![Mansfield Update: Hardy Survivors and a Site-faithful Sharpie](https://vtecostudies.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/SSHA-banding-kids-280x200.jpg)
Mansfield Update: Hardy Survivors and a Site-faithful Sharpie
After forced cancellation of a planned field trip to Mt. Mansfield in early June, when wind chills on the ridgeline plummeted to 14 degrees F, VCE returned on June 15-16. The avian chorus was subdued, but the hardiness of resident birds was evident. A male Sharp-shinned Hawk banded in 2013 was a surprise returnee in our nets.
![The Blackpoll Warbler's Daring Trans-Atlantic Migration](https://vtecostudies.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/blackpoll-warbler-copyright-bryan-pfeiffer-1280-280x200.jpg)
The Blackpoll Warbler’s Daring Trans-Atlantic Migration
VCE has helped to document one of the most amazing feats of migration on the planet: the Blackpoll Warbler’s flight over the Atlantic Ocean non-stop for up to three days. Our research on the flights is published today in the journal Biology Letters.
![Languages, by Tina Scharf](https://vtecostudies.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/black-throated-blue-warbler-kenneth-cole-schneider-copyriht.jpg?w=490)
Languages, by Tina Scharf
After some calculations, I realize that I must go to my Mountain Bird Watch survey site this very night –…