Another Record Year for Loons in Vermont
We feel like a skipping record saying, “it’s another record year,” but it was yet again! Thank you volunteers and donors for making it happen. • There were 81 nest…
Studies report leading causes of bird deaths in Canada
From cats to communications towers, the current issue of Avian Conservation and Ecology lays out the 9 leading sources of bird mortality associated with human activities. The editors caution readers…
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.
VCE and Birds Brave the Elements on Final 2013 Mansfield Foray
After nearly two months away from our favorite mountain haunt, VCE staff could hardly resist a final Mt. Mansfield “fix”. A mid-September overnight foray to our long-term ridgeline study plot has…
Turn Red or You’re Dead
I have often wondered why on one hillside the trees have muted autumn colors, while nearby on another they are radiant red. Recent research might be shedding some light. There…
Mountain Birdwatch Season Opening- Magalloway Mountain (3 June 2013)
The Mountain Birdwatch season opened on June 1, and I confess, I’ve been counting down the days for weeks. Months, maybe. MBW consists of 130 high-elevation survey routes in the…
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 scoured fields and fens, mountains and meadows, lakes and lawns…
VCE Presents the 2012 Julie Nicholson Citizen Scientist Award
Citizen scientist Kevin Hemeon plans to continue his contributions to citizen science projects for as long as he can swing a net and hoist a pair of binoculars.
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 birders scoured fields and fens, mountains and meadows, lakes and…
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
For more than 30 years, Ruth Stewart has been an avid student of natural history, an environmental advocate, conservationist, citizen scientist, and teacher.
VCE Announces 2009 Julie Nicholson Citizen Scientist Award
Roy Pilcher has arguably volunteered more time, logged more miles, and expended more energy than anyone in the past quarter century to advance bird and wildlife conservation in Vermont.
