Category Archives: Local Birding

Birding With Ginger

Posted on July 18, 2019 by Richard

We have a new dog, a nine-week old Labradoodle named Ginger Ale, who I took birding for the first time this morning. I promised not to pepper the blog with puppy pictures but let me introduce her. I wanted to … Continue reading →

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A June Morning

Posted on June 10, 2019 by Richard

I took a drive in the van, perhaps one of the last, up to a local tourist highlight – The Morse Farm – which is known for maple syrup and all sorts of items, but also has some good birds. I … Continue reading →

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Goslings

Posted on May 16, 2019 by Richard

After a stint of damp grey weather, we got a nice treat of our first crop of goslings this morning. I noticed the adult out back and was surprised to see she had a baby poking out from underneath her.

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Mid-Week Birds

Posted on May 11, 2019 by Richard

Local birding is great these days with lots of bird song to hear, new arrivals to identify and watch, and striking breeding plumage to admire – and hardly any leaves, yet.

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Fish for Breakfast

Posted on May 10, 2019 by Richard

On one of the first sunny days we’ve had in ages, I took the van (which by the way is for sale) out for some birding and at Berlin Pond, after seeing my first Baltimore Oriole of the year, too … Continue reading →

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They’re Back

Posted on March 31, 2019 by Richard

In spite of several feet of snow on the ground and chilly temperatures, we have had a lot of new avian arrivals in the last few days. The ice in the North Branch of the Winooski out back just is … Continue reading →

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Flocks

Posted on December 30, 2018 by Richard

In the past week I have seen large flocks of American Crows, Dark-eyed Juncos, European Starlings, and Snow Buntings. In the last post I showed some photos of a 25-bird Pine Grosbeak flock. Yesterday, while looking in vain for a … Continue reading →

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Bittern Out Back

Posted on September 1, 2018 by Richard

Earlier in the week, Sally came upon an American Bittern right at the end of our path to the river. All I had was my iPhone and the photos, in poor light, were not good. Yesterday, we saw it again, … Continue reading →

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Muggy Mid-day Paddle

Posted on August 7, 2018 by Richard

Like most of the East, and it seems, most of the world, we have been enduring a long stretch of hot and humid conditions with sparse precipitation. While the river is low, paddling seemed like a nice option to get … Continue reading →

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Sunday Birding

Posted on July 30, 2018 by Richard

I awoke to the song of a Carolina Wren, sort of unusual here — and going out to look for it, saw this trio in the back yard. I did some reading on the back deck, watching the birds coming … Continue reading →

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