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    RECORDS OF VERMONT BIRDS (1973 - 2001)

    For nearly 30 years, Vermont bird watchers dutifully sent in their sightings each season to the Records of Vermont Birds, a project hosted at the Vermont Institute of Natural Science. A corps of dedicated volunteers assembled the information into a statewide summary each season that was printed and mailed to birders. For the first time, all of these reports are now available online.

    1984 RVB report

    Part of the summer 1984 Records of Vermont Birds summer report.

    All of the original records were archived in boxes for the historical record. The 30 years of data undoubtedly hold many conservation and scientific discoveries, but the lack of a computer database for retrieval of these data has proven to be a roadblock to examining them for years, not to mention the inability to save these records in the event of a catastrophe such as fire or flood. The Vermont Institute of Natural Science joined other Vermont eBird affiliates and provided us with all of the Records of Vermont Birds historic data to be entered into the Vermont eBird database.

    Download Records of Vermont Birds

    Download the entire set or individual PDFs below. Thank you to all the birders and volunteers who collected and compiled this data. Also, thanks to VCE Volunteers Sarah Carline, Patrick Nevers, and Tonya Piko who helped compile, scan, and format these historic reports.

    Records of Vermont Birds (1973 – 2001) (PDF)

    1973-1979
    1980-1990
    1990-2001
    1973 Spring (some summer) 1980 Spring 1990 Spring
    1973 Summer (no issue) 1980 Summer 1990 Summer
    1973 Fall (no issue or missing) 1980 Fall 1990 Fall
    1973-74 Winter 1980-81 Winter 1990-91 Winter
    1974 Spring 1981 Spring 1991 Spring
    1974 Summer 1981 Summer 1991 Summer
    1974 Fall 1981 Fall 1991 Fall
    1974-75 Winter 1981-82 Winter 1991-92 Winter
    1975 Spring 1982 Spring 1992 Spring
    1975 Summer 1982 Summer 1992 Summer
    1975 Fall 1982 Fall 1992 Fall
    1975-76 Winter 1982-83 Winter 1992-93 Winter
    1976 Spring 1983 Spring 1993 Spring
    1976 Summer 1983 Summer 1993 Summer
    1976 Fall 1983 Fall 1993 Fall
    1976-77 Winter 1983-84 Winter 1993-94 Winter
    1977 Spring 1984 Spring 1994 Spring
    1977 Summer 1984 Summer 1994 Summer
    1977 Fall 1984 Fall 1994 Fall
    1977-78 Winter 1984-85 Winter 1994-95 Winter
    1978 Spring 1985 Spring 1995 Spring
    1978 Summer 1985 Summer 1995 Summer
    1978 Fall 1985 Fall 1995 Fall
    1978-79 Winter 1985-86 Winter 1995-96 Winter
    1979 Spring 1986 Spring 1996 Spring
    1979 Summer 1986 Summer 1996 Summer
    1979 Fall 1986 Fall 1996 Fall
    1979-80 Winter 1986-87 Winter 1996-97 Winter
    1987 Spring 1997 Spring
    1987 Summer 1997 Summer
    1987 Fall 1997 Fall
    1987-88 Winter 1997-98 Winter
    1988 Spring 1998 Spring
    1988 Summer 1998 Summer
    1988 Fall 1998 Fall
    1988-89 Winter 1998-99 Winter
    1989 Spring 1999 Spring
    1989 Summer 1999 Summer
    1989 Fall 1999 Fall
    1989-90 Winter 1999-00 Winter
    2000 Spring
    2000 Summer
    2000 Fall
    2000-01 Winter
    2001 Spring
    2001 Summer
    2001 Fall
    2001-02 Winter