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At LONG Last…The Mad Birder Hats have arrived and they are very popular!

Mad Birder Hat in Spruce
Thanks to Bryan Pfeiffer, Vermont Bird Photographer Extraordinaire, the Mad Birders now have a logo and it is making its first appearance on some terrific hats.  The inspiration was Bryan’s fabulous photograph of a Ruby Crowned Kinglet.  Bryan is already a consummate Mad Birder, having written (with Ted Murin) the ultimate [...]

Eric Hanson – Loon Biologist to speak at Mad Birders’ presentation of The Dark Side of the Loon

Eric Hanson – of the Vermont Loon Recovery Project- will present a slide show and talk as part of the Mad Birder’s upcoming showing of Gail Osherenko’s documentary: The Dark Side of the Loon.  Eric has been the Loon Biologist with the Vermont Center for Ecostudies’ Loon Recovery Project since 1998 and has studied loons [...]

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 [...]

The Latest in Birding Fashion

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!