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Happy Spring Morning! by Scott Sainsbury

Six more inches of snow last night! It feels like we’re living in a igloo. This morning, the snow was so high on the ground around the feeders, that all the doves, cardinals, and other birds that wait on the ground for the chickadees to spill seed for them to pick up, were finding nothing. […]

FIRST BIRDS by Patti Haynes

A few Mad Birders and friends decided to kick off the New Year with a BANG! Knowing that there were some really interesting birds nearby, we decided it might be fun to try to find them on the first day of 2014. So, at the crack of dawn that first frigid morning Patti Haynes, Pat […]

Mad River/Northfield Christmas Bird Count on Monday, December 16

Mad Birders will be out birding all day on Monday, December 16.  We are participating in the 114th annual Christmas Bird Count, the oldest citizen science project.  Nine teams of three or four will cover a portion of a circle fifteen miles in diameter.  The all day event concludes with a potluck and reporting of […]

Very late Nashville Warbler in Waitsfield Village in November

A Nashville Warbler visited a feeder in Waitsfield Village for several days in November.   He appeared several times a day and ate shelled black oil sunflower seeds.  According to records, he should have left our area at least by the end of October.    Other great birds at this feeder include Carolina Wren, Pine Siskin,  American Tree Sparrow,  lots of Goldfinches, […]

Bald Eagles sighted in Mad River Valley

There have been several Bald Eagle sightings in the Mad River Valley recently, most north of Moretown Village on the Mad River.  Today an immature was sitting in a dead tree in a yard on East Warren Road.  The owners reported that it sat there for about 2 hours.

This event has been postponed until June 2nd! Join us then for the Mad Birders Big Morning at CrossHaven Farm in MORETOWN.

      The Mad Birders are hosting the second annual “Big Morning” and “Birders’ BBQ” at Sainsbury’s CrossHaven Farm in Moretown on Saturday, May 25!  Last year’s gathering of the Vermont Birding Community for this event was a true Happening!  Over 50 bird-crazy, good-natured folk from all around the state gathered to meet one another, […]

Travel: It’s For the Birds! A talk by Maeve Kim on May 11th at 4PM

Maeve Kim has gone birding in three countries, two provinces and fourteen states. For over ten years, she’s been leading beginners’ bird walks for Green Mountain Club. In addition, she has taught birding workshops in schools and libraries and for the Vermont Outdoor Guide Association. In her presentation, Maeve will share photos of birds and […]

Barred Owl at Mountain Valley Farm

Gib and Sue Geiger of Mountain Valley Farm got this shot of a Barred Owl clutching a Red Squirrel in Waitsfield this week.  Sue reported that Gib had saved the squirrel for just this reason and concluded “See it pays to keep dead frozen rodents around when there is a lot of snow on the […]

Tufted Titmouse

Warren Mad Birder Bill Martin demonstrates conclusively that a Tufted Titmouse will come to a suet cake, especially on a sunny day.

Spike the Shrike – Our Carnivorous Songbird

Twice in the past two weeks, I’ve had an opportunity to spend quality time with one of our most fascinating birds – the Northern Shrike. It’s fairly rare that this bird spends much time where it can be observed “up close and personal”.  Most of us see it in a treetop at a distance.  Or, […]