birds
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The Outside Story: A meal worth the sting
Colby Galliher writes about conservation, ecology, and environmental policy.
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Protect nesting loons and loon chicks
LoonMonitor is the program where volunteers follow loons all season long.
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The Outside Story: The grassland bird in a reverse tuxedo
The bobolink has one of the most impressive migrations of any passerine.
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Over 12,000 birds identified during Christmas bird count
Birders clocked 67 different species during the Middlebury Christmas Bird Count on Sunday, Dec. 14.
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December is the start of bird feeding season
Winter bird feeding is a great way to observe and learn about our year-round bird residents such as black capped chickadees, nuthatches and blue jays.
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Let’s Go Birding walk on June 21
Nature enthusiasts of all ages are invited to take part in a beginner’s bird walk through Wright Park, a segment of the Trail Around Middlebury. This annual event…
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Matthew Dickerson: Bird listening — it’s good for you
Magnolia warbler, black-throated green warbler, blackpoll warbler, pine warbler, mourning warbler, chestnut-sided warbler, orange-crowned warbler and yellow warbler.
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The Outside Story: Ravens forage during the winter
It’s a familiar sight in winter: An inky-black raven soaring over a landscape white with snow. Though similar in appearance to the American crow, the common raven (Corvus…
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Escape the winter blues with stories of global birding adventures
The Otter Creek Audubon’s three-part Cabin Fever Lecture Series will continue with “It’s Easter and It’s Chilly!” on Thursday, Feb. 20, from 5:30-6:30 p.m., at the Bixby Library…
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Talmage talks birds in Salisbury
Want to become a birder or improve your birding skills this winter? Erin Talmage, executive director of the Birds of Vermont Museum in Huntington, will give a presentation…
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The Outside Story: Bohemian waxwings, intrepid winter wanderers
Walking along a dirt road last winter, I heard a collection of pleasant, sputtering trills coming from a stand of conifers and hardwoods nearby. I’m used to the…
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Bird feeding season is beginning
Winter bird feeding is a great way to observe and learn about our year-round bird residents such as black capped chickadees, nuthatches and blue jays. It’s also a…
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Learn about ospreys at Nov. 14 talk
Otter Creek Audubon Society will host the talk given by Rob Bierregaard, Ph.D., research associate of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University in Philadelphia, on Thursday,…
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Faith Gong: Herons and forgiveness
I don’t know why birds so often show up in my life, and therefore in my writing. But they do, often serving as conduits for some sort of…
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Be on the lookout for nesting loons
Few birding experiences rival hearing the haunting call of the loon or seeing them glide by in protected coves on a lake. Be careful, however, to keep them…
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Hold off on mowing for as long as possible
Bobolinks, Savannah sparrows and eastern meadowlarks enrich our summers with their songs, but their populations continue to suffer long-term declines due to the loss in quantity and quality…