![Field Guide to September 2019](https://vtecostudies.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/broad-winged-hawk-280x200.jpg)
Field Guide to September 2019
Here is your field guide to some amazing migrations happening right now, and a few other natural history tidbits to look for this fall.
![2019: Norwich Year of the Bird](https://vtecostudies.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/Norwich-2010-Quest-CBC-JimBlock-280x200.jpg)
2019: Norwich Year of the Bird
Norwich 2019 Year of the Bird is underway. This is an informal (but serious) challenge to birders to explore the avian diversity of Norwich, get outdoors, share the thrill of discovery, and learn. The collective goal is to document 175 species within the town’s borders during 2019. A special web page will allow everyone to keep track and share their sightings through Vermont eBird. Grab your binoculars and join the quest!
![2018 Peregrine Falcon Nesting Season Complete](https://vtecostudies.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/Peregrine-Falcon-Nest-Tom-Rogers-280x200.jpg)
2018 Peregrine Falcon Nesting Season Complete
The Vermont Fish & Wildlife Department recently announced that Peregrine Falcon nesting season has ended, so hikers and rock climbers can return to Vermont cliffs starting August 1, 2018.
![Give 'Em Space: Observe Nesting Loons from a Distance](https://vtecostudies.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/Loon-flapping-Tom-Rogers-280x200.jpg)
Give ‘Em Space: Observe Nesting Loons from a Distance
The Vermont Fish & Wildlife Department is asking boaters and anglers to enjoy loons from a safe distance this summer.
![The Vermont – Santa Barbara Birding Challenge](https://vtecostudies.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/Champlain-birding-Oct09-280x200.jpg)
The Vermont – Santa Barbara Birding Challenge
Vermont and Santa Barbara County are squaring off in a friendly competition to find the highest number of species in 2015. With only two months to go, the race is close, with 264 species in VT, 261 in California. Vermonters birders are invited to make a pledge for eBird in this winner-take-all contest. The real goal is to get everyone out birding and reporting to Vermont eBird!
![Vermont eBird County Quest Heats Up](https://vtecostudies.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/county-quest-graph-280x200.jpg)
Vermont eBird County Quest Heats Up
With less than two months to go, the 4th annual Vermont County eBird Quest is heating up. Western rivals Addison and…
![loon with chick](https://vtecostudies.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/4276876217_bfc04b43ee_o-280x200.jpg)
First Loon Sighting – Lake Dunmore
The grips of winter eased up on Lake Dunmore with the ice breaking up on April 13. A resident of…
![A Blitz of Two Dozen Snowy Owls](https://vtecostudies.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/kent-snowy-280x200.jpg)
A Blitz of Two Dozen Snowy Owls
By Ian Worley The amazing irruption of Snowy Owls in North America this winter of 2013-2014 has brought these charismatic…
![Champions Crowned for 3rd Annual Vermont County Bird Quest](https://vtecostudies.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/2013ebirdsites-280x200.jpg)
Champions Crowned for 3rd Annual Vermont County Bird Quest
From the drop of the ball on January 1st to the stare from the yellow eyes of a Snowy Owl…
![Results from the Vermont Atlas of Life](https://vtecostudies.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/spatterdock-darner-280x200.jpg)
Results from the Vermont Atlas of Life
Never before has Vermont known more about the diversity of life within its borders. Yet never before have we needed…