Ever wondered about the mysterious mushrooms that share the forest with us?
Meg Madden leads an exploration on the Museum’s trails: to seek, to find, and to understand the fungi that live in and on our corner of the wood-wide web.
Note: this is NOT a foraging program.
Limit: 12 • please register in advance Registration link coming soon.
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 click or tap the button to register in advance.
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.
Explore nature with Allison! What is a bird? How do feathers work? What else is flying in our gardens? What do flowers look like up close? How about an egg?
These and other questions lead our exploration of nature around the Museum. Each week is different!
What happens when you mix art, playfulness, and insights from birds? Creativity influenced by feather color and pattern, frills and function! From bower birds to city pigeons, feathers come in thousands of sizes and colors, fantastic shapes, in different seasons, and for many reasons. Artists, photographers and poets illustrate, incorporate, and delight in the many kinds, colors, and shapes of feathers.
Explore the art and meet some of our artists, poets, writers, and photographers. You are welcome to come early to the Museum and stay for the reception; come at the time of the reception; or just drop in part way through!
Included with Museum admission, donations welcome. Please register. If we know how many people are coming , we can have enough refreshments, chairs, and so on.
Although the art is indoors, the reception will be generally outdoors, weather permitting.
Experience Vermont’s butterflies and other insects up close!
Join Vermont Entomological Society naturalists and entomologists for an exploratory stroll on the Birds of Vermont Museum grounds.
Bring binoculars, magnifying glasses, and an insect net if you have one. Pack a lunch if you would like to picnic after the walk. Do bring your water bottle and dress for outdoors.
Registration link coming soon.
Max: 15 people • waitlist available
Masks required when indoors. (We will update this listing with any changed COVID-19 precautions as we get closer to the date.)
If it is raining on the day of the walk, please call the Museum (802 434-2167) to see if we have rescheduled; probable rain date Sunday, July 10).
Terrific for anyone interested in Vermont’s six-legged creatures.
Free! (Donations welcome)
Check out the Vermont Entomological Society site https://www.vermontinsects.org/ — gorgeous photos and information about the Society.
