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Unusual Pine Siskin resides in Mad River Valley this Winter

A Pine Siskin with very unusual coloring has regularly been spotted this winter by the Foremans near the Wallis Farmhouse on Route 100 South in Moretown.  A bird without normal coloring is sometimes described as albino, but others refer to the condition as leucistic.  Even the experts can’t agree on the proper terminology.   Regardless, this […]

News of Mad Birders’ Christmas Bird Count Reaches Far and Wide

When the Mad Birders participated in the Audubon Christmas Bird Count back in December, the Fayston Team was followed by a reporter and a photographer from the Associated Press whose story you can read here.  The story was picked up by newspapers all over the country.  Imagine our surprise when a letter addressed  simply to Jeannie Elias Fayston, […]

A Northen Saw Whet Owl visits Mountain Valley Farm

Gib and Sue Geiger had the good fortune to give some Mad River Valley hospitality to this Northen Saw Whet Owl for two days last month at their farm in Waitsfield.  Saw Whet Owls are the smallest owls in the eastern US, only 8 inches long.  Their main diet is rodents.  The reside in Vermont […]

Beginners Bird Walk – Saturday May 3rd

[photopress:Treeswallow.pfols.4.08.JPG,full,pp_image]   Tree Swallow   UPDATE: SATURDAY AM — The walk is still on! At this moment, 7 AM, the rain is intermittent and not too heavy. Wear a hat and gloves and a rain jacket, and we’ll see you at Knoll Farm! — Nancy    The Mad Birders invite those who are new to […]