Warm fall alters migration, raises bird count

This year 46 field birders and 11 observers at feeders identified 17,697 birds of 75 species during the Middlebury Christmas Bird Count on Sunday, Dec. 17.

This year 39 field birders and 21 observers at feeders identified 19,992 birds of 67 species during our Middlebury Christmas Bird Count on Sunday, Dec. 18.

In December 37 field birders and 23 observers at feeders identified 18,290 birds of 72 species during the Middlebury Christmas Bird Count on Dec. 19.

MIDDLEBURY — This year 41 field birders and 34 observers at feeders located and identified 17,289 birds of 68 species during the Middlebury Christmas Bird Count on Sunday, Dec. 20. Counters survey a 15-mile-diameter count circle centered on the Lemon Fair … (read more)

MIDDLEBURY — In this year’s annual Christmas bird count in Middlebury, 41 field birders and 17 observers at feeders located and identified 28,839 birds of 62 species on Sunday, Dec. 15. This is ten fewer species than we found in each of the last three yea … (read more)

ADDISON COUNTY — Every year dozens of birders head into the fields and woods of Addison County, while dozens more bird enthusiasts watch at their birdfeeders in December to spot and identify the number and variety of bird species in the region. The Christ … (read more)