![Windsor Cup Winner](https://vtecostudies.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/photo-280x200.jpg)
Windsor Cup Winner
Congratulations to Ed Hack for winning the 2013 Windsor Cup for the second year in a row. This is awarded…
![Vermont Atlas of Life Map of the Week: Rough-legged Hawk](https://vtecostudies.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/map3-280x200.jpg)
Vermont Atlas of Life Map of the Week: Rough-legged Hawk
Keen birders have spotted the annual arrival of Rough-legged Hawk, a buteo of the north that winters here in Vermont….
![Counting Snow Geese](https://vtecostudies.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/snowgeese-550x-280x200.jpg)
Counting Snow Geese
By Ian Worley The first autumn snowfall in Vermont is the landing of Snow Geese in the Champlain Valley. This…
![An Itinerant Avian Visitor from the South](https://vtecostudies.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/5993181707_c8d160a7f2-280x200.jpg)
An Itinerant Avian Visitor from the South
Two vagrant birds in a single season do not exactly constitute an “invasion”, but this October’s appearances of two White-eyed…
![Vermont Atlas of Life Map of the Day: It's What the Fox Says](https://vtecostudies.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/fox21-280x200.jpg)
Vermont Atlas of Life Map of the Day: It’s What the Fox Says
Fox Sparrows are coming to a feeder near you! Check out the Vermont eBird data from contributors like you. Some…
![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.
![Tallying Birds County by County: Results of the Vermont County eBird Quest 2012](https://vtecostudies.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/vtebirdbutton.jpg)
Tallying Birds County by County: Results of the Vermont County eBird Quest 2012
From the drop of the ball on January 1 to the last owl hoot on December 31, hundreds of birders…
![TALLYING BIRDS COUNTY BY COUNTY: RESULTS OF THE VERMONT COUNTY BIRD QUEST 2011](https://vtecostudies.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/get-involved-button.jpg)
TALLYING BIRDS COUNTY BY COUNTY: RESULTS OF THE VERMONT COUNTY BIRD QUEST 2011
The past year was an historic one for birding in Vermont. From January 1 to December 31, 2011, hundreds of…
![VCE Presents the 2011 Julie Nicholson Citizen Scientist Award](https://vtecostudies.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/Ed-Hack-390x310.jpg)
VCE Presents the 2011 Julie Nicholson Citizen Scientist Award
From his urban roots in New Jersey to his life in rural Vermont, citizen scientist Ed Hack has maintained a love of nature and a steadfast commitment
to participation in a wide array of citizen science projects.
![VCE Presents the 2010 Julie Nicholson Citizen Scientist Award](https://vtecostudies.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/Ruth-Stewart-276x200.jpg)
VCE Presents the 2010 Julie Nicholson Citizen Scientist Award
For more than 30 years, Ruth Stewart has been an avid student of natural history, an environmental advocate, conservationist, citizen scientist, and teacher.