Category Archives: Vermont Birding

After appointments this morning, I swung by a local birding hotspot — Berlin Pond — and was surprised to find, even in mid-morning, a lot going on.  The air was just full of feeding birds.  Swallows, Cedar Waxwings, Eastern Kingbirds, … Continue reading →

After several months of repairs to the underside of the Airstream damaged last winter in our dramatic arrival  (belly wrap aluminum sections, plastic bannana wraps on front and back, and the replacement of the steps and step light), we started … Continue reading →

Black & White Warbler I went birding yesterday morning at Salisbury Beach State Reservation, a place where I go instead of Parker River WMA when I have the dog with me (which is most of the time.)  Driving slowly along … Continue reading →

Mark your calendars and click on the following for all the latest info and registration for the 9th Annual Great Adirondack Birding Celebration: We are thrilled to have Scott Weidensaul as our Sat evening keynote speaker in the Paul Smith’s … Continue reading →

Ever since returning from Texas, I’ve been hoping to get up to the Northeast Kingdom and look for a few birds up there that I’ve never seen.  Weather and commitments have held me back but I know that black fly … Continue reading →

Each spring, dozens of Hooded Mergansers drop in at Berlin Pond, the water supply for Montpelier.  Usually paired off, they grace the early days of icy open water.  Some stick around all season on local water — nesting in trees … Continue reading →

Yesterday, while out birding with my Vizsla in Massachusetts, I saw a number of species but the highlight of the morning was an early butterfly, the Mourning Cloak.  We were in some oaks when I saw two butterflies flitting through … Continue reading →

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For the last month, as I’ve been birding in the South, day after day I’ve read posts of Common Redpoll sightings throughout the Northeast.  It’s a bird I’m missing from my life list (I just started two years ago and … Continue reading →