Powerlines and pollinators: undervalued and underappreciated
…research initiatives (e.g., The Vermont Bumble Bee Atlas, the Vermont Butterfly Survey, the Vermont Wild Bee Survey, and eButterfly). We are continuing that legacy by commencing a new research project…
Chocolate: It’s for the Birds
…page and make a pledge, then spread the word far and wide! (insert video here) https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/zorzalcacao/zorzal-cacao-visitor-center-and-bird-research?ref=user_menu Please help us reach our goal of raising $20,000 by January 6, 2020….
VAL Gets a ‘Boost’
…the largest online database of community science projects and helps millions of people find, join, and contribute to more than 3,000 research projects in need of volunteer help. In 2023,…
A Field Guide to June 2017
…Bog, Hartland, Vermont. / © K.P. McFarland – www.kpmcfarland.com There are about 47 species in the orchid genus Cypripedium, the Lady’s Slipper. Lucky for me three of them bloom within…
Habitat? It’s critical.
Black Tern by Brian Desrosiers, Fort Erie, Canada. CC BY 2.0. https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=19597124 The Vermont House Committee on Fish, Wildlife, and Water Resources currently is considering updates to the state’s threatened…
A Field Guide to July 2017
…unpredictable loop, twist or twirl. A last ditch effort by the moth to avoid capture is to completely fold its wings causing a free-fall. The moths respond to approaching bat…
Suds & Science
Dr. Simone Whitecloud’s (U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory [CRREL]) research uses experimental approaches to investigate the competitive and cooperative (synergistic) actions of plants in…
eNews
…Field Guide to December awaits, along with news about VCE’s latest research on Bicknell’s Thrush, insights into our Citizen Scientists, a tribute to world-renowned entomologist – and more, of course!…
SOFB Guild Assignments
Species included in 12 ecological guilds, Vermont Forest Bird Monitoring Program results, 1989-2013. Species listed alphabetically within each guild. (Download the table) Guild Category Guild Species Breeding (1 Guild) Single-brooded…
Vermont Birders Rally During 12th Annual eBird County Quest
…to bolster Vermont’s enormous database of bird sightings all in the spirit of friendly competition. The annual year-long contest pits county versus county, birder against birder, all engaged in a…
