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Winter Birding
This Barred Owl was spotted in flight mid day on Sunday January 17th. Bare trees make for good birding in Winter. Craig Goss took this photo near Phen Basin in Fayston, VT.
Mad Birders Christmas Bird Count and Pot LuckS!!!
A Winter Visitor to the Valley
The Mad Birders will hold their annual Audubon Christmas Bird Count on Friday December 18th. Don’t miss your chance to see which birds have arrived from the north or are sticking around to spend the winter in Vermont. The beauty of the count is that you can’t count on the weather! It [...]
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Red Eyed Vireo on the nest!
A Red Eyed Vireo was discovered nesting on Two Dog Mountain in Fayston. This nest was discovered on a small maple tree very close to a second story porch. We will keep an eye on the nest, with hopes of capturing some photos of hatchlings before they fledge. Craig Goss got this great photo on 7/3/09.
Young Pileated Woodpecker the day before it fledged.
Mad Birder Mary Spencer got this terrific shot of a Young Pileated Woodpecker peeking out of its nest in a poplar tree on Center Fayston Road in Fayston. Surprisingly the nest was in the middle of a yard where there was frequent human activity. Mary saw an adult Pileated feed breakfast to the young ones on [...]
Blue Headed Vireo Nest
Unidentified bird chatter led Mad Birder Jeannie Elias to look about 15-20 feet up in a small maple on Two Dog Mountain in Fayston, Vermont, revealing this wondrous nest filled with loud, insistent baby birds. When an adult bird returned on numerous occasions to feed the occupants it became clear that this was a nest [...]
Young Robins in the nest
Tina Valentinetti got these great shots of a clutch of young robins in a nest built on the side of her Moretown home. She noticed the nest being built in mid May. Robins are born altricial, but according to the Birder’s Handbook (and Tina) they fledge within 14 days of birth.
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Mt. Ellen Ascent pays off with Bicknell’s Thrush
Perfect weather and good birding karma gave a troupe of Mad Birders the prize they’d hoped for following an ascent of Mt. Ellen in Fayston on Saturday June 6th… a terrific look at the Bicknell’s Thrush. Scott Saintsbury took these shots…a great view in every direction. What a day!
Phoebe Babies in Waitsfield
Sandra Reilly and her husband John have had nesting Eastern Phoebes for years. Here is a shot of this year’s new crew.
Common Snipe on New Section of Mad River Path
This Common Snipe called many times before it posed on a light fixture above the outdoor skating rink in Waitsfield, perhaps trying to ward off trespassers from trampling a nest of offspring nearby in a wetland meadow. Eight Mad Birders got great looks at it on a weekly Spring Migration Walk on the new section of [...]
