at https://sevendaystickets.com/events/eggstatic-for-kids-3-13-2024
Enjoy a winter evening at Gale’s Retreat, off Bob’s Trail. Learn about Vermont Huts, nature at night, and more. Please dress for chilly nighttime, winter weather.
Inside the Museum:
Near the Bird Blind & Pond:
At Gale’s Retreat, a short walk from the museum:
Carpool if you can; the museum has limited parking.
Please pre-register so we can have enough treats! Donations can be made online or at the door.
All Ages
Outdoors, mostly
Arrive any time.
“Rain” date: Saturday March 23
Which birds and mammals store food for the winter? What do they eat? Where do they hide it?
We’ll all try a little caching ourselves!
Ages 6-10 • Outdoors
Fee: $15–$35 (choose what is best for you; includes museum admission)
Beetles (Order: Coleoptera) are a fascinating yet vastly understudied taxonomic group. In Vermont alone, there are over 1,000 different species! Some groups provide important roles as pollinators, biological controls, decomposers, and more. Other beetles, such as the invasive Emerald Ash Borer (Agrilus planipennis) threaten the health of our ecosystems.
Join us to learn about the ecology and identification of different groups of beetles found in Vermont.
In this two hour workshop, we will spend about 45 minutes focusing on a few families, genera, and species of note. For the remaining hour and 15 minutes, we will go outside and search for beetles around the Birds of Vermont museum, identifying as we go.
Julia is the former coordinator of the Vermont Lady Beetle Atlas through the Vermont Atlas of Life at the Vermont Center for Ecostudies. Currently, Julia works for Vermont Forests, Parks and Recreation at the Forest Biology Lab, with a special interest on the intersection between forest health and entomology.
Additionally, Julia volunteers in a number of roles for Sosyete pou Rebwaze Duchity Haiti (SRDH) – a community-based reforestation and agroforestry organization operating in Duchity, Haiti. In their spare time, Julia enjoys painting, spending time with their birds, hiking, and (of course) searching for insects.
Images provided by Julie Pupko of Vermont Center for Ecostudies.