![Grasshopper Sparrow singing](https://vtecostudies.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/2862896572_fe21901048_o-280x200.jpg)
Grasshopper Sparrow Listed in Eastern Canada
Owing to population declines that have been taking place over the past four decades in eastern Canada, the Committee on the…
![Bumble Bees in Peril](https://vtecostudies.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/9413123220_62531aea97-280x200.jpg)
Bumble Bees in Peril
Unprecedented search by VCE reveals four species either extinct or declining More than one-quarter of Vermont’s bumble bee species, which…
![Exposure to common herbicide could threaten global amphibian population](https://vtecostudies.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/img_5057-280x200.jpg)
Exposure to common herbicide could threaten global amphibian population
Early-life exposure to the herbicide atrazine makes frogs more susceptible to death from chytrid (Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis), a fungal disease implicated…
![Grassland bird experts seek solutions at national gathering](https://vtecostudies.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/eame-singing-e1414181389753-280x200.jpg)
Grassland bird experts seek solutions at national gathering
This week leading grassland bird conservationists in the U.S. are wrangling with the drastic challenges faced by declining grassland bird…
![Help VCE Upgrade the Loon Nest-Warning Signs](https://vtecostudies.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/loon-w-nest-warning-sign-280x200.jpg)
Help VCE Upgrade the Loon Nest-Warning Signs
Hearing the ghostly call of the loon coming through the evening mist is one of the quintessential experiences of being…
![Another Record Year for Loons in Vermont](https://vtecostudies.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/chicks-wingflap-1-ad-orah-moore-280x200.jpg)
Another Record Year for Loons in Vermont
We feel like a skipping record saying, “it’s another record year,” but it was yet again! Thank you volunteers and…
![Studies report leading causes of bird deaths in Canada](https://vtecostudies.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/cat-with-amcoot_debi-shearwater1.jpg?w=390)
Studies report leading causes of bird deaths in Canada
From cats to communications towers, the current issue of Avian Conservation and Ecology lays out the 9 leading sources of…
![VCE Presents 2013 Julie Nicholson Citizen Scientist Award](https://vtecostudies.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/David-Hoag-280x200.jpg)
VCE Presents 2013 Julie Nicholson Citizen Scientist Award
Dave Hoag, a life-long resident of Grand Isle, is a man of few words but myriad natural history accomplishments. He’d rather talk about winged creatures than himself any day.
![VCE and Birds Brave the Elements on Final 2013 Mansfield Foray](https://vtecostudies.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/c4635-bithinconeccrprius-240x200.jpg)
VCE and Birds Brave the Elements on Final 2013 Mansfield Foray
After nearly two months away from our favorite mountain haunt, VCE staff could hardly resist a final Mt. Mansfield “fix”. …
![VCE Presents the 2012 Julie Nicholson Citizen Scientist Award](https://vtecostudies.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/Kevin-Hemeon-280x200.jpg)
VCE Presents the 2012 Julie Nicholson Citizen Scientist Award
Citizen scientist Kevin Hemeon plans to continue his contributions to citizen science projects for as long as he can swing a net and hoist a pair of binoculars.