Vermont Atlas of Life Map of the Week: Rusty-patched Bumble Bee (Bombus affinis)
As recently as the 1990s the Rusty-patched Bumble Bee was a relatively common bee in Vermont. They were probably found in every town of Vermont. The Vermont Bumble Bee Survey,…
Egg Dumping: A Firsthand Account
Egg dumping can be a common occurrence among cavity-nesting waterfowl like Wood Ducks, Hooded Mergansers, and Common Mergansers. This happens when a female of one species (often a first-year breeder)…
VCE Selected as 2022 First: Earth Summer Series Recipient
…impacting the environment and supporting healthy ecosystems comes from building an inclusive community through performing arts and educational programming. Each year, the organization selects an environmental nonprofit to receive revenue…
Public Meeting to be Held on Conserved Lands in Northeast Kingdom
…meeting or the planning process, or to comment on the draft plan before February 1, please contact Doug Morin at . The draft plan is available atvtfishandwildlife.com. Reasonable accommodations for…
Tribute to Steve Parren — a Conservation Champion and VCE Friend
…the mid-1980s, involved recovery of state-Endangered species like Common Loons, Common Terns, and Peregrine Falcons. As our primary liaison with VFWD, Steve not only ensured a reliable flow of state…
The Road (that Used to Be) Less Traveled: Off-trail Hiking, The Catskills and Montane Birds
…of the off-trail hiking community, who have reached out to the NYDEC with their concerns. Pine Roehrs, Senior Natural Resource Planner at the NYDEC and first author of the above…
Field Guide to August 2018
…Recent research has shown that Monarchs, using a clock in their antenna to keep time and eyes that record the azimuth of the sun, use a time-compensated “sun compass” to…
Outdoor Radio
We joined Bryan Pfeiffer, a VCE research associate and avid birder, at Grow Compost in Waterbury to witness a winter gull spectacle. Hundreds of gulls (and other birds) hang out…
VCE Spirits Remain High: COVID Update for May
…natural world’s floodgates are opening wide. Trillium and bloodroot are gracing our woodlands, spring peepers calling at full throttle, early bumble bees industriously buzz-pollinating, Mourning Cloaks and Eastern Commas flashing…
Baby Birds and Bicknell’s Backpacks
…(composed of many members of the VCE team) will further advance our Mansfield research by implementing a new spin to the research: focusing on the full annual life cycle ecology…
