A Warbler and a News Media Maelstrom
…the line. PBS’s Newshour checked in. Our executive director, who helped describe the blackpoll migration in new research, spent the entire day Tuesday and most of Wednesday on the telephone…
The Secret to Better Berries? Wild Bees
BY BRIAN OWENS AND BASIL WAUGH Want bigger, faster-growing blueberries? New research shows wild bees are an essential secret ingredient in larger and better blueberry yields – producing plumper, faster-ripening…
A Field Guide to June
…Research Associate Bryan Pfeiffer published in Northern Woodlands magazine. Black Flies Aren’t Just annoying to us Noel Dodge was one of our best student interns on the Bicknell’s thrush project….
Looking for Litters of Rattlesnakes
I had just reached the top of the boulder-strewn talus slope when I heard Kerry yell from 30 meters Kerry Monahan searches talus for rattlesnakes. Photo S. Faccio away, “Hey,…
Banding Loons By Night
…research project’s success is often at the whims of variables outside the researcher’s control. Despite our best preparations, surprise turns in weather, unexpectedly rough terrain, and countless other factors can…
Field Guide to July 2021
…volunteers. Here’s a map of the latest Common Loon sightings in Vermont from Vermont eBird, a project of the Vermont Atlas of Life. If you see loons, please report them…
VCE Colleague Yolanda León Receives Prestigious Conservation Award
…Guided by a simple, proactive mission “Keeping common birds common and helping species at risk through voluntary partnerships”, PIF applies science, planning, and policy development to land management, monitoring, education,…
Wild Turkey Confidential: On Supper and Snoods
Wayne Dumbleton / Flickr Creative Commons Ben Franklin really did have a point when he lobbied for Wild Turkey over Bald Eagle as the national bird. The Bald Eagle “is…
A Deluge of Juncos and a Surprise Boreal Visitor on Mansfield
…The dawn chorus was non-existent, but free-flying juvenile juncos compensated for the silence, crowding trail edges and filling our nets. By morning’s end, we had banded no fewer than 23….
Field Guide to January 2018
…winter, but will instead curl into a ball in the open, using its bushy tail to wrap around its nose and footpads. Many times, they can be found completely blanketed…
