Category Archives: Stick Season

Stick Season 2

Each day I take Ginger, our labradoodle, on walks around the city or on trails throughout the county. We spend an hour or two and try to integrate a little birding into each adventure.

Some of our best finds, like this guy, are right out back before we even get going.

Montpelier itself has some nice birding and we found this House Finch just a bit down the road — heard it chipping and then spotted it.

On one of our jaunts on the trails of East Montpelier on Saturday, we flushed a Great Horned Owl who was out of sight before my camera was out of my pack. But later, in a real surprise, three Rusty Blackbirds, which I never see up here, flew into some trees and posed for the camera.

I hear that Common Redpolls are around. It’s time to bundle up and see our winter visitors. Hopefully a Snowy Owl has Washington County in its gps.