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Spring is Here!

What tells you spring is here – The calendar, crocus in bloom, warm sun?? For many of us, it’s the arrival of birds that we’ve missed all winter. In the past month, the Common Redpolls, Bohemian Waxwings, and Snowy Owl have left our southern climate to head north to nest. Some of the birds we […]

Snowy Owl visits East Warren

This week birders from the Valley, around Vermont and surrounding states have enjoyed a beautiful snowy owl at the Schoolhouse Market or East Warren Store at the intersection of East Warren and Roxbury Mountain Roads. The snowy owl is a rare winter visitor to Vermont and other northern states. These owls nest in the far […]

Waxwings in Waitsfield

January 13, 2005 Friday the 13th was warm and partly sunny, an atypical January day in the Valley. In an apple tree near the Post Office, eight Cedar Waxwings were checking out the fruit still hanging on the tree. Of course they flew off before being photographed. Less than 1/2 mile north on Route 100, […]

Pine Grosbeaks

Beautiful and uncommon Pine Grosbeaks have been seen in several locations around the Valley this winter – Moretown Village and Common, Waitsfield Common, East Warren Road. These birds are unusually tame and can be found feeding in fruit trees, often returning to the same location day after day. Three Christmas Bird Count teams reported Pine […]

Common Redpolls

Common Redpolls are winter visitors to the Valley, they nest in far north. Redpolls are small members of the finch family and form large flocks (50-100) in the winter. Many people are reporting these cheerful little birds at their thistle feeders this winter.

Albino Chickadee

At about noon on November 17th we spied an unusual looking bird at our rear feeder in Fayston, Vermont. It caught our attention because it had an almost completely white head. We concluded that it was a partial albino chickadee, because the size, shape, behavior and other plumage on the bird looked like a Chickadee. […]