Volunteer Materials
…surveys in a browser on any device if you prefer to not download an app. App Browser Planting Conditions (one-time): https://survey123.arcgis.com/share/906fa7de0a054530887bec7bd6508bf5 Timed Count (weekly once plants are flowering): https://survey123.arcgis.com/share/c3545632f6fe4671ae346da911ff5401 4….
Why are Hairy Woodpeckers and Downy Woodpeckers so hard to tell apart?
Hairy Woodpecker by User:Mdf (Own work) [GFDL (http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/fdl.html) or CC-BY-SA-3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/)], via Wikimedia Commons. Downy Woodpecker by Wolfgang Wander [GFDL (http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/fdl.html) or CC-BY-SA-3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/)], via Wikimedia Commons. As winter descends…
Field Guide to September 2018
…best-known migrant dragonfly is the Common Green Darner. This species appears at northern latitudes in early spring, often before any local dragonflies have emerged. These early returnees are migrants from…
Big data for biodiversity: Vermont Atlas of Life helps GBIF.org surpass 1 billion species occurrences
…The community itself also provides increasingly important services by investing labour into open-source tools for data sharing and access, like the Living Atlases platform, open-source software originally developed for the…
A Field Guide to June 2016
…Mollie Beattie Bog, Vermont. / © K.P. McFarland – www.kpmcfarland.com There is a complex web of life living within each pitcher. The base of the food web is comprised of…
Study Reveals Striking Decline of Vermont’s Bumble Bees
…may threaten bumble bees: recent research shows that such insecticides can have negative effects on bees when combined with commonly used fungicides. Warming, drought, and other effects of climate change…
ECO Americorps Members Reflect on Their Time at VCE
…to further engage with their communities on a number of different ecological atlas projects. The concept of community collaboration and community-driven research became a reality. The knowledge I gained over…
Vermont Common Loons: The Limits of Success?
Hitching a ride. / Jeff Nadler One of Vermont’s greatest wildlife conservation triumphs is the return of the Common Loon. From a mere seven pairs three decades ago, Vermont’s loon…
Vermont Winter Finch Report 2020
…and Hoary Redpoll Common Redpoll © E R Every year, a handful of Common Redpoll flocks numbering in the dozens can be expected in open areas throughout Vermont, in exceptional…
Make Vermont eBird your New Year’s Resolution for 2016
…us to run competitions with generous gifts (new binoculars and great bird books!) to thank our eBird community for their commitment to submit observations in the best possible way. We…
