Vote for the iNaturalist Vermont Photo-observation of the Month
The winner from last month was kind enough to act as the January judge. Larry Clarfeld, at North Branch Nature Center, looked at over 600 photo-observations and selected just 4…
Connecting with Farmers to Bridge the Gap
The hallways of the Lake Morey Resort were abuzz last weekend during the annual Vermont Grazing and Livestock Conference in Fairlee, Vermont. I was there to share a dialogue with…
“Getting Rusty” with a Spring Migration Blitz
Have you heard a squeaky-hinge song lately, or seen a flash of rust-tipped feathers under a bright yellow eye? Once a common sight, particularly in the flooded forests of the…
VCE Brown Bag Lunch Series: Conserving Plants and Animals in a Changing Climate
Please join us for our upcoming informal brown bag lunch seminar with Dr. Hector Galbraith on January 14th at noon. Bring your own lunch, we’ll provide dessert. Climate change poses difficult problems…
Vote for the iNaturalist Vermont December Photo-observation of the Month
With the winter solstice in December the theme was “light”. We looked through nearly 700 images from the month for those that had some quality of light during this…
Access matters: closed fields?
From the Birding Community E-bulletin: opportunities for those who enjoy grasslands – from birders to hunters – are vanishing. Across large segments of our Great Plains there are state-based efforts…
Susan Hindinger Joins VCE
Susan Hindinger begins this week as VCE’s new Associate Director. Susan brings expertise in program planning and management, grant proposal development, and budget management. She’ll provide strategic support to the executive…
An Update from the Grasslands
Amidst steep, continental declines in grassland bird populations, core habitat in the Great Plains and Midwest is now under siege. Millions of acres of bird habitat have been destroyed in…
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 to know more. Vermonters cannot respond effectively to climate change,…
Windsor Cup Winner
Congratulations to Ed Hack for winning the 2013 Windsor Cup for the second year in a row. This is awarded to the birder with the highest number of bird species…
Loon Meets Owl in Eric Hanson’s House
On December 17, I awoke to -25 F here in Craftsbury, VT. The day before a juvenile Common Loon had crash-landed in a field at dusk in Cabot, VT. Lynn…
Kinglets in the Cold
Before you start reading this, grab a nickel out of your piggy bank and hold it in the palm of your hand. Golden-crowned kinglets are the smallest birds to winter…
