Jim Andrews


  • Over 12,000 birds identified during Christmas bird count

    Over 12,000 birds identified during Christmas bird count

    Birders clocked 67 different species during the Middlebury Christmas Bird Count on Sunday, Dec. 14.

  • Jim Andrews tapped for SpIN award

    Jim Andrews tapped for SpIN award

    Jim Andrews of Salisbury has been communicating his love of the reptiles and amphibians of Vermont for much of his life. He has researched their distribution and abundance…

  • Local birders report on Christmas bird count

    Local birders report on Christmas bird count

    This year 45 field birders and 12 observers at feeders identified 19,645 birds of 66 species during our Middlebury Christmas Bird Count on Sunday, Dec. 15.

  • Tiger alumni to honor four new hall of famers

    Tiger alumni to honor four new hall of famers

    The Middlebury High School, Middlebury Union High School Alumni Association will welcome four new alumni members, and one honorary inductee into the Hall of Fame this weekend.

  • Herpetologist Jim Andrews takes the stage March 29

    Herpetologist Jim Andrews takes the stage March 29

    Green Mountain Club (GMC) Bread Loaf Section’s 2024 “Selected Reptiles and Amphibians of the Central Green Mountains” will be held on the evening of Friday, March 29, at…

  • Turtles, frogs hanging around in warmer winter

    Turtles, frogs hanging around in warmer winter

    Herpetologist Jim Andrews has received some particularly noteworthy news — accounts of reptiles and amphibians active in late December, a time of year when those creatures have typically…

  • Warm fall alters migration, raises bird count

    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.

  • Audubon Christmas bird count IDs 72 species

    Audubon Christmas bird count IDs 72 species

    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.

  • Letter to the editor: Those seeking pesticide use should pay for it

    Once again this year, the selectboard in Salisbury is giving Salisbury residents the opportunity of voting on whether or not we choose to spend around $25,000 to support…

  • Salisbury quietly opens a new walking trail

    Salisbury quietly opens a new walking trail

    SALISBURY — What’s your go-to walking path? Most of us have at least one, whether it be around your neighborhood — checking out new home renovations and gardens…

  • Learn about amphibians at New Haven talk

    NEW HAVEN — The New Haven Conservation Commission will hold its first Armchair Naturalist talk of the year on Wednesday, Feb. 19, at 7 p.m. at the Town…

  • Volunteers scanned day and night to count birds

    Volunteers scanned day and night to count birds

    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…

  • A plague of frogs? Big hatch is ‘unprecedented’

    A plague of frogs? Big hatch is ‘unprecedented’

    SALISBURY — Since early July, Vermont State Herpetologist Jim Andrews’ inbox has been flooded with emails, phone calls and reports of what some Addison County residents are calling…