• Posts tagged with migration

    A Field Guide to March 2015

    A Field Guide to March 2015

    On Friday, March 20th at 6:45 PM spring arrives in the north. While the sun may be predictable, March weather is not.

    A Field Guide to February

    A Field Guide to February

    On February 5, wildlife and the rest of us here in New England crossed a threshold – arbitrary yet not insignificant: 10 hours of daylight. You can sense it when you head out in the morning: Black-capped Chickadees, Northern Cardinals and European Starlings are among birds breaking out into song. Even though we’ve got lots more winter, we’ve also got change. So here’s a Field Guide to February.

    'Green wave' explains migratory bird routes

    ‘Green wave’ explains migratory bird routes

    1.7 million crowd-sourced bird checklists from eBird used to construct a detailed picture of species occurrence for each week of…

    December eNews

    December eNews

    The December edition of VCE’s eNews features snowy owls arriving, peregrine falcons dying, and vernal pools being conserved. If you’re…

    Counting Snow Geese

    Counting Snow Geese

    By Ian Worley The first autumn snowfall in Vermont is the landing of Snow Geese in the Champlain Valley. This…

    The Last Butterfly

    The Last Butterfly

    For the past eight months they have flickered and fluttered among us – tiny flashes of red, orange, yellow and…