Category Archives: life bird

Birding Groton State Park

Posted on June 26, 2011 by Richard

Veery –  Life Bird #297 Early this week, we took the Airstream on a little jaunt over to Stillwater State Park on Lake Groton.  It was a chance to not only test out the trailer after months of inactivity and … Continue reading →

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Bicknell’s Thrush – a well-earned life bird

Posted on June 6, 2011 by Richard

Some life birds kind of just show up — they are species you’ve either just missed seeing (or identifying) or else they’re a vagrant that hangs around (like this year’s Northern Hawk Owl or the Varied Thrush.) Last Saturday, I … Continue reading →

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Northern Hawk Owl

Posted on January 1, 2011 by Richard

A Northern Hawk Owl The digest of VTbirds this morning had several reports of a Northern Hawk Owl about 10 miles from here.  It’s a bird that I’d not seen and rather rare to Vermont — one or two a … Continue reading →

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