Category Archives: Local Birding
Where Did The Chickadees Go?
We have a dog pen area underneath our deck which attracts a few birds and squirrels foraging on the dropped seeds and suets from the feeders above. We also get a skunk there periodically so I always take a look … Continue reading
Posted in Local Birding, Vermont Birding, Yard birds
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Red Birds at the Red Hen Bakery
The Red Hen Bakery here in Middlesex is known for its bread, pastries, coffee, and ambiance. What I found today is that they can also be sort of a birding hotspot. It was another cold, barren Vermont winter day but … Continue reading
Posted in Big Year, County Big Year, Local Birding, Vermont Birding
Tagged House Finch, Northern Cardinal
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Another Pine Grosbeak Encounter
As I wrote last week, we are experiencing an irruption of winter finches here in central Vermont and I saw my first Pine Grosbeaks, finally. Here’s a recent eBird map showing sightings near here: Pine Grosbeaks seem to be a … Continue reading
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Tagged Pine Grosbeak
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Birding With Mac
Being a grandfather who got into birding late in life, it’s a treat to see at least two of my grandchildren become fledgling birders. Our oldest, Mac, was up from Massachusetts with his mom for Thanksgiving. He caught the birding … Continue reading
Posted in Local Birding, Vermont Birding, Youth Birding
Tagged American Black Duck, digiscoping, Hooded Mergansers, youth_birding
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Birding Once Again
I’ve been laid up after last Thursday’s surgery and while I have enjoyed watching birds coming to our feeders, it was nice to get out in the woods early this frosty morning for my first outdoor outing in nearly a … Continue reading
Posted in Backyard birds, Local Birding, Vermont Birding, Yard birds
Tagged Backyard birds, Common Redpoll
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Pine Grosbeaks – finally
As I have noted before, a Canadian ornithologist, Ron Pittaway, each year issues a Winter Finch Forecast. He notes that there is a “widespread tree seed crop failure in the Northeast” this year. It looks like a good year for winter … Continue reading
Posted in life bird, Life list, Local Birding, Vermont Birding
Tagged life birds, local birding, North Branch Nature Center, Pine Grosbeak
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Quieter Woods
Things are pretty quiet these days in our woods as I walk the dog on our trails — aside for some deer watching us nearly every walk and numerous red squirrels and chipmunks, the activity has died off as birds … Continue reading
Posted in Birds, Local Birding, Vermont Birding
Tagged American Goldfinch, Backyard birds, Common Yellowthroat, fall migration, Kenn Kaufman, Song Sparrow, White-Throated Sparrow
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A Solitary Sandpiper
We don’t have a lot of shorebird habitat hotspots in central Vermont so we make do with puddles in cornfields, small mudflats along the rivers and ponds, and other spots where water gathers. We go over to Lake Champlain or … Continue reading
Posted in Birds, Local Birding, Vermont Birding
Tagged county bird, digiscoping, Solitary Sandpiper
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