Bird Studies on Mt. Mansfield: 23 Years and Counting
Always a bittersweet summer milestone, VCE’s wrap-up visit to the Mt. Mansfield ridgeline in late July featured a quiet avian chorus but an abundance of juvenile birds in our mist nets….
June Observation of the Month
The June contest focused on observations submitted with sound recordings to celebrate the return of song to the forest and fields during breeding season. By popular vote, Kyle Jone’s recording…
West Hill Pond- Fishing Line Loon
Vermont Loon Conservation Project (VLCP) volunteer, Melissa Perley, kayaked up to one of the resident loons on West Hill Pond in Cabot yesterday and noticed it habitually shaking its head…
Vermont Atlas of Life BioBlitz at Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller NHP
Part scientific endeavor, part festival, and part education, the BioBlitz at Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller National Historical Park will bring together leading scientists, naturalists, and community members of all ages to find and…
Vermont Loon Update 17 July 2014
Loonwatch day: The annual statewide loonwatch survey takes place this Saturday, July 19. Most of the high priority lakes are assigned but if anyone with a motorboat has any last minute…
Brute Force Biology Prevails on Mt. Mansfield
Steve Faccio and I were back on VCE’s Mt. Mansfield ridgeline study site earlier this week. It’s always hard to believe at this time of year, but in early July,…
The Vermont Atlas of Life BioBlitz 2014!
Part scientific endeavor, part festival, and part education, the BioBlitz at Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller National Historical Park will bring together leading scientists, naturalists, and community members of all ages to find and…
Dominican Conservationists Gain a New Perspective
Few can lay claim to a close-and-personal encounter with a Bicknell’s Thrush on either its mountainous northern breeding grounds or its Caribbean winter haunts. Fewer still have met up…
iNaturalist Vermont May Photo-observation Winner
The iNaturalist Vermont May photo-observation contest winner by popular vote was by Kent McFarland. His macro photograph of a Giant Water Bug brought out the science fiction love in some…
If You See It, Why Not e It?
Here a nice tutorial by John Acorn for beginners that want to add butterfly sightings to our new site, e-Butterfly.org. Check it out and add your butterfly sightings today! [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oL_FmD1Bl0U&w=560&h=315]
Birding With Bigfoot?
The forests and fields of West Haven, Vermont, come alive when the sun sets, and calling Whip-poor-wills take center stage amidst howling coyotes, hooting owls, and nocturnal rustlings of, well,…
Blackpoll Backpacker
VCE’s first 2014 foray to our long-term study site on the Mt. Mansfield ridgeline made some history. This marks our 23rd consecutive year of monitoring the breeding birds there. We…
